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Discussion
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New Component: Expression Language
| Q | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix? | no
| New feature? | yes
| BC breaks? | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass? | yes
| Fixed tickets | #8850, #7352
| License | MIT
| Doc PR | not yet
TODO:
- [ ] write documentation
- [x] add tests for the new component
- [x] implement expression support for access rules in the security component
- [x] find a better character/convention for expressions in the YAML format
- [x] check the performance of the evaluation mode
- [x] better error messages in the evaluation mode
- [x] add support in the Routing
- [x] add support in the Validator
The ExpressionLanguage component provides an engine that can compile and
evaluate expressions.
An expression is a one-liner that returns a value (mostly, but not limited to, Booleans).
It is a strip-down version of Twig (only the expression part of it is
implemented.) Like Twig, the expression is lexed, parsed, and
compiled/evaluated. So, it is immune to external injections by design.
If we compare it to Twig, here are the main big differences:
* only support for Twig expressions
* no ambiguity for calls (foo.bar is only valid for properties, foo['bar'] is only valid for array calls, and foo.bar() is required for method calls)
* no support for naming conventions in method calls (if the method is named getFoo(), you must use getFoo() and not foo())
* no notion of a line for errors, but a cursor (we are mostly talking about one-liners here)
* removed everything specific to the templating engine (like output escaping or filters)
* no support for named arguments in method calls
* only one extension point with functions (no possibility to define new operators, ...)
* and probably even more I don't remember right now
* there is no need for a runtime environment, the compiled PHP string is self-sufficient
An open question is whether we keep the difference betweens arrays and hashes.
The other big difference with Twig is that it can work in two modes (possible
because of the restrictions described above):
* compilation: the expression is compiled to PHP and is self-sufficient
* evaluation: the expression is evaluated without being compiled to PHP (the node tree produced by the parser can be serialized and evaluated afterwards -- so it can be saved on disk or in a database to speed up things when needed)
Let's see a simple example:
```php
$language = new ExpressionLanguage();
echo $language->evaluate('1 + 1');
// will echo 2
echo $language->compile('1 + 2');
// will echo "(1 + 2)"
```
The language supports:
* all basic math operators (with precedence rules):
* unary: not, !, -, +
* binary: or, ||, and, &&, b-or, b-xor, b-and, ==, ===, !=, !==, <, >, >=, <=, not in, in, .., +, -, ~, *, /, %, **
* all literals supported by Twig: strings, numbers, arrays (`[1, 2]`), hashes
(`{a: "b"}`), Booleans, and null.
* simple variables (`foo`), array accesses (`foo[1]`), property accesses
(`foo.bar`), and method calls (`foo.bar(1, 2)`).
* the ternary operator: `true ? true : false` (and all the shortcuts
implemented in Twig).
* function calls (`constant('FOO')` -- `constant` is the only built-in
functions).
* and of course, any combination of the above.
The compilation is better for performances as the end result is just a plain PHP string without any runtime. For the evaluation, we need to tokenize, parse, and evaluate the nodes on the fly. This can be optimized by using a `ParsedExpression` or a `SerializedParsedExpression` instead:
```php
$nodes = $language->parse($expr, $names);
$expression = new SerializedParsedExpression($expr, serialize($nodes));
// You can now store the expression in a DB for later reuse
// a SerializedParsedExpression can be evaluated like any other expressions,
// but under the hood, the lexer and the parser won't be used at all, so it''s much faster.
$language->evaluate($expression);
```
That's all folks!
I can see many use cases for this new component, and we have two use cases in
Symfony that we can implement right away.
