→ Author: Travis Neal

→ License: GNU GPL v3

→ Web: https://github.com/iam-decoder

A Plug-and-play REST Controller with CORS support meant to fit in most PHP implemented servers.

This is a plug-and-play library meant to fit most web applications utilizing PHP as the server-sided scripting language. However, for best results, the use of an Apache-based server is desired. If you plan to use this library on a non-apache-based server, please replace values being returned to the _request property branching off of the _init method with your server's version of the variables (or use your own clever way to get the necessary result).

• Copy the file /src/REST_Server.php to your application
• Include the file prior to calling the REST_Server class (require_once)
• Extend a class/controller that you want the REST_Server to officiate

/*
 * For servers using full classes as endpoints
 */
require_once('REST_Server.php');
class api_endpoint extends REST_Server {

  public function __construct(){
    parent::__constructor();
    $this->callMethod('methodPrefix_');
  }
  
  public function methodPrefix_get(){
    //this method is only called in a get request
    $this->response("You've reached the methodPrefix_get method");
  }
  
  public function methodPrefix_post(){
    //this method is only called in a post request
    $this->response("You've reached the methodPrefix_post method");
  }
}

/*
 * For servers using class methods as endpoints
 */
require_once('REST_Server.php');
class api_endpoint extends REST_Server {

  public function __construct(){
    parent::__constructor();
  }
  
  public function calledMethod(){
    //reached by this method being called from somewhere
    $this->callMethod('methodPrefix_');
  }
  
  public function methodPrefix_get(){
    //this method is only called in a get request
    $this->response("You've reached the methodPrefix_get method");
  }
  
  public function methodPrefix_post(){
    //this method is only called in a post request
    $this->response("You've reached the methodPrefix_post method");
  }
}

Available methods to be called from the extended class

The object contructor accepts either no parameters or an array of configuration variables. If no parameters are passed, the default options will be used (default options can be changed by overwriting the property values in the class that are prefixed with 2 underscores (__). If you'd like to send the configuration settings through the constructor, you can pass in an associative array with the key being the name of the changeable property and the value being the new value to be used rather than the default. The changeable properties are:

public function __construct(){
  parent::__constructor(
    array(
      "ajax_only" => false
    , "default_response_type" => "form"
    )
  );
}

Retrieves data for the provided request method type. If an element is specified, it will search through the parsed data looking for the element, if it doesn't exist then it will return false. If an element is not specified, all data associated to the method will be returned as an array.

public function someMethod(){

  $this->requestData('get');
  //returns all get variables as an array

  $this->requestData('post', 'name');
  /* if the 'name' element exists in the post
   * data, the previous line will return its
   * value, otherwise it will return a
   * boolean false.
   */
}

Returns information about the request such as whether the request was made using AJAX, the request method being used (like get, post, etc.), if the request accessed the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), etc.

public function someMethod(){
  $this->requestInfo();
}

Calls a method in the current class inheritance the begins with $method_prefix and ends with the current request method. If parameters are included in the call, it will attach them to the method call. For instance if you wanted to pass a value that was calculated on the server to the method you could add it to the statement like so:

public function foo(){
  $this->callMethod('bar_', 'baz');
}
public function bar_get($singleParameter){
  echo $singleParameter; //outputs: baz
}

If you wanted to pass more than 1 parameter you would pass an indexed array of those parameters to the callMethod method

public function foo(){
  $this->callMethod('bar_', array('baz', 'qux'));
}
public function bar_get($firstParameter, $secondParameter){
  echo $firstParameter." -> ".$secondParameter; //outputs: baz -> qux
}

Sets the data to be used when generating the response. Use this if you wish to separate the data from the final response() statement.

public function someMethod(){
  $data = array("name" => "Travis Neal");
  $this->setResponseData($data);
  $this->response();
}

alias for the setResponseData method.

Outputs data formatted to follow how the request was generated. For example, if the request was originated with XML content, XML content will be returned. If it cannot determine the correct format, then the __default_response_type property value will be used

Accepts 0 to 3 parameters:

• The first parameter should either be NULL or an array of data. If NULL is passed, it will check if the data was previously set using the setResponseData method, if both are NULL, then nothing will be output for the request, however, the status code will be set.
• The second parameter can either be NULL or a numeric value corresponding to the HTTP Status code for the request (See Status Code Definitions). If this is set to NULL it will be translated to status 200 OK.
• The third parameter should be a boolean value of either TRUE or FALSE, if this is set to TRUE then the formatted data (if any) will be returned and the HTTP Status header will be set, but the request will continue. If it's set to FALSE then the request will end, and the formatted data will be output for reading and the status code will be set.

public function someMethod(){
  $data = array("name" => "Travis Neal");
  $this->response($data, 100); //outputs the formatted data and terminates the request with an HTTP status of '100 Continue'
}

• General
  • Changed license from GNU LGPL v2.1 to GNU GPL v3
  • Added license headers to all files
  • Available in composer
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed CSV responses

Initial upload