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Yii Middleware

The package provides middleware classes that implement PSR-15:

• ForceSecureConnection.
• HttpCache.
• IpFilter.
• Redirect.
• Subfolder.
• TagRequest.
• Locale.
• CorsAllowAll.

For proxy related middleware, there is a separate package - Yii Proxy Middleware.

For more information on how to use middleware in the Yii Framework, see the Yii middleware guide.

Requirements

• PHP 8.0 or higher.

Installation

The package could be installed with Composer:

composer require yiisoft/yii-middleware

General usage

All classes are separate implementations of PSR 15 middleware and don't interact with each other in any way.

ForceSecureConnection

Redirects insecure requests from HTTP to HTTPS, and adds headers necessary to enhance the security policy.

use Yiisoft\Yii\Middleware\ForceSecureConnection;

/**
 * @var Psr\Http\Message\ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory
 * @var Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface $request
 * @var Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface $handler
 */

$middleware = new ForceSecureConnection($responseFactory);

// Enables redirection from HTTP to HTTPS:
$middleware = $middleware->withRedirection(301);
// Disables redirection from HTTP to HTTPS:
$middleware = $middleware->withoutRedirection();

$response = $middleware->process($request, $handler);

The Content-Security-Policy (CSP) header can force the browser to load page resources only through a secure connection, even if links in the page layout are specified with an unprotected protocol.

$middleware = $middleware->withCSP('upgrade-insecure-requests; default-src https:');
// Or without the `Content-Security-Policy` header in response:
$middleware = $middleware->withoutCSP();

Middleware adds HTTP Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) header to each response. The header tells the browser that your site works with HTTPS only.

$maxAge = 3600; // Default is 31_536_000 (12 months).
$subDomains = false; // Whether to add the `includeSubDomains` option to the header value.

$middleware = $middleware->withHSTS($maxAge, $subDomains);
// Or without the `Strict-Transport-Security` header in response:
$middleware = $middleware->withoutHSTS();

HttpCache

Implements client-side caching by utilizing the Last-Modified and ETag HTTP headers.

use Yiisoft\Yii\Middleware\HttpCache;

/**
 * @var Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface $request
 * @var Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface $handler
 */

$middleware = new HttpCache();

// Specify callable that generates the last modified:
$middleware = $middleware->withLastModified(function (ServerRequestInterface $request, mixed $params): int {
    $defaultLastModified = 3600;
    // Some actions.
    return $defaultLastModified;
});
// Specify callable that generates the ETag seed string:
$middleware = $middleware->withEtagSeed(function (ServerRequestInterface $request, mixed $params): string {
    $defaultEtagSeed = '33a64df551425fcc55e4d42a148795d9f25f89d4';
    // Some actions.
    return $defaultEtagSeed;
});

$response = $middleware->process($request, $handler);

Additionally, you can specify the following options:

// Extra parameters for ETag seed string generation:
$middleware = $middleware->withParams(['parameter' => 'value']);

// The value of the `Cache-Control` HTTP header:
$middleware = $middleware->withCacheControlHeader('public, max-age=31536000');
// Default is `public, max-age=3600`. If null, the header won't be sent.

// Enable weak ETags generation (disabled by default):
$middleware = $middleware->withWeakTag();
// You should use weak ETags if the content is semantically equal, but not byte-equal.

IpFilter

IpFilter allows access from specified IP ranges only and responds with 403 for all other IPs.

use Yiisoft\Yii\Middleware\IpFilter;

/**
 * @var Psr\Http\Message\ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory
 * @var Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface $request
 * @var Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface $handler
 * @var Yiisoft\Validator\Rule\ValidatorInterface $validator
 */

// Name of the request attribute holding client IP:
$clientIpAttribute = 'client-ip';
// If there is no such attribute, or it has no value, then the middleware will respond with 403 forbidden.
// If the name of the request attribute is `null`, then `REMOTE_ADDR` server parameter is used to determine client IP.