## Using Expressions in the Service Container
The first one is expression support in the service container (it would replace
#8850) -- anywhere you can pass an argument in the service container, you can
use an expression:
```php
$c->register('foo', 'Foo')->addArgument(new Expression('bar.getvalue()'));
```
You have access to the service container via `this`:
container.get("bar").getvalue(container.getParameter("value"))
The implementation comes with two functions that simplifies expressions
(`service()` to get a service, and `parameter` to get a parameter value). The
previous example can be simplified to:
service("bar").getvalue(parameter("value"))
Here is how to use it in XML:
```xml
<parameters>
<parameter key="value">foobar</parameter>
</parameters>
<services>
<service id="foo" class="Foo">
<argument type="expression">service('bar').getvalue(parameter('value'))</argument>
</service>
<service id="bar" class="Bar" />
</services>
```
and in YAML (I chose the syntax randomly ;)):
```yaml
parameters:
value: foobar
services:
bar:
class: Bar
foo:
class: Foo
arguments: [@=service("bar").getvalue(parameter("value"))]
```
When using the container builder, Symfony uses the evaluator, but with the PHP
dumper, the compiler is used, and there is no overhead as the expression
engine is not needed at runtime. The expression above would be compiled to:
```php
$this->get("bar")->getvalue($this->getParameter("value"))
```
## Using Expression for Security Access Control Rules
The second use case in Symfony is for access rules.
As we all know, the way to configure the security access control rules is confusing, which might lead to insecure applications (see http://symfony.com/blog/security-access-control-documentation-issue for more information).
Here is how the new `allow_if` works:
```yaml
access_control:
- { path: ^/_internal/secure, allow_if: "'127.0.0.1' == request.getClientIp() or has_role('ROLE_ADMIN')" }
```
This one restricts the URLs starting with `/_internal/secure` to people browsing from the localhost. Here, `request` is the current Request instance. In the expression, there is access to the following variables:
* `request`
* `token`
* `user`
And to the following functions:
* `is_anonymous`
* `is_authenticated`
* `is_fully_authenticated`
* `is_rememberme`
* `has_role`
You can also use expressions in Twig, which works well with the `is_granted` function:
```jinja
{% if is_granted(expression('has_role("FOO")')) %}
...
{% endif %}
```
## Using Expressions in the Routing
Out of the box, Symfony can only match an incoming request based on some pre-determined variables (like the path info, the method, the scheme, ...). But some people want to be able to match on more complex logic, based on other information of the Request object. That's why we introduced `RequestMatcherInterface` recently (but we no default implementation in Symfony itself).
The first change I've made (not related to expression support) is implement this interface for the default `UrlMatcher`. It was simple enough.
Then, I've added a new `condition` configuration for Route objects, which allow you to add any valid expression. An expression has access to the `request` and to the routing `context`.
Here is how one would configure it in a YAML file:
```yaml
hello:
path: /hello/{name}
condition: "context.getMethod() in ['GET', 'HEAD'] and request.headers.get('User-Agent') =~ '/firefox/i'"
```
Why do I keep the context as all the data are also available in the request? Because you can also use the condition without using the RequestMatcherInterface, in which case, you don't have access to the request. So, the previous example is equivalent to:
```yaml
hello:
path: /hello/{name}
condition: "request.getMethod() in ['GET', 'HEAD'] and request.headers.get('User-Agent') =~ '/firefox/i'"
```
When using the PHP dumper, there is no overhead as the condition is compiled. Here is how it looks like:
```php
// hello
if (0 === strpos($pathinfo, '/hello') && preg_match('#^/hello/(?P<name>[^/]++)$#s', $pathinfo, $matches) && (in_array($context->getMethod(), array(0 => "GET", 1 => "HEAD")) && preg_match("/firefox/i", $request->headers->get("User-Agent")))) {
return $this->mergeDefaults(array_replace($matches, array('_route' => 'hello')), array ());
}
```
Be warned that conditions are not taken into account when generating a URL.
## Using Expressions in the Validator
There is a new Expression constraint that you can put on a class. The expression is then evaluated for validation:
```php
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
/**
* @Assert\Condition(condition="this.getFoo() == 'fo'", message="Not good!")
*/
class Obj
{
public function getFoo()
{
return 'foo';
}
}
```
In the expression, you get access to the current object via the `this` variable.
## Dynamic annotations
The expression language component is also very useful in annotations. the SensoLabs FrameworkExtraBundle leverages this possibility to implement HTTP validation caching in the `@Cache` annotation and to add a new `@Security` annotation (see sensiolabs/SensioFrameworkExtraBundle#238.)
