Symfony Http-Component

request.php

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;

$request = Request::createFromGlobals();

// the URI being requested (e.g. /about) minus any query parameters
$request->getPathInfo();

// retrieve GET and POST variables respectively
$request->query->get('foo');
$request->request->get('bar', 'default value if bar does not exist');

// retrieve SERVER variables
$request->server->get('HTTP_HOST');

// retrieves an instance of UploadedFile identified by foo
$request->files->get('foo');

// retrieve a COOKIE value
$request->cookies->get('PHPSESSID');

// retrieve an HTTP request header, with normalized, lowercase keys
$request->headers->get('host');
$request->headers->get('content_type');

$request->getMethod();    // GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD
$request->getLanguages(); // an array of languages the client accepts