symfony/http-foundation

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A Symfony component that defines an object-oriented layer for the HTTP specification, replacing PHP's global variables and functions with Request and Response objects. It is one of the most widely adopted PHP libraries, used by Laravel, Drupal, Joomla, and many other projects.

Use cases

• handle HTTP requests and responses in a PHP application without a full framework
• access request data like query params, POST bodies, cookies, and files in an object-oriented way
• manage sessions and cookies in PHP
• build a custom micro-framework or API on top of Request/Response objects
• send JSON or streaming responses and server-sent events
• inspect and manipulate HTTP headers and Accept-* negotiation

When to choose

• you are building a PHP web application or framework and want a battle-tested HTTP abstraction
• you want to avoid dealing with PHP superglobals directly
• you are using Symfony or a framework built on Symfony components
• you need session, cookie, file upload, or header handling with a stable, well-documented API

When to avoid

• you are not working in PHP
• you want a full-stack framework with routing, templating, and DI out of the box (use Symfony full framework instead)
• you need an async or non-blocking HTTP server

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-server middleware file-upload web-development backend apis php http-request http-response symfony-component sessions headers session

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