v4
Getting Started
The Basics
HTTP Responses
Introduction
All of your WordPress and Router controllers should return a PSR7 compliant response to be sent back to the user's browser. Lumberjack provides a number of Response types which should cover the majority of cases.
If your Controller returns a string it will be automatically converted to an
HtmlResponse object with a 200 status code.Available Response Objects
Timber Response
The most common use-case will be to render a Twig view with some associated data. Using Timber on it's own, your code would look like this:
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use Timber\Timber;
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return Timber::render('home.twig', $context);
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In Lumberjack, you should take advantage of the
Rareloop\Lumberjack\Http\Responses\TimberResponse object to achieve the same thing:1
use Rareloop\Lumberjack\Http\Responses\TimberResponse;
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return new TimberResponse('home.twig', $context);
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Context Flattening
When passing context data to TimberResponse, any objects that implement the
Rareloop\Lumberjack\Contracts\Arrayable contract will automatically be flattened to a standard PHP array. This means that it is safe to use objects such as Collection and ViewModel in your data without it causing issues with Twig.Redirect Response
Redirecting to a different URL can be done by returning an instance of
Rareloop\Lumberjack\Http\Responses\RedirectResponse.1
use Rareloop\Lumberjack\Http\Responses\RedirectResponse;
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return new RedirectResponse('/another/page');
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Adding Flash Data
If you want to redirect to a URL and also flash some data to the session, you can use the
with() method.1
return new RedirectResponse('/another/page')
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->with('error', 'Something went wrong');
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Diactoros Responses
Lumberjack also includes the fantastic Zend Diactoros package which provides additional PSR7 compliant Response Objects.
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// Check out their documentation for further details and examples:
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// https://zendframework.github.io/zend-diactoros/
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$response = new Zend\Diactoros\Response\TextResponse('Hello world!');
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$response = new Zend\Diactoros\Response\HtmlResponse($htmlContent);
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$response = new Zend\Diactoros\Response\XmlResponse($xml);
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$response = new Zend\Diactoros\Response\JsonResponse($data);
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$response = new Zend\Diactoros\Response\EmptyResponse(); // Basic 204 response:
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Adding Status Code & Headers
One of the benefits of using Response Objects is that they make it easier to control the HTTP status code & headers.
All the Response Objects bundled with Lumberjack let you set both the status code and headers in their constructor.
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use Zend\Diactoros\Response\JsonResponse;
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return new JsonResponse($data, 422, ['X-Total-Validation-Errors' => 2]);
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Or if you prefer, you can use the
withStatus and withHeader methods instead.1
use Zend\Diactoros\Response\JsonResponse;
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return (new JsonResponse($data, 422))
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->withStatus(422)
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->withHeader('X-Total-Validation-Errors', 2);
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Responsable Objects
In addition to supporting PSR7 compliant responses, Controllers can also return an object that implements the
Rareloop\Router\Responsable interface. These objects provide a toResponse() method that will return an instance of a PSR7 Response.1
// app/Http/Controllers/TestController.php
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namespace App\Http\Controllers;
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use App\Exceptions\TestException;
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class TestController
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{
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public function show()
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return new TestException('Hello World');
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}
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}
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// app/Exceptions/TestException.php
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namespace App\Exceptions;
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use Rareloop\Router\Responsable;
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use Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface;
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use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
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use Zend\Diactoros\Response\JsonResponse;
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class TestException extends \Exception implements Responsable
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{
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protected $reason;
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public function __construct($reason)
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{
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$this->reason = $reason;
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parent::__construct();
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}
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public function toResponse(RequestInterface $request) : ResponseInterface
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{
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return new JsonResponse([
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'error' => $this->reason,
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], 400);
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}
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}
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