title: Access query string values from Laravel
body: <p>Does anyone know if it's possible to make use of URL query's within Laravel.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Example</strong></p>
  
  <p>I have the following route:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Route::get('/text', 'TextController@index');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And the text on that page is based on the following url query:</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://example.com/text?color={COLOR}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How would I approach this within Laravel?</p>