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An HTTP message body is represented with the help of a stream object that implements the Opis\Stream\IStream interface. A default implementation of this interface is provided by the Opis\Stream\Stream class. The stream interface provides various methods that allow developers to work with native PHP streams in an object-oriented manner. Streams are also used when working with uploaded files, being a convenient way of handling large amount of data.

The capabilities of a stream can be obtained by using the following methods:

• isRedable - tells if the stream is readable
• isWritebale - tells if the stream is writable
• isSeekable - tells if the stream allows random access

if ($stream->isReadeable()) {
    // check if you can read from this stream
}

if ($stream->isWritable()) {
    // check if you can write to this stream
}

if ($stream->isSeekable()) {
    // check if this stream allows random access
}

Stream info

Obtaining the size of a stream (in bytes), is done with the help of the size method.

if ($stream->size() > 1024 * 1024) {
    // do something
}

You can check if a stream was closed or not, by using the isClosed method.

if ($stream->isClosed()) {
    // do something
}

You can obtain the current cursor position inside the stream by using the tell method.

$position = $stream->tell();

To check if the cursor position is at the end of the stream, use the eof method.

if ($stream->isEOF()) {
    // do something
}

You can obtain an array of metadata by using the metadata method. Obtaining a specific key from de array, is done by passing the key’s name as an argument to the method. More information about the supported metadata keys can be found here.

// An array of metadata
$info = $stream->metadata();
// Get stream's URI
$uri = $stream->metadata('uri');

Stream operations

Writing to a stream is done by using the write method. This method returns the number of bytes written or null if some error have occurred.

$stream->write('Hello world');

Reading a chunk of data is accomplished by using the read method. The default chunk size is 8192 bytes, but you can specify a custom size.

// Read 8192 bytes of data
$data = $stream->read();

// Read 1024 bytes of data
$data = $stream->read(1024);

Reading from the current cursor position to the end of the stream, is done by using the readToEnd method.

$data = $stream->readToEnd();

You can change the cursor’s position by using the seek method.

$stream->seek(100);

The method takes a second, optional, argument that tells how the offset bytes should be interpreted.

$stream->seek(100, SEEK_CUR);

• SEEK_SET - set position equal to offset bytes. This is the default behavior.
• SEEK_CUR - set position to current location plus offset.
• SEEK_END - set position to end-of-file plus offset.

Moving the cursor back to the beginning of the stream, is done by using the rewind method.

$stream->rewind();

Reading all stream data as a string, from the beginning to the end of the stream, is simply a matter of casting the stream object to the string data type.

$data = (string) $stream;

Once you’ve done using the stream, you can close it by using the close method.

$stream->close();