# Query parameter string in cakePHP 3.4
**URL:** https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/query-parameter-string-in-cakephp-3-4/2636
**Category:** Need Help
**Created:** [May 30, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/query-parameter-string-in-cakephp-3-4/2636 "2017-05-30T17:39:01Z")
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### Author:  [@ashok](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/ashok)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/query-parameter-string-in-cakephp-3-4/2636/1 "2017-05-30T17:39:01Z")
I’m getting null query parameter string even though passing query parameter string like this `login?redirect=%2Farticles%2Fadd`.
I have tried to retrieve by using $this-\>request-\>getQuery(‘redirect’); and $this-\>request-\>query(‘redirect’);
Does anyone have any idea that where it would be wrong?
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### Author:  [@rahadur](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/rahadur)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/query-parameter-string-in-cakephp-3-4/2636/2 "2017-05-30T19:59:12Z")
@ashok Looks like you are not setup your Url Route properly in your _config/routes.php_ file. when you are interested to pass any route parameter to your controller action you should config your route proper way. although your question is not written detailedly.
i hope you will get much more information from this articles.
[https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/development/routing.html#passing-parameters-to-action](https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/development/routing.html#passing-parameters-to-action)
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@ashok](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/ashok)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/query-parameter-string-in-cakephp-3-4/2636/3 "2017-05-31T03:32:43Z")
Sorry I’m new to cakephp… I’m setting up Url route like below,
```
Router::scope('/', function ($routes) {
$routes->connect(
'/users/:id/:slug',
['controller' => 'Users', 'action' => 'view'],
[
'pass' => ['id', 'slug'],
'id' => '[0-9]+'
]
);
});
Router::scope('/', function ($routes) {
$routes->connect(
'/users/:slug',
['controller' => 'Users', 'action' => 'login'],
[
'pass' => ['slug']
]
);
});
```
is there any wrong with this?
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### Author:  [@aavrug](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/aavrug)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/query-parameter-string-in-cakephp-3-4/2636/4 "2017-05-31T03:52:50Z")
First of all why you are sending a query string for redirecting, just follow the standard ways as given in [CakePHP docs](https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/controllers.html#redirecting-to-other-pages).
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### Author:  [@ashok](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/ashok)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/query-parameter-string-in-cakephp-3-4/2636/5 "2017-05-31T05:18:04Z")
hi that 's the standard way to redirect to current page after loggedin in cakephp 3.4, according to this docs
[https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/controllers/components/authentication.html#redirecting-users-after-login](https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/controllers/components/authentication.html#redirecting-users-after-login)
that’s why i’m trying to retrieve query parameter.
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### Author:  [@aavrug](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/aavrug)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/query-parameter-string-in-cakephp-3-4/2636/6 "2017-05-31T05:26:42Z")
The loginRedirect rule means something like mentioned over [here](https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/tutorials-and-examples/blog-auth-example/auth.html#authentication-login-and-logout).
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### Author:  [@Speudyland](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Speudyland)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/query-parameter-string-in-cakephp-3-4/2636/7 "2017-06-02T08:16:31Z")
Hi,
If you get null, it’s only because your route doesn’t match the route received. What is the result of debug after you log in your system ?
> \request) ?\>
And then, this is how I manage the redirect with cake:
> ```
> if (isset($this->request->query['redirect']) && !empty($this->request->query['redirect'])) {
> $this->redirect($this->request->query['redirect'],302);
> }
>
> ```
🙂