Unicon

Unicon is universal PHP variable converter. The main feature is converting arrays to an object of given class. In this case, Unicon follows PhpDoc annotations, works recursively to create the object's properties.

See unicon/yaml - one of possible implementations. It converts YAML file to an object of given class.

Installation

composer require unicon/unicon

Usage

ConverterFactory creates a converter for the given target type. Target type may be class FQN, standard php type or types union. Once created, the converter may be used few times.

$converter = ConverterFactory::create($targetType);

Converter returns ConversionValue|AbstractError. ConversionValue::value contains converted value. It may be null if target type is nullable (null|\MyNamespace\MyClass): in this case null is also success result.

$result = $converter->convert($source);

Example

namespace MyNamespace;

class SimpleClass
{
    private ?string $stringProperty;
    private false|int $falseOrIntegerProperty;
    private \DateTimeInterface $date;
    /** @var bool */
    private mixed $boolPhpDocProperty;
}

$converter = ConverterFactory::create(SimpleClass::class);
$result = $converter->convert([
    'stringProperty' => 'test',
    'falseOrIntegerProperty' => 0,
    'date' => '2013-01-13 12:00:00',
    'boolPhpDocProperty' => 1
]);

Result:

object(Unicon\Unicon\ConversionValue)#11 (1) {
  ["value"]=>
  object(MyNamespace\SimpleClass)#14 (4) {
    ["stringProperty":"MyNamespace\SimpleClass":private]=>
    string(4) "test"
    ["falseOrIntegerProperty":"MyNamespace\SimpleClass":private]=>
    int(0)
    ["date":"MyNamespace\SimpleClass":private]=>
    object(DateTimeImmutable)#29 (3) {
      ["date"]=>
      string(26) "2013-01-13 12:00:00.000000"
      ["timezone_type"]=>
      int(3)
      ["timezone"]=>
      string(11) "Europe/Riga"
    }
    ["boolPhpDocProperty":"MyNamespace\SimpleClass":private]=>
    bool(true)
  }
}

Settings

ConverterFactory::create has the second optional parameter of ConversionSettings class:

ConverterFactory::create(
    string $type = 'mixed', 
    ConversionSettings $settings = new ConversionSettings()
)

You can create your ConversionSettings and configure it for your needs:

$settings = new ConversionSettings();
$settings->allowHumanConversion();
$settings->allowForcedConversion();
$settings->setStringToDateFormats(['Y-m-d H:i:s']);
$settings->setDateToStringFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$settings->allowNullToEmptyArrayConversion();
$settings->checkIfAllPropertiesAreInitialized();

Conversion priorities

1. Strict match (1 for int)
2. Gentle casting ('1' for int)
3. Forced casting if turned on (1.1 to 1 for int)

This affect the conversion if the property has few conversion options. For example:

	null	0	'0'
int	0	0	0
?int	null	0	0
null|int|string	null	0	'0'
?string	null	'0'	'0'
string	''	'0'	'0'