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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Injecting property values |
| 3 | +weight: 11 |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +When creating a data object, it is possible to inject values into properties from all kinds of sources like route |
| 7 | +parameters, the current user or dependencies in the container. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## Filling properties from a route parameter |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +When creating data objects from requests, it's possible to automatically fill data properties from request route |
| 12 | +parameters, such as route models. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +The `FromRouteParameter` attribute allows filling properties with route parameter values. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +### Using scalar route parameters |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +```php |
| 19 | +Route::patch('/songs/{songId}', [SongController::class, 'update']); |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 22 | + #[FromRouteParameter('songId')] |
| 23 | + public int $id; |
| 24 | + public string $name; |
| 25 | +} |
| 26 | +``` |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +Here, the `$id` property will be filled with the `songId` route parameter value (which most likely is a string or |
| 29 | +integer). |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +### Using Models, objects or arrays as route parameters |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +Given that we have a route to create songs for a specific author, and that the `{author}` route parameter uses route |
| 34 | +model binding to automatically bind to an `Author` model: |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +```php |
| 37 | +Route::post('/songs/{artist}', [SongController::class, 'store']); |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 40 | + public int $id; |
| 41 | + #[FromRouteParameter('artist')] |
| 42 | + public ArtistData $author; |
| 43 | +} |
| 44 | +``` |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +Here, the `$artist` property will be filled with the `artist` route parameter value, which will be an instance of the |
| 47 | +`Artist` model. Note that the package will automatically cast the model to `ArtistData`. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +## Filling properties from route parameter properties |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +The `FromRouteParameterProperty` attribute allows filling properties with values from route parameter properties. The |
| 52 | +main difference from `FromRouteParameter` is that the former uses the full route parameter value, while |
| 53 | +`FromRouteParameterProperty` uses a single property from the route parameter. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +In the example below, we're using route model binding. `{song}` represents an instance of the `Song` model. |
| 56 | +`FromRouteParameterProperty` automatically attempts to fill the `SongData` `$id` property from `$song->id`. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +```php |
| 59 | +Route::patch('/songs/{song}', [SongController::class, 'update']); |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 62 | + #[FromRouteParameterProperty('song')] |
| 63 | + public int $id; |
| 64 | + public string $name; |
| 65 | +} |
| 66 | +``` |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +### Using custom property mapping |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +In the example below, `$name` property will be filled with `$song->title` (instead of `$song->name). |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +```php |
| 73 | +Route::patch('/songs/{song}', [SongController::class, 'update']); |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 76 | + #[FromRouteParameterProperty('song')] |
| 77 | + public int $id; |
| 78 | + #[FromRouteParameterProperty('song', 'title')] |
| 79 | + public string $name; |
| 80 | +} |
| 81 | +``` |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +### Nested property mapping |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +Nested properties are supported as well. Here, we fill `$singerName` from `$artist->leadSinger->name`: |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +```php |
| 88 | +Route::patch('/artists/{artist}/songs/{song}', [SongController::class, 'update']); |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 91 | + #[FromRouteParameterProperty('song')] |
| 92 | + public int $id; |
| 93 | + #[FromRouteParameterProperty('artist', 'leadSinger.name')] |
| 94 | + public string $singerName; |
| 95 | +} |
| 96 | +``` |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +## Route parameters take priority over request body |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +By default, route parameters take priority over values in the request body. For example, when the song ID is present in |
| 101 | +the route model as well as request body, the ID from route model is used. |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +```php |
| 104 | +Route::patch('/songs/{song}', [SongController::class, 'update']); |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +// PATCH /songs/123 |
