Http Dispatcher Framework

About

!IMPORTANT: this is an experimental version not to be used for production development

This http-based framework implements the Dispatcher pattern (more info from Oracle Java) and can be configured as a front-controller or delegate the request to an application. Suitable for REST API services or monolithic server-side rendering.

Framework features

• Filters, register custom Http Filter
• Interceptors, register custom http interceptors
• Negotiation, validate request content
• Localization, use POEDIT to translate strings or add new languages. (Note: required enable php extensions gettext, intl, mbstring more info)
• Powerful configuration using D.I., registering a custom application to handle specific endpoint requests or simply using front-controllers (best for api)
• DI - dependency injection
• Service Locator see \Core\Utils\ObjectStorage
• Singleton only used for see \Core\Boot\Registry, no other class uses singleton

Requirements

PHP >= 8.2

Note: if using Apache enabled mod_rewrite

Enabled PHP extensions

• filter
• gettext
• iconv
• intl
• json
• mbstring
• reflection
• spl

Learning - Case Study

Dispatcher lifecycle management

Example 1: Dispatcher as Front-Controller

case study: dispatcher as front controller without proxy application

Example 2: Dispatcher as Proxy using Application

case study: dispatcher as proxy using application

Security Vulnerabilities

For better security setup, add the following http response headers more info edit .htaccess if using Apache or default.config on Nginx, or use \Core\Http\Response::setHeader method in your controller

• X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
• X-XSS-Protection: "1; mode=block"
• X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
• Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin

Debugging enabled local development only

Hide sensitive information in http requests/response

Hide file path information in http requests/responses

Always validate/escape user input of requests

Do not allow direct access to files and folders

License

see license here