From ea9438a9e8920c77a84bed292636858226f32701 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Story <mark@mark-story.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:52:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Document how to use param() in older CakePHP.

Refs #4911
---
 en/controllers/request-response.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/en/controllers/request-response.rst b/en/controllers/request-response.rst
index 506cc84296..a15851aa64 100644
--- a/en/controllers/request-response.rst
+++ b/en/controllers/request-response.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ The request exposes the routing parameters through the ``getParam()`` method::
 
     $controllerName = $this->request->getParam('controller');
 
+    // Prior to 3.4.0
+    $controllerName = $this->request->param('controller');
+
 All :ref:`route-elements` are accessed through this interface.
 
 In addition to :ref:`route-elements`, you also often need access to