DealNews URL Utilities

Utilities for parsing, normalizing, merging, and building URLs with fine‑grained control over query strings.

Installation

composer require dealnews/url

Classes

DealNews\Url\Url

High level URL helper that stores individual URL parts (scheme, host, path, query, etc.) and keeps a QueryString helper in sync with the query property.

Key capabilities:

• parse(string $url, bool $reset = true, ?string $separator = null) – split a URL into parts and validate each component.
• Magic setters/getters ($url->host, $url->path, $url->query, …) – allow direct manipulation of parts with validation.
• build(?string $separator = null) – rebuild the URL, omitting default ports and honoring custom separators.
• normalize() – lowercases scheme/host, sorts query parameters, and normalizes percent‑encoding.
• sanitizePathComponent(string $input) – generate safe slug/path fragments.
• merge(string $url1, string ...$url2) – merge one or more URLs into the current instance without mutating the original data.

Example:

use DealNews\Url\Url;

$url = new Url('https://user:[email protected]:443/products/tv?q=4k#details');
$url->normalize(); // lowercases scheme/host and sorts query parameters

$url->query_string->setParameter('page', '2');
$url->fragment = 'reviews';

echo $url->build(); // https://user:[email protected]/products/tv?q=4k&page=2#reviews

// Merge additional data without losing the existing state
$combined = $url->merge('http://cdn.example.com/media', '?size=large');
// $combined => http://cdn.example.com/media?size=large
// $url remains unchanged

DealNews\Url\QueryString

Lightweight parser/builder for ordered query strings. Allows unnamed entries, custom separators, front insertion, and selective replacement.

Key methods:

• parse(string $query_string, string $separator = '&')
• build(?string $separator = null): string
• addParameter(?string $key, ?string $value, bool $front = false)
• setParameter(?string $key, ?string $value, bool $front = false)
• removeParameters(array $keys): void
• sortParameters(): void
• getParameters(): array

Example:

use DealNews\Url\QueryString;

$qs = new QueryString('foo=1&bar=2');
$qs->setParameter('foo', '3');
$qs->addParameter(null, 'feature'); // unnamed flag
$qs->sortParameters(); // only sorts when all params are named

echo $qs->build(); // foo=3&bar=2&feature

Custom separator example:

$qs = new QueryString(null, ';');
$qs->parse('token;user=john;role=admin', ';');
$qs->addParameter('expires', '1700000000');

echo $qs->build(); // token;user=john;role=admin;expires=1700000000

DealNews\Url\Exception\Parse

Custom exception extending \Exception. Methods such as Url::__construct() and Url::__set() throw Parse when a URL cannot be parsed or an invalid property is referenced.

use DealNews\Url\Exception\Parse;
use DealNews\Url\Url;

try {
    $url = new Url();
    $url->invalid_property = 'value';
} catch (Parse $e) {
    // Handle invalid assignment
}

Testing

composer install
./vendor/bin/phpunit