FastForward HTTP

FastForward HTTP is the entry-point package for the HTTP stack of the Fast Forward ecosystem. Instead of installing and wiring multiple HTTP packages by hand, you install one package and register one service provider.

Once registered, the package exposes the building blocks that most HTTP applications need first:

  • PSR-7 message objects
  • PSR-17 factories for requests, responses, streams, URIs, and uploaded files
  • A PSR-18 HTTP client
  • Convenience factories for JSON, HTML, plain text, redirects, empty responses, and payload streams
  • A ready-to-use ServerRequestInterface created from PHP globals

Who This Package Is For

Use fast-forward/http when you want a practical starting point for HTTP work in a Fast Forward application or in any PSR-11 environment that can consume service providers.

If you only need a subset of the stack, such as factories without an HTTP client, you can use the underlying packages directly. This documentation shows both approaches.

Understanding the Standards

Standard What it means What this package gives you
PSR-7 Interfaces for HTTP requests, responses, URIs, uploaded files, and streams Concrete PSR-7-compatible objects through the installed HTTP message stack
PSR-17 Factory interfaces used to create PSR-7 objects Registered factories such as RequestFactoryInterface and ResponseFactoryInterface
PSR-18 A standard HTTP client interface used to send PSR-7 requests Psr\Http\Client\ClientInterface backed by Symfony HttpClient
PSR-11 A standard interface for dependency injection containers The package is consumed through a service provider and a container

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