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Instantiation

An HTTP request is represented with the help of the Opis\Http\Request class. The simplest way to instantiate a request object, is by calling the fromGlobals static method.

use Opis\Http\Request;

$request = Request::fromGlobals();

You could also instantiate the request object yourself, by passing a series of arguments to its constructor. To better understand what each of the arguments mean, let’s take a look to the constructor’s signature.

/**
 * Constructor
 */
public function __construct(
    string $method = 'GET',
    string $requestTarget = '/',
    string $protocolVersion = '1.1',
    bool $secure = false,
    array $headers = [],
    array $files = [],
    ?\Opis\Stream\IStream $body = null,
    ?array $cookies = null,
    ?array $query = null,
    ?array $formData = null
);

• $method - represents the HTTP method used in this request. Typical values for this argument are: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and OPTIONS
• $requestTarget - the request URI, usually in the form of an absolute path, optionally followed by a query string
• $protocolVersion - the HTTP’s version
• $secure - tells if the request was made using a secure connection or not
• $headers - a key-value mapped array, where the key represents the header name, and the value represents the actual value of the header. If the $requestTarget is a form of an absolute path, then the list of headers must contain a Host entry.
• $files - a list of uploaded files. Each uploaded files is represented by using an object that implements the Opis\Http\IUploadedFile interface. You can use the Opis\Http\UploadedFile::parseFiles method to obtain such a list from the $_FILES global variable.
• $body - this arguments represents the request’s body, if present. If you omit this argument, or pass null, then its value will be automatically determined.
• $cookies - a list of parsed cookies or the $_COOKIE global variable itself. If the argument is omitted or null is passed as a value, then the value of $cookies will be automatically determined from $headers.
• $query - a list of query parameters or the $_GET global variable itself. If this argument is omitted or null is passed as a value, then the value of $query will be automatically determined from $requestTarget.
• $formData - a list of submitted values or the $_POST global variable itself. If this argument is omitted or null is passed as a value, then the value of $formData will be automatically determined from $body.

Cookies

You can read the full list of cookies by using the getCookies method.

$cookies = $request->getCookies();

Checking if a cookies exists is done with the help of the hasCookie method.

if ($request->hasCookie('foo')) {
    // do something
}

The getCookie method can be used to read the value of a cookie. If the cookie doesn’t exist, null is returned instead.

$cookie = $request->getCookie('foo');

By default, the value of the cookie is URL-decoded. To suppress this behavior, simply pass false as the second argument to the getCookie method.

$cookie = $request->getCookie('foo', false);

User-submitted data

When we are talking about from submitted data, we are referring to those requests that were sent using the POST method, have a body and have a Content-Type header whose value is set toapplication/x-www-form-urlencoded.

Form data

Reading all the fields submitted by a user, with the help of a form, is accomplished by using the getFormData method.

$data = $request->getFormData();

Reading individual field values is done by using the formData method and passing the field’s name as an argument.

// Read username
$username = $request->formData('username');

// Read password
$password = $request->formData('password');

If the field doesn’t exist, null is returned instead, as a fallback value. You can specify a custom fallback value by passing a second argument to the method.

// Custom fallback value
$website = $request->formData('website', 'https://example.com');

Raw body

If the data submitted by an user was not sent with the help of a form, you can use the getBody method to access the stream object that will help you read the data.

$data = $request->getBody();

$json = json_decode($data->readyToEnd());

Query params

Getting the full list of query params is done with the help of the getQuery method.

$query = $request->getQuery();

Reading individual query params is done with the help of the query method. If the query param doesn’t exist, null is returned instead, as a fallback value.

$page = $request->query('page');

You can specify a custom fallback value by passing a second argument to the method.

// Custom fallback value
$page = $request->query('page', 1);

File uploads

You can use the getUploadedFile method to obtain the full list of uploaded files.

$files = $request->getUploadedFiles();

Getting a specific file is done by using the file method. The method will return an object that implements the Opis\Http\IUploadedFile interface, or null if the file doesn’t exist.

$file = $request->file('picture');

if ($file !== null) {
    $file->moveTo('/some/path/picture.jpg');
}

Miscellaneous

Reading the method that was used for a particular request is done by using the getMethod method.

if ('GET' !== $request->getMethod()) {
    // do something
}

You can use the isSecure method to find out if a request was made using a secure connection or not.

if (!$request->isSecure()) {
    // Handle request
}

Reading the request target is done with the help of the getRequestTarget method.

echo $request->getRequestTarget();

You can also obtain a full URI of the request by using the getUri method. The method will return an instance of Opis\Http\Uri class.

$uri = $request->getUri();

if ($uri->getPath() === '/hello') {
    // do something
}