Shorthands for cookie values #6

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opened 2026-04-27 11:58:36 +02:00 by c.fahner · 1 comment

c.fahner commented

2026-04-27 11:58:36 +02:00

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Currently the code to extract cookie values using the library abstractions looks like this:

$cookieHeader = Fields::getFirst($request->headers, 'cookie');
if ($cookieHeader !== null && $cookieHeader instanceof Structured) {
	$cookieValue = $cookies->root['cookieName'];
	if (\is_scalar($cookieValue)) {
    	// do something with it
	}
}

This is an unacceptable amount of code for a library that is supposed to make things like this easier, considering the "PHP way" to get this information is simply referencing $_COOKIES['cookieName'].

This issue introduces a utility class Slendium\Http\Message\Cookies with a method get(Message|iterable<Field> $source, string $name):?string. Passing the method a Message extracts the cookie value from its $headers.

Currently the code to extract cookie values using the library abstractions looks like this: ```php $cookieHeader = Fields::getFirst($request->headers, 'cookie'); if ($cookieHeader !== null && $cookieHeader instanceof Structured) { $cookieValue = $cookies->root['cookieName']; if (\is_scalar($cookieValue)) { // do something with it } } ``` This is an unacceptable amount of code for a library that is supposed to make things like this easier, considering the "PHP way" to get this information is simply referencing `$_COOKIES['cookieName']`. This issue introduces a utility class `Slendium\Http\Message\Cookies` with a method `get(Message|iterable<Field> $source, string $name):?string`. Passing the method a `Message` extracts the cookie value from its `$headers`.

c.fahner added this to the v0.2 milestone

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c.fahner commented

2026-04-27 11:59:01 +02:00

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Note: also update the README example.

c.fahner added a new dependency