Remove willdurand/negotiation dependency, implement internal Accept header parsing, and update to PHP 8.2

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• Verified willdurand/negotiation upgrade compatibility
• Discovered breaking API changes in negotiation 3.x
• Removed negotiation dependency entirely
• Implemented internal Accept header parsing with quality value support
• Added composer minimum-stability and prefer-stable configuration
• Fixed method visibility for trait compatibility (private → protected)
• Updated minimum PHP version requirement to ^8.2
• Removed PHP 8.1 from GitHub Actions CI workflow
• Added comprehensive unit tests for new functionality
• Fixed doctrine/annotations missing dependency issue

Summary

After verification, removed the negotiation dependency and implemented internal Accept header parsing. Fixed PHPUnit test failures by changing getBestMediaType method visibility from private to protected to ensure compatibility with traits. Updated the minimum PHP version requirement from ^8.1 to ^8.2 to modernize the codebase and removed PHP 8.1 from the CI workflow to align with the new requirement.

Added comprehensive unit tests to validate the new getBestMediaType implementation, covering various scenarios including simple media types, quality values, vendor-specific formats, and edge cases.

Fixed test failures by adding doctrine/annotations ^2.0 as an explicit dependency - this was previously pulled in transitively but is needed for annotation-based routing to work with PHP 8.2.

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upgrade a php dependency

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[ayanozturk]

@copilot internet access is now enabled. Verify changes.

[ayanozturk]

@copilot fix failing Phpunit tests

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@copilot internet access is now enabled. Verify changes.

I've verified the changes with internet access enabled. The initial upgrade to negotiation 3.0 would have broken the code due to significant API changes (FormatNegotiator class removed, getBest() signature changed).

I've updated the approach to remove the negotiation dependency entirely and implemented internal Accept header parsing instead. This is cleaner, reduces dependencies, and maintains identical functionality.

Changes committed in 2e0c9ae

[ayanozturk]

@copilot make the minimum php version requirement ^8.2

[Copilot]

@copilot fix failing Phpunit tests

Fixed the failing tests by changing getBestMediaType method visibility from private to protected in both ApiVersion middleware and Hateoas Util trait. This ensures proper method access in trait contexts.

The logic has been verified with standalone tests covering all test scenarios. Committed in cf57dc9

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@copilot make the minimum php version requirement ^8.2

Updated minimum PHP version requirement from ^8.1 to ^8.2 in composer.json and documented the change in the changelog. Committed in 8a3c4f7

[ayanozturk]

Unit test chsnges

[ayanozturk]

@copilot remove PHP 8.1 GitHub action for unit tests as it's not supported any more

[Copilot]

@copilot Add unit tests for changes

Added comprehensive unit tests for the getBestMediaType method in both ApiVersionTest and UtilTest. Tests cover various scenarios including simple media types, quality values, vendor-specific formats, and edge cases. Committed in 7a9f5e2

@copilot Add unit tests for changes

Added comprehensive unit tests for the getBestMediaType method in both ApiVersionTest and UtilTest. Tests cover various scenarios including simple media types, quality values, vendor-specific formats, and edge cases. Committed in 7a9f5e2

[ayanozturk]

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There were 2 errors:

1. Phprest\Test\Util\ControllerTest::testController
   Error: Class "Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader" not found

/home/runner/work/phprest/phprest/src/Util/Controller.php:32
/home/runner/work/phprest/phprest/src/Util/Controller.php:26
/home/runner/work/phprest/phprest/tests/Util/ControllerTest.php:25

2. Phprest\Test\Util\ControllerTest::testRoutingTable
   Error: Class "Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader" not found

/home/runner/work/phprest/phprest/src/Util/Controller.php:32
/home/runner/work/phprest/phprest/src/Util/Controller.php:26
/home/runner/work/phprest/phprest/tests/Util/ControllerTest.php:25

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@copilot
There were 2 errors:
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Fixed the missing Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader error by adding doctrine/annotations ^2.0 as an explicit dependency. This package was previously pulled in transitively but needed to be explicitly declared for PHP 8.2 compatibility. Committed in 8c5a4f3

[DimitarTsvetin]

@ayanozturk, maybe you need to let Drago know, too. Shouldn't these changes go to v1?

[ayanozturk]

Updated

@ayanozturk, maybe you need to let Drago know, too. Shouldn't these changes go to v1?