HttpRequest

HttpRequest class manages Request object, containing information on current request - its type, parameters and their values: "server query" class. Class allows removing global variables within code, used in the old core.

Method	Description	Available from version
Constructor	Creates new object HttpRequest.
addFilter	Applies filter to request data with preservation of original values.
getCookie	Returns COOKIES parameters from current request.
getCookieList	Returns list of COOKIES parameters for current request.
getHttpHost	Returns server variable node without port number.
getPost	Returns POST parameters for curreте request.
getPostList	Returns list of POST parameters for current request.
getQuery	Returns GET parameter for current request.
getQueryList	Returns list of GET parameters for current request.
getRequestedPage	Returns current page, retrieved from requested URL.
getScriptFile	Returns script file, edited by urlrewrite.php if required, or returns the file virtual_file_system.php.
getSystemParameters	Returns array with predefined request parameters.
getUserAgent	Returns requested title for HTTP user agent.
getDecodedUri	Returns decoded URL.
getFile	Returns FILES parameters for current request.
getFileList	Returns list of FILES parameters for the current request.
getInput	Returns initial requested data.

Example

Developer doesn't need to construct the object, it can be retrieved via the application and context:

use Bitrix\Main\Application;
$request = Application::getInstance()->getContext()->getRequest();

$name = $request->getPost("name");
$email = htmlspecialchars($request->getQuery("email"));