Icinga PHP Library - Standard Library

ipl/stdlib provides reusable building blocks for Icinga PHP libraries and applications. It covers declarative filtering, event emission, string and iterable utilities, lightweight data and message containers, and a stable priority queue.

Installation

The recommended way to install this library is via Composer:

composer require ipl/stdlib

ipl/stdlib requires PHP 8.2 or later with the openssl extension.

Usage

Filter Rows With Declarative Rules

Build composable filter trees with ipl\Stdlib\Filter and evaluate them against arrays or objects:

use ipl\Stdlib\Filter;

$filter = Filter::all(
    Filter::equal('problem', '1'),
    Filter::none(Filter::equal('handled', '1')),
    Filter::like('service', 'www.*')
);

$row = [
    'problem' => '1',
    'handled' => '0',
    'service' => 'www.icinga.com',
];

if (Filter::match($filter, $row)) {
    // The row matches the rule set.
}

Available condition factories: equal, unequal, like, unlike, greaterThan, greaterThanOrEqual, lessThan, lessThanOrEqual. Available logical factories: all, any, none, not.

Build Filters Incrementally

When an object needs to collect filter conditions over time, use the Filters trait. It complements the Filterable contract and exposes filter(), orFilter(), notFilter(), and orNotFilter():

use ipl\Stdlib\Contract\Filterable;
use ipl\Stdlib\Filter;
use ipl\Stdlib\Filters;

class Query implements Filterable
{
    use Filters;
}

$query = (new Query())
    ->filter(Filter::equal('problem', '1'))
    ->orNotFilter(Filter::equal('handled', '1'));

$filter = $query->getFilter();

Events

The Events trait wraps Evenement and adds event validation. Declare event name constants on the class to give callers a typo-safe API and to let isValidEvent() enforce an explicit allow-list:

use ipl\Stdlib\Events;

class Connection
{
    use Events;

    public const ON_CONNECT = 'connected';
    public const ON_DISCONNECT = 'disconnected';

    protected function isValidEvent($event): bool
    {
        return in_array($event, [static::ON_CONNECT, static::ON_DISCONNECT], true);
    }

    public function open(): void
    {
        // ... connect ...
        $this->emit(self::ON_CONNECT, [$this]);
    }

    public function close(): void
    {
        // ... disconnect ...
        $this->emit(self::ON_DISCONNECT, [$this]);
    }
}

$conn = new Connection();
$conn->on(Connection::ON_CONNECT, function (Connection $c): void {
    echo "Connected\n";
});
$conn->on(Connection::ON_DISCONNECT, function (Connection $c): void {
    echo "Disconnected\n";
});

$conn->open();
$conn->close();

Utility Helpers

Str

Str offers string utilities that complement PHP's built-in functions. It converts between naming conventions, splits and trims in one step, and provides startsWith with case-insensitive matching.

use ipl\Stdlib\Str;

// Convert snake_case or kebab-case identifiers to camelCase:
Str::camel('host_name');    // 'hostName'
Str::camel('display-name'); // 'displayName'

// Split on a delimiter and trim whitespace from every part in one pass:
Str::trimSplit(' foo , bar , baz '); // ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
Str::trimSplit('root:secret', ':');  // ['root', 'secret']

// Always return exactly $limit parts: pads with null if the delimiter is
// absent, and fold any remainder into the last part if there are more
// separators than expected:
[$user, $pass] = Str::symmetricSplit('root', ':', 2);              // ['root', null]
[$user, $pass] = Str::symmetricSplit('root:secret:extra', ':', 2); // ['root', 'secret:extra']

// Case-insensitive prefix check:
Str::startsWith('Foobar', 'foo', caseSensitive: false); // true
Str::startsWith('foobar', 'foo');                       // true

Seq

Seq searches arrays, iterators, and generators by value, key, or callback without first materializing them into arrays. When the second argument to find or contains is a non-callable, it is compared by value; pass a closure to match by predicate instead:

use ipl\Stdlib\Seq;

$users = [
    'alice' => 'admin',
    'bob'   => 'viewer',
];

Seq::contains($users, 'viewer'); // true

[$key, $value] = Seq::find($users, 'admin'); // ['alice', 'admin']

// Match by predicate — returns as soon as a result is found:
[$key, $value] = Seq::find($users, fn(string $role): bool => $role !== 'admin'); // ['bob', 'viewer']

Iterable Helpers

use function ipl\Stdlib\iterable_key_first;
use function ipl\Stdlib\iterable_value_first;

$map = [
    'id'   => 42,
    'name' => 'Alice',
];

iterable_key_first($map);   // 'id'
iterable_value_first($map); // 42

// Works with generators and iterators — does not require an array:
iterable_key_first(new ArrayIterator(['a' => 1])); // 'a'
iterable_key_first([]);                            // null

Grouping With yield_groups

yield_groups partitions a pre-sorted traversable into named groups. The callback must return at least the grouping criterion, but it can also return a custom value and key. The traversable must be sorted by the grouping criterion before being passed in; results are undefined otherwise:

use function ipl\Stdlib\yield_groups;

foreach (yield_groups($rows, fn(object $row): string => $row->category) as $category => $items) {
    // $items contains all rows for $category.
}

Other Utility Classes

• Data — mutable key/value store
• Messages — collects user-facing messages and supports sprintf-style placeholders
• PriorityQueue — extends SplPriorityQueue with stable insertion-order for items at equal priority; iterate non-destructively with yieldAll()

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for a list of notable changes.

License

ipl/stdlib is licensed under the terms of the MIT License.