Forget about index.php and build you applications around HTTP!

FORGET ABOUT INDEX.PHP
BUILD YOUR APPLICATIONS AROUND HTTP!

Kacper Gunia @cakper
Software Engineer @SensioLabsUK
Symfony Certiﬁed Developer
PHPers Silesia @PHPersPL

Good old days
flickr.com/linkahwai/5162310920

Hello world in PHP“ ” + tutorial

Gojko’s two facts about
programming web:
1)Ctrl-C
2)Ctrl-V

<?php

!
$name
=
$_GET['name'];

echo
"Hello
$name!";

How HTTP works?
flickr.com/see-‐through-‐the-‐eye-‐of-‐g/4278744230

This is what HTTP is about!
Request
Response

This is what Your App is about!
Request
Response

“(…) the goal of your
application is always to
interpret a request and
create the appropriate
response based on your
application logic.”
Symfony.com

HTTP is simple
flickr.com/wildhaber/5936335464

Request
flickr.com/haniamir/3318727924

GET
/index.php?name=Kacper
HTTP/1.1

Host:
localhost:8000

GET
HTTP/1.1

Host:
localhost:8000
I want to see…

GET
HTTP/1.1

Host:
localhost:8000
…this resource!

GET
HTTP/1.1

Host:
localhost:8000
And I know it should be on localhost

GET
HTTP/1.1

Host:
localhost:8000
Psst, I’m using 1.1 version of HTTP protocol

Response
flickr.com/aftab/3364835006

HTTP/1.1
200
OK

Host:
localhost:8000

Content-‐type:
text/html

!
Hello
Kacper!

HTTP/1.1
200
OK

Host:
localhost:8000

Content-‐type:
text/html

!
Hello
Kacper!
OK man, I’ve found it!

HTTP/1.1
200
OK

Host:
localhost:8000

Content-‐type:
text/html

!
Hello
Kacper!
And it’s an HTML

HTTP/1.1
200
OK

Host:
localhost:8000

Content-‐type:
text/html

!
Hello
Kacper!
Hello World!

[METH]
[REQUEST-‐URI]
HTTP/[VER]

[Field1]:
[Value1]

[Field2]:
[Value2]

!
[request
body,
if
any]
HTTP/[VER]
[CODE]
[TEXT]

[Field1]:
[Value1]

[Field2]:
[Value2]

!
[response
body]
ResponseRequest

What if we create objects
from Request & Response?

Object-oriented HTTP
flickr.com/mohammadafshar/9571051345

GET
HTTP/1.1

Host:
localhost:8000
$request-‐>getMethod();

GET

$request-‐>getPathInfo();
/

HTTP/1.1
200
OK

Host:
localhost:8000

Content-‐type:
text/html

!
Hello
Kacper!
$response-‐>getStatusCode();
200

$response-‐>getContent();

Hello
Kacper!

HttpFoundation
flickr.com/rubempjr/8050505443

“The HttpFoundation
component deﬁnes
an object-oriented 
layer for the HTTP
speciﬁcation”
Symfony.com

$request
=
Request::createFromGlobals();

!
$request
=
new
Request(

$_GET,

$_POST,

array(),

$_COOKIE,

$_FILES,

$_SERVER

);

!

$_GET

$request-‐>query

$_POST

$request-‐>request

$_COOKIE

$request-‐>cookies

$_FILES

$request-‐>files

$_SERVER

$request-‐>server

!

$request-‐>headers

$request-‐>attributes
ParameterBag instances

$name
=
isset($_GET['name'])

?
$_GET['name']

:
"World";
$name
=
$request

-‐>query

-‐>get('name',
'World');

$request-‐>isSecure();
Verify conﬁgured header or standard one

$request-‐>isXmlHttpRequest();
Verify AJAX request

$request
=
Request::create(

'/',

'GET',

['name'
=>
'Kacper']

);
Simulate a Request

$response
=
new
Response(

‘Hello
Kacper!’,

Response::HTTP_OK,

['content-‐type'
=>
'text/html']

);

!
$response-‐>prepare($request);

$response-‐>send();

$response
=
new
RedirectResponse( 

'http://example.com/'

);
Redirect Response

$response
=
new
JsonResponse();

$response-‐>setData(['name'
=>
'Kacper']);
JSON Response

$kernel
=
new
AppKernel('dev',
true);

!
$request
=

$response
=
$kernel-‐>handle($request);


!
$kernel-‐>terminate($request,
$response);
Symfony app_dev.php

Front Controller
flickr.com/cedwardbrice/8334047708

”The Front Controller
consolidates all request
handling by channeling
requests through a single
handler object (…)”
MartinFowler.com

$kernel
=
new
AppKernel('dev',
true);

!
$request
=

$response
=


!
$response);

HTTP Kernel
flickr.com/stuckincustoms/6341844005

“The HttpKernel
component provides a
structured process for
converting a Request into
a Response by making use
of the EventDispatcher.”
Symfony.com

interface
HttpKernelInterface

{

const
MASTER_REQUEST
=
1;

const
SUB_REQUEST
=
2;

!

