Installation

The Fetch HTTP package can be installed using Composer, the PHP dependency manager.

Requirements

• PHP 8.3 or higher
• Composer

Install via Composer

1. Add to your project

composer require jerome/fetch-php

2. Update your autoloader

If you haven't already done so, make sure you include the Composer autoloader in your project:

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

Manual Installation (Not Recommended)

While we strongly recommend using Composer, you can also manually download the package and include it in your project:

1. Download the latest release from GitHub
2. Extract the files into your project directory
3. Set up your own autoloading system or include files manually

Verifying Installation

After installation, you can verify that everything is working correctly by creating a simple script:

<?php
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

// Make a simple request using the global helper
$response = fetch('https://httpbin.org/get');

// Check the response
if ($response->successful()) {
    echo "Installation successful!\n";
    echo "Response status: " . $response->status() . "\n";
    echo "Response body: " . $response->body() . "\n";
} else {
    echo "Something went wrong. HTTP status: " . $response->status() . "\n";
}

Testing Different Response Methods

You can also test some of the enhanced response methods:

<?php
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

// Make a request to the JSON endpoint
$response = fetch('https://httpbin.org/json');

// Test content type detection
if ($response->hasJsonContent()) {
    echo "Received JSON content\n";

    // Parse the JSON data
    $data = $response->json();
    echo "JSON data successfully parsed\n";

    // Access data using array syntax
    if (isset($response['slideshow'])) {
        echo "Slideshow title: " . $response['slideshow']['title'] . "\n";
    }
} else {
    echo "Did not receive JSON content\n";
}

// Test status code helpers
if ($response->isOk()) {
    echo "Response has 200 OK status\n";
}

Next Steps

After installation, check out the Quickstart guide to begin using the Fetch HTTP package.