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HTTP

This library contains elegant interfaces to describe HTTP message, middleware and client classes. It contains also corresponding reference implementations which can be used by every app which needs a solid HTTP stack.

The following shows a simple middleware which always returns the response body Hello World!:

<?php
use PSX\Http;
use PSX\Http\Server;
$chain = new Http\Filter\FilterChain();
// enforce user agent in HTTP request
$chain->on(new Http\Filter\UserAgentEnforcer());
// display maintenance file if available
$chain->on(new Http\Filter\Backstage(__DIR__ . '/.maintenance.html'));
// closure middleware
$chain->on(function(Http\RequestInterface $request, Http\ResponseInterface $response, Http\FilterChainInterface $filterChain){
// get query parameter
$request->getUri()->getParameter('foo');
// set header
$response->setHeader('X-Foo', 'bar');
// write data to the body
$response->getBody()->write('Hello World!');
$filterChain->handle($request, $response);
});
// create global HTTP request and response
$request = (new Server\RequestFactory())->createRequest();
$response = (new Server\ResponseFactory())->createResponse();
// start middleware chain
$chain->handle($request, $response);
// send response
(new Server\Sender())->send($response);

The following sends an HTTP GET request to google:

<?php
use PSX\Http\Client;
use PSX\Http\Exception\StatusCodeException;
// create HTTP client
$client = new Client\Client();
// build request
$request = new Client\GetRequest('https://google.com', ['Accept' => 'text/html']);
// send request
$response = $client->request($request);
// check response
if ($response->getStatusCode() == 200) {
// get header
$contentType = $response->getHeader('Content-Type');
// output response body
echo (string) $response->getBody();
} else {
// the client never throws an exception for unsuccessful response codes but
// you can do this explicit
StatusCodeException::throwOnError($response);
}

Example how to handle file uploads:

<?php
use PSX\Http;
use PSX\Http\Server;
$chain = new Http\Filter\FilterChain();
// closure middleware
$chain->on(function(Http\RequestInterface $request, Http\ResponseInterface $response, Http\FilterChainInterface $filterChain){
// get body
$body = $request->getBody();
if ($body instanceof Http\Stream\MultipartStream) {
// move uploaded file to a new location
$body->getPart('userfile')->move('/home/new/file.txt');
// or access the file directly through the normal stream functions
//$body->getPart('userfile')->read(32);
// write data to the body
$response->getBody()->write('Upload successful!');
} else {
// no upload so show form
$html = <<<'HTML'
<!-- The data encoding type, enctype, MUST be specified as below -->
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="" method="POST">
<!-- MAX_FILE_SIZE must precede the file input field -->
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="30000" />
<!-- Name of input element determines name in $_FILES array -->
Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file" />
<input type="submit" value="Send File" />
</form>
HTML;
$response->getBody()->write($html);
}
$filterChain->handle($request, $response);
});
// create global HTTP request and response
$request = (new Server\RequestFactory())->createRequest();
$response = (new Server\ResponseFactory())->createResponse();
// start middleware chain
$chain->handle($request, $response);
// send response
(new Server\Sender())->send($response);