php-fig/http-message

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PSR-7 provides a set of common PHP interfaces for representing HTTP messages (requests and responses) as described in RFC 7230/7231, plus URI interfaces per RFC 3986. It contains no implementation itself; it exists so HTTP libraries and frameworks can interoperate.

Use cases

• standardize http request and response objects across php frameworks
• write framework-agnostic php middleware
• build an http client library compatible with psr-7
• type-hint http messages in shared php packages
• decouple application code from a specific framework's http layer

When to choose

• you are building reusable php packages or middleware that must work across frameworks
• you want interoperability with the broader php http ecosystem (guzzle, slim, nyholm/psr7, etc.)
• you need stable, standardized interfaces for http messages

When to avoid

• you need an actual working http client or server implementation rather than interfaces
• your project does not follow psr standards and has its own http abstractions
• you are not working in php

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-client http-server middleware web-development apis backend php psr-7 http-message interfaces interoperability standards

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