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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
index 967f69d13..d9c6c2dd1 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ this::
Please refer to the :doc:`Security class <security>` documentation for
information on using XSS Filtering in your application.
+.. important:: The 'global_xss_filtering' setting is DEPRECATED and kept
+ solely for backwards-compatibility purposes. XSS escaping should
+ be performed on *output*, not *input*!
+
*******************
Accessing form data
*******************
@@ -91,8 +95,14 @@ the ``$_POST`` array, because it will always exist and you can try
and access multiple variables without caring that you might only have
one shot at all of the POST data.
-CodeIgniter will take care of that for you, and you can access data
-from the **php://input** stream at any time, just by calling the
+CodeIgniter will take care of that for you, and you can read the data
+from the **php://input** stream at any time, just by using the
+``$raw_input_stream`` property::
+
+ $this->input->raw_input_stream;
+
+Additionally if the input stream is form-encoded like $_POST you can
+access its values by calling the
``input_stream()`` method::
$this->input->input_stream('key');
@@ -114,6 +124,12 @@ Class Reference
.. php:class:: CI_Input
+ .. attribute:: $raw_input_stream
+
+ Read only property that will return php://input data as is.
+
+ The property can be read multiple times.
+
.. php:method:: post([$index = NULL[, $xss_clean = NULL]])
:param mixed $index: POST parameter name