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Expand Up @@ -327,30 +327,6 @@ a setter for environment variables without having to modify globals
$this->request->withEnv('REQUEST_METHOD', 'POST');
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### Reading XML and JSON Payloads

Applications employing [REST](../development/rest) often exchange data in
non-URL-encoded post bodies. You can read input data in any format using
`Cake\Http\ServerRequest::input()`. By providing a decoding function,
you can receive the content in a deserialized format:

Some deserializing methods require additional parameters when called, such as
the 'as array' parameter on `json_decode`. If you want XML converted into a
DOMDocument object, `Cake\Http\ServerRequest::input()` supports
passing additional parameters as well:

::: code-group

```php [JSON]
// Get JSON-encoded data submitted to a PUT/POST action
$jsonData = $this->request->input('json_decode');
```

```php [XML]
// Get XML-encoded data submitted to a PUT/POST action
$data = $this->request->input('Cake\Utility\Xml::build', ['return' => 'domdocument']);
```

:::

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