diff --git a/laravel/core.php b/laravel/core.php
index b78e47d8..2606b91f 100644
--- a/laravel/core.php
+++ b/laravel/core.php
@@ -161,19 +161,4 @@
 foreach ($bundles as $bundle => $config)
 {
 	Bundle::register($bundle, $config);
-}
-
-/*
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Register The Laravel Bundles
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|
-| Finally we will register all of the bundles that have been defined for
-| the application. None of them will be started, yet but will be setup
-| so that they may be started by the develop at any time.
-|
-*/
-
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request as FoundationRequest;
-
-Request::$foundation = FoundationRequest::createFromGlobals();
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/laravel/input.php b/laravel/input.php
index e1239e72..f8785711 100644
--- a/laravel/input.php
+++ b/laravel/input.php
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@
 
 class Input {
 
-	/**
-	 * The applicable input for the request.
-	 *
-	 * @var array
-	 */
-	public static $input;
-
 	/**
 	 * The key used to store old input in the session.
 	 *
@@ -23,7 +16,11 @@ class Input {
 	 */
 	public static function all()
 	{
-		return array_merge(static::get(), static::file());
+		$input = array_merge(static::get(), static::query(), $_FILES);
+
+		unset($input[Request::spoofer]);
+
+		return $input;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -58,7 +55,27 @@ public static function has($key)
 	 */
 	public static function get($key = null, $default = null)
 	{
-		return array_get(static::$input, $key, $default);
+		return array_get(Request::foundation()->request->all(), $key, $default);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get an item from the query string.
+	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Get the "email" item from the query string
+	 *		$email = Input::query('email');
+	 *
+	 *		// Return a default value if the specified item doesn't exist
+	 *		$email = Input::query('name', 'Taylor');
+	 * </code>
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $key
+	 * @param  mixed   $default
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public static function query($key = null, $default = null)
+	{
+		return array_get(Request::foundation()->query->all(), $key, $default);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/laravel/laravel.php b/laravel/laravel.php
index 4cd4ea00..132c683b 100644
--- a/laravel/laravel.php
+++ b/laravel/laravel.php
@@ -57,77 +57,18 @@
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Magic Quotes Strip Slashes
+| Create The HttpFoundation Request
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
-| Even though "Magic Quotes" are deprecated in PHP 5.3.x, they may still
-| be enabled on the server. To account for this, we will strip slashes
-| on all input arrays if magic quotes are enabled for the server.
+| Laravel uses the HttpFoundation Symfony component to handle the request
+| and response functionality for the framework. This allows us to not
+| worry about that boilerplate code and focus on what matters.
 |
 */
 
-if (magic_quotes())
-{
-	$magics = array(&$_GET, &$_POST, &$_COOKIE, &$_REQUEST);
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request as FoundationRequest;
 
-	foreach ($magics as &$magic)
-	{
-		$magic = array_strip_slashes($magic);
-	}
-}
-
-/*
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Sniff The Input For The Request
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|
-| Next we'll gather the input to the application based on the global input
-| variables for the current request. The input will be gathered based on
-| the current request method and will be set on the Input manager class
-| as a simple static $input property which can be easily accessed.
-|
-*/
-
-$input = array();
-
-switch (Request::method())
-{
-	case 'GET':
-		$input = $_GET;
-		break;
-
-	case 'POST':
-		$input = $_POST;
-		break;
-
-	default:
-		if (Request::spoofed())
-		{
-			$input = $_POST;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			parse_str(file_get_contents('php://input'), $input);
-
-			if (magic_quotes()) $input = array_strip_slashes($input);
-		}
-}
-
-/*
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Remove The Spoofer Input
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|
-| The spoofed request method is removed from the input so it is not in
-| the Input::all() or Input::get() results. Leaving it in the array
-| could cause unexpected results since the developer won't be
-| expecting it to be present.
-|
-*/
-
-unset($input[Request::spoofer]);
-
-Input::$input = $input;
+Request::$foundation = FoundationRequest::createFromGlobals();
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/laravel/paginator.php b/laravel/paginator.php
index ceffbe85..854b0e37 100644
--- a/laravel/paginator.php
+++ b/laravel/paginator.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public static function make($results, $total, $per_page)
 	 */
 	public static function page($total, $per_page)
 	{
-		$page = Input::get('page', 1);
+		$page = Input::query('page', 1);
 
 		// The page will be validated and adjusted if it is less than one or greater
 		// than the last page. For example, if the current page is not an integer or