README

PHP library for interact with DBus. By default, the console utility busctl is used.

Basic usage

Composer

This library is designed for use with the composer PHP dependency manager. Simply add the srhmster/php-dbus package to get started:

composer require srhmster/php-dbus

Manually

If you don't have composer available, then simply download the code

git clone https://github.com/srhmster/php-dbus vendor/srhmster/php-dbus

and include autoload.php

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/srhmster/php-dbus/autoload.php';

Examples

Files with examples of using the library can be found in the examples directory

Available methods

__construct($service, Marshaller $marshaller = null, Command $command = null)

Construct new Dbus service object

Parameters:

• string $service - Dbus service name
• Marshaller|null $marshaller - Object of data converter, BusctlMarshaller by default
• Command|null $command - Object of console command, BusctlCommand by default

call($objectPath, $interface, $method, $properties = null, $useSudo = false, $options = [])

Invoke a method and show the response

Parameters:

• string $objectPath - Dbus object path
• string $interface - Dbus interface name
• string $method - Method name
• mixed|null $properties - Properties value, null by default
• bool $useSudo - Use sudo flag, false by default
• array $options - Command options, empty array by default

Response: array|string|int|float|bool|null

emit($objectPath, $interface, $signal, $value = null, $useSudo = false, $options = [])

Emit a signal

Parameters:

• string $objectPath - Dbus object path
• string $interface - Dbus interface name
• string $signal - Signal name
• mixed|null $value - Signal value, null by default
• bool $useSudo - Use sudo flag, false by default
• array $options - Command options, empty array by default

Response: void

getProperty($objectPath, $interface, $name, $useSudo = false, $options = [])

Retrieve the current value of object property

Parameters:

• string $objectPath - Dbus object path
• string $interface - Dbus interface name
• string $name - Property name
• bool $useSudo - Use sudo flag, false by default
• array $options - Command options, empty array by default

Response: array|string|int|float|bool|null

setProperty($objectPath, $interface, $name, $value = null, $useSudo = false, $options = [])

Set the current value of an object property

Parameters:

• string $objectPath - Dbus object path
• string $interface - Dbus interface name
• string $name - Property name
• mixed|null $value - Property value, null by default
• bool $useSudo - Use sudo flag, false by default
• array $options - Command options, empty array by default

Response: void

Command options format

If the option does not require a value, then specify only its name

$options = [
    'option_name_1',
    'option_name_2',
];

otherwise specify an array

$options = [
    ['option_name_1', 'option_value_1'],
    ['option_name_2', 'option_value_2'],
];

BusctlDataObject

This is a set of classes for convenient work with data in PHP. The BusctlMarshaller can convert this data into the correct Dbus format. Use the base class BusctlDataObject static methods described below to create a data object with the desired data type.

Available methods

::s($value = null)

Create string data object. Base data type

Parameters:

• string|null $value - Data object value, null by default

Response: StringDataObject

::o($value = null)

Create object path data object. Base data type

Parameters:

• string|null $value - Data object value, null by default

Response: ObjectPathDataObject

::b($value = null)

Create boolean data object. Base data type

Parameters:

• bool|null $value - Data object value, null by default

Response: BooleanDataObject

::y($value = null)

Create byte data object. Base data type

Parameters:

• int|null $value - Data object value, null by default

Response: NumericDataObject

::n($value = null)

Create int16 data object. Base data type

Parameters:

• int|null $value - Data object value, null by default

Response: NumericDataObject

::q($value = null)

Create uint16 data object. Base data type

Parameters:

• int|null $value - Data object value, null by default

Response: NumericDataObject

::i($value = null)

Create int32 data object. Base data type

Parameters:

• int|null $value - Data object value, null by default

Response: NumericDataObject

::u($value = null)

Create uint32 data object. Base data type

Parameters:

• int|null $value - Data object value, null by default

Response: NumericDataObject

::x($value = null)

Create int64 data object. Base data type

Parameters:

• int|null $value - Data object value, null by default

Response: NumericDataObject

::t($value = null)

Create uint64 data object. Base data type

Parameters:

• int|null $value - Data object value, null by default

Response: NumericDataObject

::d($value = null)

Create double data object. Base data type

Parameters:

• float|null $value - Data object value, null by default

Response: NumericDataObject

::v(BusctlDataObject $value)

Create variant data object. Container data type

Parameters:

• BusctlDataObject $value - Any data object other than a VariantDataObject

Response: VariantDataObject

::r($value)

Create struct data object. Container data type

Parameters:

• BusctlDataObject|BusctlDataObject[] $value

Response: StructDataObject

::a($value)

Create array data object. Container data type

Parameters:

• BusctlDataObject[] $value

Response: ArrayDataObject

::e($value)

Create map data object. Container data type

Parameters:

• BusctlDataObject[][] $value - Each element of the array must be in the format ['key' => BusctlDataObject, 'value' => BusctlDataObject]. Key value can only be a base data type.

Response: MapDataObject