Merge pull request #3381 from aanbar/multiple_args_get_post

Allow pulling multiple get/post ...etc at once

2 files changed, 36 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 242881c99..711120a6b 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released
       -  Changed default value of the ``$xss_clean`` parameter to NULL for all methods that utilize it, the default value is now determined by the ``$config['global_xss_filtering']`` setting.
       -  Added method ``post_get()`` and changed ``get_post()`` to search in GET data first. Both methods' names now properly match their GET/POST data search priorities.
       -  Changed method ``_fetch_from_array()`` to parse array notation in field name.
+      -  Changed method ``_fetch_from_array()`` to allow retrieving multiple fields at once by passing $index as an array.
       -  Added an option for ``_clean_input_keys()`` to return FALSE instead of terminating the whole script.
       -  Deprecated the ``is_cli_request()`` method, it is now an alias for the new :func:`is_cli()` common function.
       -  Added an ``$xss_clean`` parameter to method ``user_agent()`` and removed the ``$user_agent`` property.
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
index f9dbf1686..4df7629e4 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Class Reference
 
 	.. method:: post([$index = NULL[, $xss_clean = NULL]])
 
-		:param	string	$index: POST parameter name
+		:param	mixed	$index: POST parameter name
 		:param	bool	$xss_clean: Whether to apply XSS filtering
 		:returns:	$_POST if no parameters supplied, otherwise the POST value if found or NULL if not
 		:rtype:	mixed
@@ -136,10 +136,20 @@ Class Reference
 
 			$this->input->post(NULL, TRUE); // returns all POST items with XSS filter
 			$this->input->post(NULL, FALSE); // returns all POST items without XSS filter
+		
+		To return an array of multiple POST parameters, pass all the required keys
+		as an array.
+		::
+			$this->input->post(array('field1', 'field2'));
+		
+		Same rule applied here, to retrive the parameters with XSS filtering enabled, set the
+		second parameter to boolean TRUE.
+		::
+			$this->input->post(array('field1', 'field2'), TRUE);
 
 	.. method:: get([$index = NULL[, $xss_clean = NULL]])
 
-		:param	string	$index: GET parameter name
+		:param	mixed	$index: GET parameter name
 		:param	bool	$xss_clean: Whether to apply XSS filtering
 		:returns:	$_GET if no parameters supplied, otherwise the GET value if found or NULL if not
 		:rtype:	mixed
@@ -157,6 +167,16 @@ Class Reference
 
 			$this->input->get(NULL, TRUE); // returns all GET items with XSS filter
 			$this->input->get(NULL, FALSE); // returns all GET items without XSS filtering
+		
+		To return an array of multiple GET parameters, pass all the required keys
+		as an array.
+		::
+			$this->input->get(array('field1', 'field2'));
+		
+		Same rule applied here, to retrive the parameters with XSS filtering enabled, set the
+		second parameter to boolean TRUE.
+		::
+			$this->input->get(array('field1', 'field2'), TRUE);
 
 	.. method:: post_get($index[, $xss_clean = NULL])
 
@@ -188,7 +208,7 @@ Class Reference
 
 	.. method:: cookie([$index = NULL[, $xss_clean = NULL]])
 
-		:param	string	$index: COOKIE parameter name
+		:param	mixed	$index: COOKIE parameter name
 		:param	bool	$xss_clean: Whether to apply XSS filtering
 		:returns:	$_COOKIE if no parameters supplied, otherwise the COOKIE value if found or NULL if not
 		:rtype:	mixed
@@ -198,10 +218,15 @@ Class Reference
 
 			$this->input->cookie('some_cookie');
 			$this->input->cookie('some_cookie, TRUE); // with XSS filter
+		
+		To return an array of multiple cookie parameters, pass all the required keys
+		as an array.
+		::
+			$this->input->cookie(array('some_cookie', 'some_cookie2'));
 
 	.. method:: server($index[, $xss_clean = NULL])
 
-		:param	string	$index: Value name
+		:param	mixed	$index: Value name
 		:param	bool	$xss_clean: Whether to apply XSS filtering
 		:returns:	$_SERVER item value if found, NULL if not
 		:rtype:	mixed
@@ -211,9 +236,14 @@ Class Reference
 
 			$this->input->server('some_data');
 
+		To return an array of multiple server parameters, pass all the required keys
+		as an array.
+		::
+			$this->input->server(array('SERVER_PROTOCOL', 'REQUEST_URI'));		
+
 	.. method:: input_stream([$index = NULL[, $xss_clean = NULL]])
 
-		:param	string	$index: Key name
+		:param	mixed	$index: Key name
 		:param	bool	$xss_clean: Whether to apply XSS filtering
 		:returns:	Input stream array if no parameters supplied, otherwise the specified value if found or NULL if not
 		:rtype:	mixed