This library currently implements small part of Facebook BigPipe so far, but the advantage is to efficiently insert/replace content and work with the DOM. It is also possible to easily call JavaScript modules from PHP.

Demo App

Try the app with live demo or check how to install.

Full documentation

https://richarddobron.github.io/bigpipe-php/

Requirements

• PHP 7.1 or higher
• Webpack

Installation

These steps are required:

1. Install composer package:

$ composer require richarddobron/bigpipe

2. Install npm package:

$ npm install bigpipe-util

3. Add this lines to /path/to/resources/js/app.js:

import Primer from 'bigpipe-util/src/Primer';

Primer();

window.require = (modulePath) => {
    return modulePath.startsWith('bigpipe-util/')
        ? require('bigpipe-util/' + modulePath.substring(13) + '.js').default
        : require('./' + modulePath).default;
};

4. Create file /path/to/resources/js/ServerJS.js
   • this step is optional, but if you skip it, use this in next step: require("bigpipe-util/ServerJS")

import ServerJSImpl from 'bigpipe-util/src/ServerJS';
export default class ServerJS extends ServerJSImpl {
}

5. Add this lines to page footer:

<script>
    (new (require("ServerJS"))).handle(<?=json_encode(\dobron\BigPipe\BigPipe::jsmods())?>);
</script>

DOMOPS API

• setContent: Sets the content of an element.
• appendContent: Insert content as the last child of specified element.
• prependContent: Insert content as the first child of specified element.
• insertAfter: Insert content after specified element.
• insertBefore: Insert content before specified element.
• remove: Remove specified element and its children.
• replace: Replace specified element with content.
• eval: Evaluates JavaScript code represented as a string.

$response = new \dobron\BigPipe\AsyncResponse();

$response->setContent('div#content', $newContent);
$response->send();

Refresh & Redirecting

$response = new \dobron\BigPipe\AsyncResponse();

$response->reload(250); // reload page with 250ms delay
// or
$response->redirect('/onboarding', 500); // redirect with 500ms delay

$response->send();

Payload

$response = new \dobron\BigPipe\AsyncResponse();

$response->setPayload([
    'username' => $_POST['username'],
    'status' => 'unavailable',
    'message' => 'Username is unavailable.',
]);

$response->send();

BigPipe API

• require: Call JavaScript module method. You can call a specific class method or a regular function with the custom arguments.

Example PHP code:

$asyncResponse = new \dobron\BigPipe\AsyncResponse();

$asyncResponse->bigPipe()->require("require('SecretModule').run()", [
    'first argument',
    'second argument',
    ...
]);
// is same as $asyncResponse->bigPipe()->require(["SecretModule", "run"], ...)
$asyncResponse->send();

Example JavaScript code:

class SecretModule {
    run(first, second) {
        // ...
    }
}

• transport: Through transport markers you can send HTML content but also transform the content into JavaScript objects (such as Map, Set or Element).

Example PHP code:

$asyncResponse = new \dobron\BigPipe\AsyncResponse();
$asyncResponse->bigPipe()->require("require('Chart').setup()", [
    'element' => \dobron\BigPipe\TransportMarker::transportElement('chart-div'),
    'dataPoints' => $asyncResponse->transport()->transportSet([
        ['x' => 10, 'y' => 71],
        ['x' => 20, 'y' => 55],
        ['x' => 30, 'y' => 50],
        ['x' => 40, 'y' => 65],
    ]),
]);
$asyncResponse->send();

What all can be Ajaxifed?

Links

<a href="#"
   ajaxify="/ajax/remove.php"
   rel="async">Remove Item</a>

Forms

<form action="/submit.php"
      method="POST"
      rel="async">
    <input name="user">
    <input type="submit" name="Done">
</form>

Dialogs

<a href="#"
   ajaxify="/ajax/modal.php"
   rel="dialog">Open Modal</a>

Inspiration

BigPipe is inspired by the concept behind Facebook's BigPipe. For more details read their blog post: Pipelining web pages for high performance.

Motivation

There is a large number of PHP projects for which moving to modern frameworks like Laravel Livewire, React, Vue.js (and many more!) could be very challenging.

The purpose of this library is to rapidly reduce the continuously repetitive code to work with the DOM and improve the communication barrier between PHP and JavaScript.

Version Guidance

Version	Released	Status	Repo	PHP Version
0.x	2022-03-27	Maintained	v0.x	>=7.1
1.x	2022-07-29	Latest	v1.x	^8.0

Credits

• Richard Dobroň

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.