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Transformer

transformer is a PHP package for transforming values or input, powered by the Laravel framework's validation components.

Installation

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Usage

To use the package, pass your data and an array of callable functions that your data should be passed through:

Note that the syntax is similar to the Laravel validation syntax because this package is powered by the same components.

Passing Arguments

You can specify arguments for your functions using a <function>:<comma-delimited-list> syntax:

Specify Value Argument Order

By default, the first argument passed to your function will be the value being formatted, followed by the arguments specified in the order provided. If your function does not accept the value as the first argument, you can use the :value: placeholder to specify the order. For example:

Casting Arguments

You may find that when passing arguments to the transforming functions, you may hit run time errors due to typehints on arguments for basic types. Since arguments are being specified as a string here, you may come across a scenario like this:

The above would throw an error because the 1 argument being passed in is a string and the function expects a integer. In these cases, you can use the following convention to cast the argument to specific native type, by suffixing @<type> to the value. For example to cast the 1 to an integer:

Available Casting Types:

The following basic casting types are available

• int
• str
• float
• bool
• array
• object

Note For more complex type or casting needs, use a Closure or Surgiie\Transformer\Contracts\Transformable class as documented below.

Optional Transformation

If you only want to transform a value if it is not null or "blank", you can use the ? character in the chain of functions to specify when to break out of processing. This is often placed at the start of the chain:

Note: This package uses Laravel's blank helper to determine blank/empty values. If you have more complex logic for breaking out of rules, you can use a closure or a \Surgiie\Transformer\Contracts\Transformable class and call the 2nd argument exit callback.

Closures and Transformable Classes

You can use closures to transform your values:

Alternatively, you can implement the Surgiie\Transformer\Contracts\Transformable contract and use class instances:

Array Input

You can also format nested array data using dot notation:

Wildcards

You can also use wildcards on keys to apply transformers on keys that match the wildcard pattern:

Object Values/Method Delegation

It is possible to delegate a function call to an object if the value has been converted to an instance. Using the syntax -><methodName>:args, you can specify method chaining on that instance:

You can also use class constants that accept a single value as its constructor, for example:

Guard Layer Over Execution

By default, all available functions that are callable at runtime will be executed. However, if you want to add a protection or security layer that prevents certain methods from being called, you can add a guard callback that checks if a method should be called by returning true:

Manually Transforming Values/Single Values

To format a one-off value, use the Transformer class:

Use Traits

To transform data and values on-the-fly in your classes, use the \Surgiie\Transformer\Concerns\UsesTransformer trait:

Use the Request Macro

To transform data using a macro on a Illuminate\Http\Request object instance, call the transform() method on the request, which returns the transformed data.

When calling on a FormRequest object, it uses the validated() function to retrieve the input data. Note that this requires the data you are targeting to be defined as a validation rule in your form request's rules function, otherwise the data will be omitted from transformation.

Package Discovery/Don't Discover

Laravel automatically registers the package service provider, but if you don't want this, you can ignore package discovery for the service provider by including the following in your composer.json:

Contribute

Contributions are always welcome in the following manner:

• Discussions
• Issue Tracker
• Pull Requests