Routing
use Siler\Route;
Route\get('/path', <handler>);
Route\post('/path', <handler>);
Route\put('/path', <handler>);
Route\delete('/path', <handler>);
Route\options('/path', <handler>);
Also a facade to catch any HTTP method:
Route\any('/path', <handler>);
Additional and custom HTTP methods can be set using the
route function:Route\route('custom', '/path', <handler>);
With an
array, you can listen for multiple HTTP methods on the same handler:Route\route(['post', 'put'], '/path', <handler>);
Route parameters can be defined using Regular Expressions:
Route\get('/number/([0-9]+)', <handler>);
Or using a little syntax for creating named groups, that is just wrapping the parameter name around curly-brackets:
Route\get('/number/{n}', <handler>);
The above will match anything, not only numbers. For a fine-grained control, please use Regular Expressions.
Optional named parameters can be defined using the question mark
? as sufix:Route\get('/hello/{name}?', <handler>);
To avoid the need of a trailing slash, add a question mark after it, like regex (because it is regex):
Route\get('/hello/?{name}?', <handler>);
The
<handler> placeholder you saw is where you can put the route logic and it can be contained on the following:Route\get('/hello/{name}', function (array $routeParams) {
echo 'Hello '.($routeParams['name'] ?? 'World');
});
$handler = function (array $routeParams) {
echo 'Hello World';
};
function create_handler() {
return function (array $routeParams) {
echo 'Hello World';
};
}
Route\get('/', $handler);
Route\get('/', create_handler());
As a method call on array-syntax:
class Hello {
public function world(array $routeParams) {
echo 'Hello World';
}
}
$hello = new Hello();
Route\get('/', [$hello, 'world']);
As a static method call string-syntax:
class Hello {
static public function world(array $routeParams) {
echo 'Hello World';
}
}
Route\get('/', 'Hello::world');
class Hello {
public function __invoke(array $routeParams) {
echo 'Hello World';
}
}
Route\get('/', new Hello());
Handlers can be a String representing the filename of another PHP file, route parameters will be available at the global
$params variable:index.php
Route\get('/hello/{name}', 'pages/home.php');
pages/home.php
echo 'Hello '.$params['name'];
CRUD routes can be auto-magically be defined for convenience using the Rails and Laravel pattern.
Given this resource declaration:
Route\resource('/users', 'api/users');
Siler will look for files at
path/to/files matching the HTTP URI according to the table below:HTTP Verb | URI | File |
GET | /users | /api/users/index.php |
GET | /users/create | /api/users/create.php |
POST | /users | /api/users/store.php |
GET | /users/{id} | /api/users/show.php |
GET | /users/{id}/edit | /api/users/edit.php |
PUT | /users/{id} | /api/users/update.php |
DELETE | /users/{id} | /api/users/destroy.php |
The file structure should look like:
index.php
/api
└── /users
├─ index.php
├─ create.php
├─ store.php
├─ show.php
├─ edit.php
├─ update.php
└─ destroy.php
You can also let Siler create the routes recursively looking for files at a base path. Then the files names will be used to define the method and the path.
Route\files('controllers');
Siler will interpret periods (.) as slashes and also maintain folder structure at HTTP path:
Filename | Method | Path |
index.get.php | GET | / |
index.post.php | POST | / |
foo.get.php | GET | /foo |
bar/index.get.php | GET | /bar |
foo.bar.get.php | GET | /foo/bar |
foo/bar.get.php | GET | /foo/bar |
foo/bar/index.get.php | GET | /foo/bar |
Since
{ and } are valid chars in a filename, route parameters should work as well, but you can define required parameters prefixing with $ and optional parameters using @:Filename | Method | Path |
foo.{slug}.get.php | GET | /foo/{slug} |
foo.$slug.get.php | GET | /foo/{slug} |
GET | /foo/{slug?} |
Any method is valid, it is guessed based on the penultimate "token":
Filename | Method | Path |
foo.options.php | OPTIONS | /foo |
foo.x-custom.php | X-CUSTOM | /foo |
Note on handlers
When creating routes, be careful about early and lazy evaluations.
Route\get('/foo', [new FooController(), 'index']);
The example above is early, which means it will call
FooController constructor for each request even if it's not a request to /foo.To make it lazy you can wrap inside a
Closure:Route\get('/foo', function () {
$controller = new FooController();
return $controller->index();
});
Now
FooController is called only when there is a match for route /foo.
One downside is that now you have to explicitly manage path parameters, on the other hand is a best practice to do so.
It is a good time to validate parameters, convert plain string parameters to meaningful types on your domain or resolve dependencies.Route\get('/users/{id}', function (array $params) use ($ioc) {
if (!preg_match('/[0-9]+/', $params['id']) {
$controller = $ioc->resolve(ErrorController::class);
return $controller->invalid('IDs must be numbers');
}
$controller = $ioc->resolve(UsersController::class);
return $controller->show($params['id']);
});
You can grab the raw request body using:
use Siler\Http\Request;
$body = Request\raw();
Parse as URL-encoded data using:
$params = Request\params();
Parse as JSON using:
$resource = Request\json();
Or get data from a Form and from the Query String using:
$input = Request\post('input');
$searchTerm = Request\get('q');
Calling them without arguments will tell Siler to return all the values as an
array:$data = Request\post();
$queryString = Request\get();
You can also pass a default value if the key isn't present in the GET or POST super-globals:
$input = Request\post('input', 'default-value');
Also conveniently get a header as easy as for the body:
$contentType = Request\header('Content-Type');
e.g. Serving both JSON and Form requests:
$data = Request\header('Content-Type') == 'json' ? Request\json() : Request\post();
Siler also have convenient functions to simplify HTTP responses.
You can output JSON encoded body with proper headers in just one line:
use Siler\Http\Response;
Response\json(['error' => false, 'message' => 'It works']);
It will already output the given data, you don't need to call
echo or print so use carefully, it's not a encoder, it's an output-er.Same easy as for Request, you can set HTTP response headers with the
header function at Response namespace:Response\header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', 'https://know-domain.tld');
Response\header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST, PUT, DELETE');
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