Symfony extend request

This bundle allows users to annotate the controller method type with class that extends Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request and implement custom logic inside child class.

Example

use App\Request\ExtendedRequest;

class ProductsController extends AbstractController {

    #[Route('product/search')]
    public function search(SearchProductsRequest $request): JsonResponse
    {
        return new JsonResponse([
            'name' => $request->getName(),
        ]);
    }
    
}

namespace App\Request;

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;

class SearchProductsRequest extends Request
{
    public function getName(): string
    {
        return $this->get('name');
    }
}

Installation

composer require ivanstan/symfony-extend-request

Add to your project's bundle.php:

<?php

return [
    Ivanstan\SymfonyExtendRequest\SymfonyExtendRequestBundle::class => ['all' => true],
];

Requests as services

Classes extending Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request can now be promoted to fully functional Symfony services, with all of its dependency injection features. Since request constructor is dedicated for query params, headers, etc. Required attribute is encouraged to inject other services in extended request class, for example:

<?php

namespace App\Request;

use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Contracts\Service\Attribute\Required;

class ExtendedRequest extends Request
{
    protected LoggerInterface $logger;

    #[Required]
    public function setLogger(LoggerInterface $logger):void
    {
        $this->logger = $logger;
    }
}

This will de-facto work if autowiring is enabled.

Testing

Run: composer test

Next development steps

• Support request validation in child classes.