A better FormRequest implementation

README.md

@@ -114,25 +114,37 @@ Register the service provider in your `config/app.php` as per usual...
 
     Alfheim\Sanitizer\SanitizerServiceProvider::class,
 
-### Helper Traits
+### Extending the FormRequest
 
-#### `Alfheim\Sanitizer\Laravel\SanitizesFormRequest`
+**This is where the package shines.**
+By extending the `Alfheim\Sanitizer\Laravel\FormRequest` on your base `App\Http\Requests\Request` class (instead of the default `Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest`), you'll be able to define sanitation rules in a `sanitize` method on the given form request, similar to how you define validation rules in the `rules` method.
 
-This trait makes it trivial to add sanitation rules directly onto a `FormRequest`.
-
-Similar to how you define validation rules on a `FormRequest` by defining a `rules`
-method which returns an array, you may define sanitation rules by defining a `sanitize`
-method which returns an array containing the sanitation rules, like so...
+Let me show you in code...
 
 ``` php
+// app/Http/Requests/Request.php
+
 namespace App\Http\Requests;
 
-use Alfheim\Sanitizer\Laravel\SanitizesFormRequest;
+use Alfheim\Sanitizer\Laravel\FormRequest;
+// Instead of `Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest`
 
-class FooRequest extends Request
+abstract class Request extends FormRequest
 {
-    use SanitizesFormRequest;
+    //
+}
+```
+
+That's it! Now it's trivial to define sanitation rules on your form requests...
 
+``` php
+// app/Http/Requests/FooRequest.php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests;
+
+class FooRequest extends Request
+{
+    // Sanitation rules...
     public function sanitize()
     {
         return [
@@ -152,7 +164,7 @@ class FooRequest extends Request
 }
 ```
 
-Next, in a controller...
+For completeness, I'll show you the controller...
 
 ``` php
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
@@ -164,7 +176,7 @@ class FooController extends Controller
     public function create(FooRequest $request)
     {
         // At this point, the $request will be both sanitized and validated.
-        // So you may go ahead and access the input as usual:
+        // You may go ahead and access the input as usual:
 
         $request->all();
         $request->input('name');
@@ -174,6 +186,8 @@ class FooController extends Controller
 }
 ```
 
+### Helper Trait
+
 #### `Alfheim\Sanitizer\Laravel\SanitizesRequests`
 
 This trait adds a `sanitize` method on the class.

composer.json

@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
   "require-dev": {
     "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.1|~5",
     "mockery/mockery": "~0.9",
-    "illuminate/contracts": "^5.2",
-    "illuminate/support": "^5.2",
-    "illuminate/http": "^5.2"
+    "laravel/framework": "^5.2"
   },
   "autoload": {
     "psr-4": {

src/Laravel/FormRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Alfheim\Sanitizer\Laravel;
+
+use Alfheim\Sanitizer\Sanitizer;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest as BaseFormRequest;
+
+/*
+ * This class is an extension of the `Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest`
+ * class. It provides an easy way to abstract away the sanitation logic from
+ * your controllers.
+ *
+ * A quick example of how it may be used:
+ *
+ * To keep it simple, I'll tell our base `App\Http\Requests\Request` class to
+ * extend `Alfheim\Sanitizer\Laravel\FormRequest` instead of the default
+ * `Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest`. Your base request class should look
+ * something like this:
+ *
+ *     <?php
+ *     // app/Http/Requests/Request.php
+ *
+ *     namespace App\Http\Requests;
+ *
+ *     use Alfheim\Sanitizer\Laravel\FormRequest;
+ *
+ *     abstract class Request extends FormRequest
+ *     {
+ *         //
+ *     }
+ *     ?>
+ *
+ *     <?php
+ *     // app/Http/Requests/FooRequest.php
+ *
+ *     namespace App\Http\Requests;
+ *
+ *     class FooRequest extends Request
+ *     {
+ *         public function sanitize()
+ *         {
+ *             // This is where you define the rules which will be passed on to
+ *             // the sanitizer.
+ *             return [
+ *                 'name'  => 'trim|ucwords',
+ *                 'email' => 'trim|mb_strtolower',
+ *             ];
+ *         }
+ *     }
+ *     ?>
+ *
+ *     <?php
+ *     // app/Http/Controllers/FooController.php
+ *
+ *     namespace App\Controllers;
+ *
+ *     use App\Http\Requests\FooRequest;
+ *
+ *     class FooController
+ *     {
+ *         public function store(FooRequest $request)
+ *         {
+ *             // At this point, the $request will be both sanitized and
+ *             // validated. So you may go ahead and access the input as usual:
+ *
+ *             $request->all();
+ *             $request->input('name');
+ *             $request->only(['name', 'email']);
+ *             // etc...
+ *         }
+ *     }
+ *     ?>
+ */
+abstract class FormRequest extends BaseFormRequest
+{
+    /**
+     * Perform the sanitation by overriding the
+     * `Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation::initialize` method. The `$request`
+     * argument will be sanitized according to the rules defined in the
+     * `static::sanitize` method.
+     *
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function initialize(array $query = [], array $request = [], array $attributes = [], array $cookies = [], array $files = [], array $server = [], $content = null)
+    {
+        if (! empty($request) && ($rules = $this->sanitize())) {
+            $sanitizer = app(Sanitizer::class)->rules($rules);
+
+            $request = $sanitizer->sanitize($request);
+        }
+
+        parent::initialize(
+            $query, $request, $attributes, $cookies, $files, $server, $content
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the sanitation rules for this form request.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function sanitize()
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+}