PHP Builders

PHP Builders is a sample PHP library that provides traits to implement the Builder design pattern easily in PHP applications. It allows developers to create builder classes that can construct complex objects in a fluent and readable manner.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
  • Creating a Builder Class
  • Using the Builder
• Contributing
• Security
• License

Installation

You can install the package via Composer. Run the following command in your terminal:

composer require omaralalwi/php-builders

Usage

Creating a Builder Class

To create a builder class, extend the FluentBuilder class and define your properties and methods.

namespace App\Builders;

use Omaralalwi\PhpBuilders\FluentBuilder;

class UserBuilder extends FluentBuilder
{
    protected string $name;
    protected string $email;
    
    public function setName(string $name): self
    {
        $this->name = $name;
        return $this;
    }

    public function setEmail(string $email): self
    {
        $this->email = $email;
        return $this;
    }
    
    public function sendEmail(): self
    {
       // handle send email to user or make any action
       // then return instance of self
       return $this;
    }
    
    // add any another functions then call them as you need
}

Using the Builder

You can convert the built instance to an array or an object using the toArray() and toObject() methods.

Return Array

$userArray = UserBuilder::build()
    ->setName('PHP Builders')
    ->setEmail('[email protected]')
    ->sendEmail()
    ->toArray();

getType($userArray) // Array
$userArray['name'] // PHP Builders
$userArray['email'] // [email protected]

Return Object

$userObject = UserBuilder::build()
    ->setName('PHP Builders')
    ->setEmail('[email protected]')
    ->sendEmail()
    ->toObject();

getType($userArray) // object
$userArray->name // PHP Builders
$userArray->email // [email protected]

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have suggestions for improvements or new features, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on the GitHub repository.

Security

If you discover any security-related issues, please email creator : [email protected].

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.