Zend\Mvc\Application::getRequest PHP Method

    public function getRequest()
    {
        return $this->request;
    }

 public function setup()
 {
     parent::setup();
     $config = (include 'config/application.config.php');
     $config['module_listener_options']['config_static_paths'] = array(getcwd() . '/config/test.config.php');
     if (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/config/test.config.php')) {
         $moduleConfig = (include __DIR__ . '/config/test.config.php');
         array_unshift($config['module_listener_options']['config_static_paths'], $moduleConfig);
     }
     $this->serviceManager = new ServiceManager(new ServiceManagerConfig(isset($config['service_manager']) ? $config['service_manager'] : array()));
     $this->serviceManager->setService('ApplicationConfig', $config);
     $this->serviceManager->setFactory('ServiceListener', 'Zend\\Mvc\\Service\\ServiceListenerFactory');
     $moduleManager = $this->serviceManager->get('ModuleManager');
     $moduleManager->loadModules();
     $this->routes = array();
     foreach ($moduleManager->getModules() as $m) {
         $moduleConfig = (include __DIR__ . '/../../../../' . ucfirst($m) . '/config/module.config.php');
         if (isset($moduleConfig['router'])) {
             foreach ($moduleConfig['router']['routes'] as $key => $name) {
                 $this->routes[$key] = $name;
             }
         }
     }
     $this->serviceManager->setAllowOverride(true);
     $this->application = $this->serviceManager->get('Application');
     $this->event = new MvcEvent();
     $this->event->setTarget($this->application);
     $this->event->setApplication($this->application)->setRequest($this->application->getRequest())->setResponse($this->application->getResponse())->setRouter($this->serviceManager->get('Router'));
     $this->createDatabase();
 }