title: Handling input with the Zend Framework (Post,get,etc)
body: <p>im re-factoring php on zend code and all the code is full of <code>$_GET["this"]</code> and <code>$_POST["that"]</code>. I have always used the more phpish <code>$this-&gt;_request-&gt;getPost('this')</code> and <code>$this-&gt;_request-&gt;getQuery('that')</code> (this one being not so much logical with the getquery insteado of getGet).</p>
  
  <p>So i was wondering if my method was safer/better/easier to mantain. I read in the Zend Framework documentation that you must validate your own input since the request object wont do it. </p>
  
  <p>That leaves me with 2 questions:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>What is best of this two? (or if theres another better way)</li>
  <li>What is the best practice for validating php input with this methods?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>