Laravel is there a way to add values to a request array

Question

I come across a situation in Laravel while calling a store() or update() method with Request parameter to add some additional value to the request before calling Eloquent fu

Answer 1

enough said on this subject but i couldn't resist to add my own answer. I believe the simplest approach is

request()->merge([ 'foo' => 'bar' ]);

Answer 2

In laravel 5.6 we can pass parameters between Middlewares for example:

FirstMiddleware

public function handle($request, Closure $next, ...$params)
{
    //some code
    return $next($request->merge(['key' => 'value']));
}

SecondMiddleware

public function handle($request, Closure $next, ...$params)
{
    //some code
    dd($request->all());
}

Answer 3

To add a new parameter for ex: newParam to the current Request Object, you can do:

$newParam = "paramvalue";
$request->request->add(['newParam' => $newParam]);

After adding the new parameter, you would be able to see this newly added parameter to the Request object by:

dd($request);//prints the contents of the Request object

Answer 4

$request->offsetSet(key, value);

Answer 5

You can access directly the request array with $request['key'] = 'value';

Answer 6

Referring to Alexey Mezenin answer:

While using his answer, I had to add something directly to the Request Object and used:

$request->request->add(['variable', 'value']);

Using this it adds two variables :

$request[0] = 'variable', $request[1] = 'value'

If you are a newbie like me and you needed an associate array the correct way to do is

$request->request->add(['variable' => 'value']);

Hope I saved your some time

PS: Thank you @Alexey, you really helped me out with your answer