Input

Extends Input

Joomla! Input Base Class

deprecated

This is an abstracted input class used to manage retrieving data from the application environment.

since

1.7.0

deprecated

4.3 will be removed in 6.0. Use Joomla\Input\Input instead

property-read Input
package

Joomla CMS

Methods

__construct

Constructor.

__construct(mixed||string|int source = null, mixed||string|int options = []) : 
deprecated
since

1.7.0

deprecated

4.3 will be removed in 6.0. Use Joomla\Input\Input instead

Arguments

source

array<string|int, mixed>Source data (Optional, default is $_REQUEST)

options

array<string|int, mixed>Array of configuration parameters (Optional)

Response

mixed

__get

Magic method to get an input object

__get( name) : \Joomla\Input\Input
deprecated
since

1.7.0

deprecated

4.3 will be removed in 6.0. Use Joomla\Input\Input instead

Arguments

name

mixedName of the input object to retrieve.

Response

InputThe request input object

getArray

Gets an array of values from the request.

getArray(mixed||string|int vars = [],  datasource = null,  defaultFilter = 'unknown') : 
deprecated
since

1.7.0

deprecated

4.3 will be removed in 6.0. Use Joomla\Input\Input instead

Arguments

vars

array<string|int, mixed>Associative array of keys and filter types to apply. If empty and datasource is null, all the input data will be returned but filtered using the filter given by the parameter defaultFilter in InputFilter::clean.

datasource

mixedArray to retrieve data from, or null.

defaultFilter

stringDefault filter used in InputFilter::clean if vars is empty and datasource is null. If 'unknown', the default case is used in InputFilter::clean.

Response

mixedThe filtered input data.

getArrayRecursive

Gets an array of values from the request.

getArrayRecursive(mixed||string|int vars = [],  datasource = null,  defaultFilter = 'unknown',  recursion = false) : 
deprecated
since

3.4.2

deprecated

4.3 will be removed in 6.0. Use Joomla\Input\Input instead

Arguments

vars

array<string|int, mixed>Associative array of keys and filter types to apply. If empty and datasource is null, all the input data will be returned but filtered using the filter given by the parameter defaultFilter in InputFilter::clean.

datasource

mixedArray to retrieve data from, or null.

defaultFilter

stringDefault filter used in InputFilter::clean if vars is empty and datasource is null. If 'unknown', the default case is used in InputFilter::clean.

recursion

boolFlag to indicate a recursive function call.

Response

mixedThe filtered input data.

unserialize

Method to unserialize the input.

unserialize( input) : 
deprecated
since

3.0.0

deprecated

4.3 will be removed in 6.0. Use Joomla\Input\Input instead

Arguments

input

stringThe serialized input.

Response

void

Properties

get

Type(s)

Input

post

Type(s)

Input

request

Type(s)

Input

server

Type(s)

Input

env

Type(s)

Input

files

Type(s)

Files

json

Type(s)

Json

allowedGlobals

Container with allowed superglobals

static deprecated
since

3.8.9

deprecated

4.3 will be removed in 6.0. Use Joomla\Input\Input instead

Type(s)

array<string|int, mixed>

inputs

Input objects

deprecated
since

1.7.0

deprecated

4.3 will be removed in 6.0. Use Joomla\Input\Input instead

Type(s)

array<string|int, Input>