Server usage

Setting up your server is simple. All you need is a class containing the methods that you expose to the client, which you pass to the constructor of JsonRpc\Server. For an instantiated class:

<?php
$methods = new MethodsClass();
$server = new JsonRpc\Server($methods);

For a static class:

<?php
$server = new JsonRpc\Server('\\\\Namespace\\\\MethodsStatic');

Then you call the $server->receive method, which will do all the work for you:

<?php
$server->receive();

And that is it. The library will handle all Json-Rpc requests, including notification and batch requests, invoke your methods and return the response. It also handles any errors it may encounter. The requirements of the methods class are described below:

Methods class

It must be a class, because the server looks-up the method to check and order its parameters. If you used an ordinary function or closure this would not be possible.

It should contain a public property error which is used by your methods to signify an error and is returned by the server as an appropriate error response. Take a look at an example method class below.

<?php
class MyMethodsClass
{

  public $error = null;

  public function divide($dividend, $divisor, $int = false)
  {

    if (!$divisor)
    {
      $this->error = 'Cannot divide by zero';
    }
    else
    {
      $quotient = $dividend / $divisor;
      return $int ? (int) $quotient : $quotient;
    }

  }

}

If the divide method is passed 0 as its divisor, it sets its error property to a string message. The server checks for this and returns an appropriate JSON-RPC response:

{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "error": {"code": -32000, "message": "Server error", "data": "Cannot divide by zero"}, "id": 1}

This format is explained in the official specification. However, it is worth noting that the error code used is reserved for "implementation-defined server-errors" and that the original error is passed as the data member of the error structure. You can set your own error codes and messages by using an array or object. For example the above error could be set as:

<?php
$this->error = array(
  'code' => -32000,
  'message' => 'Server error',
  'data' => 'Cannot divide by zero'
);

The library uses the following rules for interpreting the error property of the method class:

• if it is an integer it is set as the code: {"code": <error>, "message": "Server error"}
• if it is a scalar it is set as the data: {"code": -32000, "message": "Server error","data":<error>}
• if an array or object it uses any values it finds, defaulting to: {"code": -32000, "message": "Server error"}

* Note that an Exception will be thrown if you set the error code outside of the accepted range (-32000 to -32099).

Errors and exceptions

The server handles all errors and any exception that might be thrown. For example:

• if the method does not exist (or is not callable)
• if the method call does not have the correct number of required parameters
• if an Exception is thrown in your methods class

These are returned with the appropriate error response and in the case of exceptions are logged to your error_log. By default the server calls ini_set('display_errors', '0'); so no errors are sent back to the client