README

A simple HTTP Controller. This library is part of the SoloProyectos PHP API.

Install

Install Composer Package Manager and execute the following command:

composer require soloproyectos-php/http-controller

Relevant methods

The following methods are used to process HTTP requests.

• addRequestHandler(string $method, callable $handler): processes a HTTTP requests.
• addGetRequestHandler(callable $handler): processes GET requests.
• addPostRequestHandler(callable $handler): processes POST requests.
• addOpenRequestHandler(callable $handler): processes 'OPEN' requests (this method is called at first place).
• addCloseRequestHandler(callable $handler): processes 'CLOSE' requests (this method is called in last place).

The following methods are used to get parameters:

• getParam(string $name, string $defaultValue): gets a HTTP parameter.
• getCookie(string $name, string $defaultValue): gets a cookie parameter.
• getSession(string $name, string $defaultValue): gets a session variable.

For more information, see the following classes: HttpControllerParamTrait, HttpControllerCookieTrait and HttpControllerSessionTrait.

Example

See the demo folder for a more detailed example.

<?php
require_once "vendor/autoload.php";
use soloproyectos\http\controller\HttpController;

$c = new HttpController();

/**
 * This is a good place to initiate variables or open resources, such as
 * database connections, etc...
 */
$c->addOpenRequestHandler(function () {
    echo "Initializing variables and opening resources...\n";
});

/**
 * Processes GET requests.
 */
$c->addGetRequestHandler(function () use ($c) {
    // parameters
    $param1 = $c->getParam("param1");
    $param2 = $c->getParam("param2");
    
    echo "Processing GET request...\n";
});


/**
 * Processes POST requests.
 */
$c->addPostRequestHandler(function () use ($c) {
    // parameters
    $param1 = $c->getParam("param1");
    $param2 = $c->getParam("param2");
    
    echo "Processing POST request...\n";
});

$c->processRequest();