="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">mixed</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>This method is identical to <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">get()</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">post()</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">cookie()</span></code>,
only it fetches the <em>php://input</em> stream data.</p>
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<dt id="CI_Input::set_cookie">