$middleware = new IpFilter($validator, $responseFactory, $clientIpAttribute);

// Change client IP validator:
$middleware = $middleware->withValidator($validator);

$response = $middleware->process($request, $handler);

Redirect

Generates and adds a Location header to the response.

use Yiisoft\Yii\Middleware\Redirect;

/**
 * @var Psr\Http\Message\ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory
 * @var Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface $request
 * @var Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface $handler
 * @var Yiisoft\Router\UrlGeneratorInterface $urlGenerator
 */

$middleware = new Redirect($ipValidator, $urlGenerator);

// Specify URL for redirection:
$middleware = $middleware->toUrl('/login');
// Or specify route data for redirection:
$middleware = $middleware->toRoute('auth/login', ['parameter' => 'value']);
// If you have set a redirect URL with "toUrl()" method, the middleware ignores the route data, since the URL is a
// priority.

$response = $middleware->process($request, $handler);

You can also set the status of the response code for redirection.

// For permanent redirection (301):
$middleware = $middleware->permanent();

// For temporary redirection (302):
$middleware = $middleware->permanent();

// Or specify the status code yourself:
$middleware = $middleware->withStatus(303);

Subfolder

Supports routing when the entry point of the application isn't directly at the webroot. By default, it determines webroot based on server parameters.

Info: You should place this middleware before Route middleware in the middleware list.

If you want the application to run on the specified path, use the prefix instead:

use Yiisoft\Yii\Middleware\Subfolder;

/**
 * @var Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface $request
 * @var Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface $handler
 * @var Yiisoft\Aliases\Aliases $aliases
 * @var Yiisoft\Router\UrlGeneratorInterface $urlGenerator
 */
 
// URI prefix the specified immediately after the domain part (default is `null`):
$prefix = '/blog';
// The prefix value usually begins with a slash and must not end with a slash.

$middleware = new Subfolder($urlGenerator, $aliases, $prefix);

$response = $middleware->process($request, $handler);

TagRequest

Tags request with a random value that could be later used for identifying it.

use Yiisoft\Yii\Middleware\TagRequest;

/**
 * @var Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface $request
 * @var Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface $handler
 */

$middleware = new TagRequest();
// In the process, a request attribute with the name `requestTag`
// and the generated value by the function `uniqid()` will be added.
$response = $middleware->process($request, $handler);

Locale

Supports locale-based routing and configures URL generator.

Info: You should place this middleware before Route middleware in the middleware list.

use Yiisoft\Yii\Middleware\Locale;

// Available locales.
$locales = ['en' => 'en-US', 'ru' => 'ru-RU', 'uz' => 'uz-UZ']
/**
 * Specify supported locales.
 * 
 * @var Locale $middleware
 */
$middleware = $middleware->withSupportedLocales($locales);

// Ignore requests which URLs that match "/api**" wildcard pattern.
$middleware = $middleware->withIgnoredRequestUrlPatterns(['/api**']);

$response = $middleware->process($request);

The priority of lookup is the following:

1. URI query path, that's /de/blog.
2. URI query parameter name, that's /blog?_language=de. You can customize parameter name via withQueryParameterName().
3. Cookie named _language. You can customize name via withCookieName().
4. Accept-Language header. Not enabled by default. Use withDetectLocale(true) to enable it.

Found locale is not saved by default. It can be saved to cookies:

use Yiisoft\Yii\Middleware\Locale;

/** @var Locale $middleware */
$middleware = $middleware
    ->withCookieDuration(new DateInterval('P30D')) // Key parameter for activating saving to cookies.
    // Extra customization.
    ->withCookieName('_custom_name')
    ->withSecureCookie(true)

To configure more services, such as translator or session, use SetLocaleEvent (Yii Event Dispatcher is required).

use Yiisoft\Translator\TranslatorInterface;
use Yiisoft\Yii\Middleware\Event\SetLocaleEvent;

final class SetLocaleEventHandler
{
    public function __construct(
        private TranslatorInterface $translator
    ) {
    }

    public function handle(SetLocaleEvent $event): void
    {
        $this->translator->setLocale($event->getLocale());
    }
}

Note: Using tranlator requires Yii Message Translator.

CorsAllowAll

Adds CORS headers to the response.

Documentation

• Internals

If you need help or have a question, the Yii Forum is a good place for that. You may also check out other Yii Community Resources.

License

The Yii Middleware is free software. It is released under the terms of the BSD License. Please see LICENSE for more information.

Maintained by Yii Software.

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