Commits
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d4ebbfd [Validator] Renamed Condition to Expression and added possibility to set it onto properties
a3b3a78 [Validator] added a constraint that runs an expression
1bcfb40 added optimized versions of expressions
984bd38 mades things more consistent for the end user
d477f15 [Routing] added support for expression conditions in routes
86ac8d7 [ExpressionLanguage] improved performance
e369d14 added a Twig extension to create Expression instances
38b7fde added support for expression in control access rules
2777ac7 [HttpFoundation] added ExpressionRequestMatcher
c25abd9 [DependencyInjection] added support for expressions in the service container
3a41781 [ExpressionLanguage] added support for regexes
9d98fa2 [ExpressionLanguage] added the component
* 2.3:
fixed phpdoc
Fix some annotates
[FrameworkBundle] made sure that the debug event dispatcher is used everywhere
[HttpKernel] remove unneeded strtoupper
updated the composer install command to reflect changes in Composer
Conflicts:
src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/XmlEncoder.php
* 2.2:
Fix some annotates
[FrameworkBundle] made sure that the debug event dispatcher is used everywhere
[HttpKernel] remove unneeded strtoupper
updated the composer install command to reflect changes in Composer
Conflicts:
src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
src/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php
src/Symfony/Component/Console/Input/InputDefinition.php
src/Symfony/Component/CssSelector/Node/CombinedSelectorNode.php
src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Debug/ErrorHandler.php
src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPass.php
src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPassTest.php
src/Symfony/Component/Locale/Locale.php
src/Symfony/Component/Locale/README.md
src/Symfony/Component/Locale/Stub/DateFormat/FullTransformer.php
This PR was merged into the 2.2 branch.
Discussion
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[FrameworkBundle] made sure that the debug event dispatcher is used everywhere
| Q | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix? | yes
| New feature? | no
| BC breaks? | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass? | yes
| Fixed tickets | #6686, #7673
| License | MIT
| Doc PR | n/a
Commits
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f65a526 [FrameworkBundle] made sure that the debug event dispatcher is used everywhere
* 2.3:
fixes RequestDataCollector bug, visible when used on Drupal8
[Console] fixed exception rendering when nested styles
[Console] added some more information about OutputFormatter::replaceStyle()
[Console] fixed the formatter for single-char tags
[Console] Escape exception message during the rendering of an exception
[DomCrawler] fixed HTML5 form attribute handling
Making tests pass on mac os x without this change tests would fail under mac os x at least in 10.8.2
[BrowserKit] Fixed the handling of parameters when redirecting
[Process] Properly close pipes after a Process::stop call
fixed bytes conversion when used on 32-bits systems
Typo fix
HttpFoundation RequestTest - Fixed indentation and removed comments
HttpFoundation Request test for #8619
LICENSE files moved to meta folders
added missing method in the UPGRADE file for 2.2 (closes#8941)
[Form] Fixed: "required" attribute is not added to <select> tag if no empty value
[Translation] Removed an unneeded return annotation.
[DomCrawler] Added missing docblocks and removed unneeded return annotation.
Conflicts:
src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
* 2.2:
fixes RequestDataCollector bug, visible when used on Drupal8
[Console] fixed exception rendering when nested styles
[Console] added some more information about OutputFormatter::replaceStyle()
[Console] fixed the formatter for single-char tags
[Console] Escape exception message during the rendering of an exception
[BrowserKit] Fixed the handling of parameters when redirecting
Typo fix
HttpFoundation RequestTest - Fixed indentation and removed comments
HttpFoundation Request test for #8619
LICENSE files moved to meta folders
added missing method in the UPGRADE file for 2.2 (closes#8941)
[Translation] Removed an unneeded return annotation.
[DomCrawler] Added missing docblocks and removed unneeded return annotation.
