Serializers

The Http messages serializer Factory is able to accept a PSR-7 MessageInterface and return a Serializer instance, which is capable of serializing the provided message into a string or array. This can come very handy, e.g. when dealing with Request & Response logging.

• Register Service Provider
• Obtain Serializer
• toString()
• toArray()

The serializers found in this package, are inspired by those available in Laminas Diactoros. Please check their documentation for additional details.

Register Service Provider

Register HttpSerializationServiceProvider in your config/app.php.

return [

    // ... previous not shown ... //

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Autoloaded Service Providers
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */

    'providers' => [

        \Aedart\Http\Messages\Providers\HttpSerializationServiceProvider::class

        // ... remaining services not shown ... //
    ],
];

Obtain Serializer

Use the HttpSerializerFactoryTrait component to obtain the serializer Factory. The factory offers a make() method, which accepts a MessageInterface instance.

TIP

PSR-7 RequestInterface, ServerRequestInterface and ResponseInterface all inherit from the MessageInterface. See documentation for additional information.

use Aedart\Http\Messages\Traits\HttpSerializerFactoryTrait;
use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;

class WeatherServiceHandler
{
    use HttpSerializerFactoryTrait;

    public function handle(ResponseInterface $response)
    {
        $serializer = $this
                        ->getHttpSerializerFactory()
                        ->make($response);
        
        // ... remaining not shown ...    
    }
}

toString()

Use the toString() to get a string representation of the Http message. You may also cast the serializer to achieve same result.

$serializer = $factory->make($request);
echo $serializer->toString();

// Example Output
//
// GET /users?created_at=2020 HTTP/1.1
// Host: acme.org
// Content-Type: application/json
//  
// {"users":["Jim","Ulla","Brian"]}

toArray()

To get an array representation of the Http message, use the toArray() method.

$serializer = $factory->make($request);
dd($serializer->toArray());

// Example Output
//
// array:6 [
//  "method" => "GET"
//  "target" => "/users?created_at=2020"
//  "uri" => "https://acme.org/users?created_at=2020"
//  "protocol_version" => "1.1"
//  "headers" => array:2 [
//    "Host" => array:1 [
//      0 => "acme.org"
//    ]
//    "Content-Type" => array:1 [
//      0 => "application/json"
//    ]
//  ]
//  "body" => "{"users":["Jim","Ulla","Brian"]}"
]