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Namespaces and Request in Laravel

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Namespaces &

Request Class
Gagandeep Sethi
What is Namespace?
• Class of elements in which each element has a unique name to that
associated class.
• It may be shared with elements in other classes.
• The use keyword allows the developers to shorten the namespace.
• use <namespace-name>;
• The default namespace used in Laravel is App, however a user can change
the namespace to match with web application
• Creating user defined namespace with artisan command is mentioned as
follows −
• php artisan app:name SocialNet
• The namespace once created can include various functionalities which can
be used in controllers and various classes.
Example Creating Namespace
(Steps)

• Let's create a custom class


inside the app/Helpers
directory.
1.Create the directory
app/Helpers (if it doesn't exist).
2.Inside it, create a file called
MathHelper.php:
Using Namespace In Controller
(HomeController)
• <?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Helpers\MathHelper;
class HomeController extends Controller {
public function index() {
$sum = MathHelper::add(5, 3); // Call the add function
$difference = MathHelper::subtract(5, 3);
return response()->json(
[ 'sum' => $sum,
'difference' => $difference,
]);
}
}
Request
• The Request class is part of the Illuminate\Http\
Request namespace and is used to handle and manage
HTTP requests.
• It provides an easy way to access user input, query
parameters, headers, cookies, files, and more.
• Laravel automatically creates a Request instance for
every incoming HTTP request and passes it to your
controllers or routes.
Usage of Request Class
• Import : use Illuminate\Http\Request;
• Retrieve Request Data:
• public function store(Request $request)
{
$name = $request->input('name’);
return response()->json(
['name' =>
$name]
);
}
Retrieve Data
• $data = $request->all(): Retrieves all data
• Retrieves all input data except the specified fields.
• $data = $request->except(['password’]);
• Checks if a specific key exists in the request input.
if ($request->has('email’))
{
// Do something with the email
}
• Checks if the input field has a non-empty value.
if ($request->filled('name’))
{
// Name field is not empty
}
• Retrieves query string parameters from the request
URL.
• $page = $request->query('page', 1); // Default to 1 if not
present
• Retrieves an uploaded file from the request.
• $file = $request->file(image’);
• Checks if a file was uploaded with the given key.
• if ($request->hasFile(image’))
{
// Process the file
}
• Returns the HTTP method of the request (e.g., GET, POST, PUT).
• $method = $request->method();
• Returns the path of the current request URL.
• $path = $request->path(); // E.g., 'user/profile'
• Returns the full URL without query parameters.
• $url = $request->url(); // E.g., 'https://example.com/user/profile'
• Returns the full URL including query parameters.
• $fullUrl = $request->fullUrl(); // E.g., 'https://example.com/user/profile?
page=2'
• Retrieves a header value from the request.
• $userAgent = $request->header('User-Agent');
Example
Controller
Method Using the
Request Class

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