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Transcript
the HttpKernelInterface is a lie
@igorwesome
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“Interface” Protocol Communication Message passing
Catherine Please, from The Noun Project
Paulo Sá Ferreira - Purple Matter, from The Noun Project
hi!
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10010101110100100
1001010111010010000110101 Massimiliano Mauro, from The Noun Project
Sergey Shmidt, from The Noun Project aloha!
yay!
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Universal Interface
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1234 4321
foo bar baz foo baz Patrick n Hawaii, from The
Noun Project
foo moo Anuar Zhumaev, from The Noun Project
find src -name '*.php' | grep -iv tests | cut
-f2- -d/ | cut -f1 -d\. | awk '{ print length, $0 }' | sort -n | tr / \\ ;
Tim Boelaars, from The Noun Project
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nc
/\_/\ / 0 0 \ ====v==== \ W / |
| _ / ___ \ / / / \ \ | (((-----)))-' / ( ___ \__.=|___E /
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data Dmitry Baranovskiy, from The Noun Project
xinetd
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/etc/xinet.d/<service> service <service> { disable = no socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp user = <user> wait = no server = /usr/local/bin/<program> }
/etc/xinet.d/fortune service fortune { disable = no socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp user = xinetd wait = no server = /usr/local/bin/fortune }
#!/bin/bash fortune | cowsay
$ nc <host> 7777
$ nc <host> 7777 ______________________________________ < Eat right, stay fit,
and die anyway. > -------------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
/etc/xinet.d/cowsay service cowsay { disable = no socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp user = xinetd wait = no server = /usr/games/cowsay }
$ echo 'moo' | nc <host> 7778
#!/usr/bin/php <?php ! while (!feof(STDIN)) { echo transform(fgets(STDIN)); }
$ echo 'moo' | nc <host> 7778 _____ < moo
> ----- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
cgi
The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) [22]! allows an HTTP [1],
[4] server and a CGI! script to share responsibility for responding! to client requests. RFC 3875
xinetd tcp http httpd
http httpd script cgi
script env vars data headers data
GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: igor.io Accept: */* REQUEST_METHOD = GET
PATH_INFO = / HTTP_HOST = igor.io HTTP_ACCEPT = */* SERVER_NAME = igor.io
Content-Type: text/html ! <!DOCTYPE html> <html> ... </html>
fcgi
script
sockets are the new pipes
• 1991: HTTP • 1993: CGI • 1995: PHP •
1996: FastCGI
• 1997: Java Servlet • 2003: Python WSGI • 2007:
Ruby Rack • 2009: Perl PSGI • 2011: Symfony2 HttpKernelInterface
rack
class HelloWorld def call(env) [ 200, {"Content-Type" => "text/plain"}, ["Hello
world!"] ] end end
sapi
$_SERVER header echo exit
HttpKernelInterface
interface HttpKernelInterface! {! /*** @return Response */! public function handle(Request
$request);! }
sapi kernel
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“legacy” apps: it’s all great until exit;
myths: !
myths: caching
myths: caching (use varnish)
myths: caching (use varnish) functional tests
CgiHttpKernel adapter from kernel to cgi functional test “legacy” apps
kernel CGI
kernel CGI anything!
$kernel = new CgiHttpKernel(__DIR__.'/app'); ! $request = Request::create('/index.php'); $response =
$kernel->handle($request); ! var_dump($response->getContent());
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Client; ! $client = new Client($kernel); ! $crawler =
$client->request('GET', '/index.php');
caution: it’s slow (WIP: FcgiHttpKernel)
Where is the value?
REQ REP
fcgi roles
authorizer httpd responder filter
rack middlewares
HttpKernel middlewares
$app = new CallableHttpKernel(function ($request) { return new Response('Hello World!');
});
class Logger implements HttpKernelInterface { private $app; private $logger; !
public function __construct(HttpKernelInterface $app, LoggerInterface $logger) { $this->app = $app; $this->logger = $logger; } ! public function handle(Request $request, ...) { $response = $this->app->handle($request, $type, $catch); ! $this->log($request, $response); ! return $response; } ! private function log(Request $request, Response $response) { ... } }
$app = new Logger( $app, new Monolog\Logger() );
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpCache\HttpCache; use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpCache\Store; $app = new HttpCache( $app, new
Store(__DIR__.'/cache') );
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpCache\HttpCache; use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpCache\Store; $app = new HttpCache( $app, new
Store(__DIR__.'/cache') ); use varnish!
App Logger Authentication Session
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do something before or after every request
different take on event listeners
class Foo implements HttpKernelInterface { private $app; ! public function
__construct(HttpKernelInterface $app) { $this->app = $app; } ! public function handle(Request $request, ...) { $response = $this->app->handle($request, $type, $catch); ! return $response; } } 1 2 3
UrlMap $blog = new Silex\Application(); ! $blog->get('/', function () {
return 'This is the blog!'; }); ! $app = new Stack\UrlMap($app, [ '/blog' => $blog, ]);
Session $app = new CallableHttpKernel(function ($request) { $session = $request->getSession();
... }); ! $app = new Stack\Session($app);
OAuth $app = new Igorw\Stack\OAuth($app, [ 'key' => 'foo', 'secret'
=> 'bar', 'callback_url' => 'http://localhost:8080/auth/verify', 'success_url' => '/', 'failure_url' => '/auth', ]); ! $app = new Stack\Session($app);
OAuth $request->attributes->get('oauth.token');
Composition!
$stack = (new Stack\Builder()) ->push('Stack\Session') ->push('Igorw\Stack\OAuth', [...]) ->push('Foo'); ! $app
= $stack->resolve($app);
• GeoIp • IpRestrict • Backstage • Basic Authentication •
Hawk • CORS Community
It doesn’t stop there
• Authentication • Debug toolbar • Injected routes • Signed
cookies • Asset management • Force SSL • Error handling
( )
Choose wisely
Michael Rowe, from The Noun Project
• joind.in/9990 • stackphp.com • @stackphp • @igorwesome • github.com/igorw/CgiHttpKernel