| 107 | +// { "id": 321, "name": "Never gonna give you up" } |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 110 | + #[FromRouteParameterProperty('song')] |
| 111 | + public int $id; |
| 112 | + public string $name; |
| 113 | +} |
| 114 | +``` |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +Here, `$id` will be `123` even though the request body has `321` as the ID value. |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +In most cases, this is useful - especially when you need the ID for a validation rule. However, there may be cases when |
| 119 | +the exact opposite is required. |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | +The above behavior can be turned off by switching the `replaceWhenPresentInPayload` flag off. This can be useful when |
| 122 | +you _intend_ to allow updating a property that is present in a route parameter, such as a slug: |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | +```php |
| 125 | +Route::patch('/songs/{slug}', [SongController::class, 'update']); |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +// PATCH /songs/never |
| 128 | +// { "slug": "never-gonna-give-you-up", "name": "Never gonna give you up" } |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 131 | + #[FromRouteParameter('slug', replaceWhenPresentInPayload: false )] |
| 132 | + public string $slug; |
| 133 | +} |
| 134 | +``` |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +Here, `$slug` will be `never-gonna-give-you-up` even though the route parameter value is `never`. |
| 137 | + |
| 138 | +## Filling properties from the authenticated user |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | +The `FromCurrentUser` attribute allows filling properties with values from the authenticated user. |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | +```php |
| 143 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 144 | + #[FromAuthenticatedUser] |
| 145 | + public UserData $user; |
| 146 | +} |
| 147 | +``` |
| 148 | + |
| 149 | +It is possible to specify the guard to use when fetching the user: |
| 150 | + |
| 151 | +```php |
| 152 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 153 | + #[FromAuthenticatedUser('api')] |
| 154 | + public UserData $user; |
| 155 | +} |
| 156 | +``` |
| 157 | + |
| 158 | +Just like with route parameters, it is possible to fill properties with specific user properties using |
| 159 | +`FromAuthenticatedUserProperty`: |
| 160 | + |
| 161 | +```php |
| 162 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 163 | + #[FromAuthenticatedUserProperty('name')] |
| 164 | + public string $username; |
| 165 | +} |
| 166 | +``` |
| 167 | + |
| 168 | +All the other features like custom property mapping and not replacing values when present in the payload are supported |
| 169 | +as well. |
| 170 | + |
| 171 | +## Filling properties from the container |
| 172 | + |
| 173 | +The `FromContainer` attribute allows filling properties with dependencies from the container. |
| 174 | + |
| 175 | +```php |
| 176 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 177 | + #[FromContainer(SongService::class)] |
| 178 | + public SongService $song_service; |
| 179 | +} |
| 180 | +``` |
| 181 | + |
| 182 | +When a dependency requires additional parameters these can be provided as such: |
| 183 | + |
| 184 | +```php |
| 185 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 186 | + #[FromContainer(SongService::class, parameters: ['year' => 1984])] |
| 187 | + public SongService $song_service; |
| 188 | +} |
| 189 | +``` |
| 190 | + |
| 191 | +It is even possible to completely inject the container itself: |
| 192 | + |
| 193 | +```php |
| 194 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 195 | + #[FromContainer] |
| 196 | + public Container $container; |
| 197 | +} |
| 198 | +``` |
| 199 | + |
| 200 | +Selecting a property from a dependency can be done using `FromContainerProperty`: |
| 201 | + |
| 202 | +```php |
| 203 | +class SongData extends Data { |
| 204 | + #[FromContainerProperty(SongService::class, 'name')] |
| 205 | + public string $service_name; |
| 206 | +} |
| 207 | +``` |
| 208 | + |
| 209 | +Again, all the other features like custom property mapping and not replacing values when present in the payload are |
| 210 | +supported as well. |
| 211 | + |
| 212 | +## Creating your own injectable attributes |
| 213 | + |
| 214 | +All the attributes we saw earlier implement the `InjectsPropertyValue` interface: |
| 215 | + |
| 216 | +```php |
| 217 | +interface InjectsPropertyValue |
| 218 | +{ |
| 219 | + public function resolve( |
| 220 | + DataProperty $dataProperty, |
| 221 | + mixed $payload, |
| 222 | + array $properties, |
| 223 | + CreationContext $creationContext |
| 224 | + ): mixed; |
| 225 | + |
| 226 | + public function shouldBeReplacedWhenPresentInPayload() : bool; |
| 227 | +} |
| 228 | +``` |
| 229 | + |
| 230 | +It is possible to create your own attribute by implementing this interface. The `resolve` method is responsible for |
| 231 | +returning the value that should be injected into the property. The `shouldBeReplacedWhenPresentInPayload` method should |
| 232 | +return `true` if the value should be replaced when present in the payload. |
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