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This driver is an HTTP client based on the illuminate/http package that ships with Laravel.

It is used to make HTTP requests within Kipchak.

Requirements

• PHP 8.4 or 8.5
• Kipchak ^2 || ^3
• illuminate/http ^13

Versions

• 2.0 — upgrades illuminate/http from 12.x to 13.x and adds PHP 8.5 support. The driver's public API is unchanged. Requires kipchak/core: ^2 || ^3.
• 1.x — illuminate/http ^12, kipchak/core ^2.

See the Kipchak upgrade guide for details.

Composer Package

kipchak/driver-http

Sample Config File:

This driver does not require any configuration.

How to use it?

Install it via composer: composer require kipchak/driver-http.

Example Usage

// Load the HTTP driver.
$http = Kipchak\Driver\Http\Http::get()
// Use the HTTP client ($http) client as you normally would.

See the methods available in the client here: https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/http-client. All methods in the Laravel documentation called via Http::method() are available via $http->method() in Kipchak.

What is a Kipchak Driver?

Kipchak Drivers are used to connect Kipchak to various data sources or storage systems.

They provide a standardized interface for interacting with different data sources, allowing developers to focus on building their applications rather than dealing with the complexities of each data source.

Drivers were introduced as a part of the Kipchak 2.0 release.

Drivers are basically Container Dependencies injected into Kipchak's Service Container.

How do Kipchak Drivers work?

Some Kipchak drivers are wired into the Service Container via a config file (where required).

If applicable, you will find a sample config file in this repository as well as in the starter project at https://1x.ax/mamluk/kipchak/starter.

Each driver defines an implementation of Kipchak's Driver Interface. Where applicable, the dependency may accept a parameter for a specific instance of the driver specified as a config property, for instance, in the case of multiple database connections or S3 buckets.

So you may access the driver by invoking \Kipchak\Driver\Memcached\Memcached::get('cache'), where cache is the name of one of the memcached connection pools specified in the config file.