/**

*
@return
Response
A
Response
instance

*/

public
function
handle(

Request
$request,

$type
=
self::MASTER_REQUEST,

$catch
=
true);

}

How Symfony transforms
Request into Response?

Event Dispatcher
flickr.com/parksjd/11847079564

“The EventDispatcher
component provides tools
that allow your application
components to communicate
with each other by
dispatching events and
listening to them.”
Symfony.com

EventDispatcher is
an implementation
of Mediator pattern

$dispatcher
=
new
EventDispatcher();

$dispatcher-‐>addListener(

'foo.action',

function
(Event
$event)
{

//
do
whatever
you
need

});

!
$event
=
new
Event();

$dispatcher-‐>dispatch('foo.action',
$event);

The kernel.request Event
flickr.com/drakegoodman/13479419575

Manipulate your
Request here…

…you can even
return a Response!

public
function
onKernelRequest(GetResponseEvent
$event)

{

$request
=
$event-‐>getRequest();

if
($request-‐>query-‐>get('name')
===
'Kacper')
{

$event-‐>setResponse(

new
Response("We
don't
like
you!")

);

}

}

…or e.g. detect
device, location…

…and routing is
resolved here

The Routing Component
flickr.com/checksam/12814058644

“The Routing
component maps an
HTTP request to a set
of conﬁguration
variables.”
Symfony.com

$route
=
new
Route('/',
array('controller'
=>
'HelloController'));

$routes
=
new
RouteCollection();

$routes-‐>add('hello_route',
$route);

!
$context
=
new
RequestContext();

$context-‐>fromRequest($request);

!
$matcher
=
new
UrlMatcher($routes,
$context);

!
$parameters
=
$matcher-‐>match('/');

//
['controller'
=>
'HelloController',
'_route'
=>
'hello_route']

Resolve Controller
flickr.com/rightbrainphotography/480979176

interface
ControllerResolverInterface

{

public
function
getController(

Request
$request

);

!

public
function
getArguments(

Request
$request,

$controller

);

}

The kernel.controller Event

Change controller
here (if you need)

e.g. parameters
conversion
happens now

Resolve Arguments
flickr.com/joiseyshowaa/2720195951

Arguments
come from
$request->attributes
ParameterBag

Controller Call
flickr.com/taspicsvns/11768808836

Time for your
application logic

Optional:
The kernel.view event

Transform
non-Response
into Response

e.g. transform
arrays into
JSON Responses

The kernel.response Event

Send Response
flickr.com/stuckincustoms/5727003126

The kernel.terminate Event

HTTP Cache
flickr.com/soldiersmediacenter/403524071

$response
=
new
Response();

!
$response-‐>setPublic();

$response-‐>setMaxAge(600);

$response-‐>setSharedMaxAge(600);

public
function
indexAction(Request
$request,

$name)

{

$response
=
new
Response("Hello
$name");

$response-‐>setETag(md5($response-‐>getContent()));

$response-‐>setPublic();

$response-‐>isNotModified($request);

!

return
$response;

}

ESI
flickr.com/nasamarshall/6950477589

“The ESI speciﬁcation
describes tags you can
embed in your pages
to communicate with
the gateway cache.”
Symfony.com

<!DOCTYPE
html>

<html>

<body>

<!-‐-‐
...
content
-‐-‐>

!

<!-‐-‐
Embed
the
content
of
another
page
-‐-‐>

<esi:include
src="http://..."/>

!

<!-‐-‐
...
content
-‐-‐>

</body>

</html>

Symfony2 Reverse Proxy
flickr.com/zacharyz/3950845049

$kernel
=
new
AppKernel('prod',
false);

$kernel-‐>loadClassCache();

!
$kernel
=
new
AppCache($kernel);

!
$request
=

$response
=


$response);

OK, but are those things actually
used outside of Symfony?

flickr.com/tombricker/5709640847
YES!

Drupal 8
phpBB
Silex
eZ Publish
Laravel

Kacper Gunia
Software Engineer
Symfony Certiﬁed Developer
PHPers Silesia
Thanks!

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