[RFC]: Laminas/Http Request still required for Router::match

[marcelthole]

RFC

Q	A
Proposed Version(s)	4.0.0
BC Break?	Yes

Goal

The Laminas Router component still requires the laminas/http Package. The goal is to have a clear Interface that could be used for the match Method without guessing the required methods

Background

https://github.com/laminas/laminas-router/blob/ec4b33834199bcf04c1b90b98c10f53c9e77e046/src/Http/TreeRouteStack.php#L298C1-L302C10

the getUri Method is only available in the laminas/http Request.

The same problem exists for other Route Implementations.

https://github.com/laminas/laminas-router/blob/ec4b33834199bcf04c1b90b98c10f53c9e77e046/src/Http/Method.php#L93C1-L97C10

If i want to use laminas-router without laminas-http i need to create a new class that will implement the stdlib RequestInterface and also need to check the whole Laminas-Router code to collect all necessary methods that will be called via method_exists

Proposal(s)

• Use a PSR Request Interface instead of the Laminas Stdlib RequestInterface?
• Provide a LaminasRouter Request Interface with all required Methods and provide an Mapper that will convert a Laminas stdLib Request / Psr Request to a LaminasRouterRequest

[froschdesign]

• provide an Mapper that will convert a Laminas stdLib Request / Psr Request to a LaminasRouterRequest

We already have a mapper/bridge, but the goal should be to remove this conversion. See: https://github.com/mezzio/mezzio-laminasrouter/blob/99be8034f49a0ecebe3de464cece6fefa40c276c/src/LaminasRouter.php#L83-L90

[gsteel]

Yes… Laminas Router is due for a major release because:

• It needs native types everywhere
• Upgrade to Service Manager v4
• Removal of Laminas HTTP/Stdlib Request in favour of PSR-7 Messages
• Probably other things too…