Arduino Due Port Manipulation

how can i set port C as input on arduino due? I want to read input from eight pins at the same time.
I have tried this but it does not seem to work:

    REG_PIOC_ODR = 0x3fc;
    REG_PIOC_PER = 0x3fc;
    int pixelData = REG_PIOC_PDSR >> 2;

To do this you will need to set the mode on each pin to input. A quick way of doing this is to write something like:

void setDataBusInput()
  {
    byte i ; 
    for( i = 33; i < 42; i++ )
      pinMode( i, INPUT ) ; // Sets pins 33-41 to Inputs
  }

Then you can use:

        inputBuffer[i] = PIOC->PIO_PDSR & 0xFF; // Read data in

which will read the data present on the port. I just pulled this code from something I had previously written, you can adjust the values to match the pins you want to use.