Zend framework's getRequest()->getQuery() won't bring query string on localhost

Question

I have the following code, which works fine on live site, but not on localhost.

$status = $this->getRequest()->getQuery(\'status\');

Answer 1

I usually use this

$status = $this->getRequest()->getParam('status');

// or
$status = $this->getRequest()->getParams();

I assume that you have a Questions Controller Ask Action.
Here is the documentation about Zend's request