Conflicts:
src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit/Client.php
src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Crawler.php
set logger in extension , so its only done in debug mode
add psr/log to suggest of templating
add test for setLogger and refactor tests to not depend that much an
deprecated functionality
* 2.3:
moved some fixed dep versions from 2.2.* to ~2.2 (refs #8613)
[HttpKernel] added a missing dep for dev
[Form] fixed wrong call to setTimeZone() (closes#8644)
Fix issue with \DateTimeZone::UTC / 'UTC' for PHP 5.4
[Form] Fixed patched forms to be valid even if children are not submitted
Revert "[Form] Fix of "PATCH'ed forms are never valid""
[Form] Fixed: If a form is not present in a request, it is not automatically submitted
Fixes link indices
[Form] Removed the "disabled" attribute from the placeholder option in select fields due to problems with the BlackBerry 10 browser
Revert "[Form] Remove "value" attribute on empty_value option"
[routing] added ability for apache matcher to handle array values
removed dead code and fixed CS
[Validator] fixed StaticMethodLoader trying to invoke methods of abstract classes (closes#8589)
* 2.2:
[HttpKernel] added a missing dep for dev
[Form] fixed wrong call to setTimeZone() (closes#8644)
Fix issue with \DateTimeZone::UTC / 'UTC' for PHP 5.4
[Form] Removed the "disabled" attribute from the placeholder option in select fields due to problems with the BlackBerry 10 browser
[routing] added ability for apache matcher to handle array values
removed dead code and fixed CS
[Validator] fixed StaticMethodLoader trying to invoke methods of abstract classes (closes#8589)
Conflicts:
src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/TokenParser/RenderTokenParser.php
src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormConfigBuilder.php
src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json
src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/GraphWalkerTest.php
Before:
enabled: true # the profiler is enabled and data are collected
enabled: false # the profiler is enabled but data are not collected (data can be collected on demand)
No way to disable the profiler
After:
enabled: true # the profiler is enabled and data are collected
collect: true
enabled: true # the profiler is enabled but data are not collected (data can be collected on demand)
collect: false
enabled: false # the profiler is disabled
This PR was merged into the master branch.
Discussion
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[Form] Remove "value" attribute on empty_value option
Today we faced a very strange issue with the newest Blackberry 10 browser, it was not submitting our forms. Finally we found that in a ```select``` element, if you have a disabled option, it can't have a value or the HTML5 validator will crash and won't submit the form. Of course, setting the ```novalidate``` option for the whole form also solved the issue.
Although I know this must be an issue with the WebKit version the BB10 has, it can easily be solved in symfony with this change. In fact, it does make sense since we already have a disabled option with no value if the ```preferred_choices``` are not empty and a ```separator``` is set
Commits
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9e849eb [Form] Remove "value" attribute on empty_value option
This PR was merged into the master branch.
Discussion
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[2.3][Session] Give greater control over how and when session starts
| Q | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix? | no
| New feature? | yes
| BC breaks? | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass? | yes
| Fixed tickets | na
| License | MIT
| Doc PR | symfony/symfony-docs#2475
Refs #6036
Gives control over how start on demand works: allowing to turn it on or off and to allow bag access when session is off.
Commits
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f431cb0 Fix tests
1f521d8 Coding standards
2583c26 [HttpFoundation][FrameworkBundle] Keep save auto_start behaviour as in 2.2 and make component values consistent with FrameworkBundle's configuration options.
ceaf69b [FrameworkBundle] Use more sophisticated validation and configuration.
af0a140 [FrameworkBundle] Add configuration to allow control over session start on demand.
8fc2397 [HttpFoundation] Give control over how session start on demand.
This PR was squashed before being merged into the master branch (closes#7571).
Discussion
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[2.3] Handle PHP sessions started outside of Symfony
| Q | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix? | no
| New feature? | yes
| BC breaks? | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass? | yes
| Fixed tickets |
| License | MIT
| Doc PR | symfony/symfony-docs#2474
This PR brings a way to allow Symfony2 to manage a session started outside of Symfony in such a way that quite explicit. It also introduces more robust detection of previously started sessions under PHP 5.3 and supports real session status detection under PHP 5.4
Commits
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df99902 [2.3] Handle PHP sessions started outside of Symfony
Today we faced a very strange issue with the newest Blackberry 10 browser, it was not submitting our forms. Finally we found that in a ```select``` element, if you have a disabled option, it can't have a value or the HTML5 validator will crash and not submit the form. Of course, setting the ```novalidate``` option for the whole form also solved the issue.
Although I know this must be an issue with the WebKit version the BB10 has it can easily be solved in symfony with this change. In fact, it does make sense since we already have a disabled option with no value if the ```preferred_choices``` are not empty and a ```separator``` is set
