dstollie / Mapper

Reify

Mapping things like json,xml,arrays and simply every kind of data a concrete instances. Avoid having to hassle with array keys or undefined exceptions when trying to get a json property. Stop thinking and Yolo to the Getting Started

Getting Started

Interesting, ur getting curious right? First install this package

composer require "cupcoffee/mapper"

Once you've done that we need a concrete class to map your data to:

//Person.php

class Person
{
	/**
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $name;

	/**
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $gender;

	/**
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $age;
}

Lastly we let Reify handle the real work

$json = '{
  "name": "John Johnson",
  "age": "23",
  "gender": "Male"
}';

$person = (new Mapper())->map(new JsonMapper(), $json)->to(Person::class);

Where does this awesome name come from!?

Wow you we're just thinking the same as we did!

Reify is a word that attempts to provide a bridge between what is abstract and what is real.

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In essential that is wat this package is; you give Reify some data and it will make it concrete for you