How to get an array from GET URL parameters in Laravel

Question

Hello to everyone who is seeing this! I am a Laravel beginner, using Laravel for API-s calls. I cannot find an appropriate solution how to pick up parameters from GET method that looks like this:

http://localhost:8000/api/products/searchv2/cat=category1&cat=category2

Now I want to receive in my Laravel controller this array

$categories = ["category1", "category2"]

I think the solution is very easy, but due to minimal experience, I cannot find the right answer on the internet or Laravel documentation. Thanks to everyone who tried to help me!

Does this answer your question? Multiple HTTP GET parameters with the same identifier — Christian Baumann
– Christian Baumann, Commented Dec 27, 2021 at 6:08

user8292439 · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-27 00:43:13Z

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According to this answer, you can use the [] syntax like you would with form fields to create an array. So in your case, the URL would be:

http://localhost:8000/api/products/searchv2/?cat[]=category1&cat[]=category2

And $_GET['cat'] should return an array, so in theory $request->get('cat') would also return an array.

Using Commas

Another way would be to make use of commas, e.g.:

?cat=category1,category2,category3

You could then use explode:

$categories = explode($request->get('cat'));

answered Dec 27, 2021 at 0:43

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uroskg034 Over a year ago

explode function is working for me, thank you a lot!

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