phpnomad/decorator

phpnomad/decorator is a small helper for writing decorator classes in PHP. It ships a single trait, WithDecoratedInstance, that forwards method calls to a wrapped object through __call() using an explicit allowlist, so a decorator only has to implement the behavior it actually changes.

Installation

composer require phpnomad/decorator

Quick Start

Add the trait to a class that wraps another instance, assign the wrapped object, and list the methods you want forwarded.

<?php

use PHPNomad\Decorator\Traits\WithDecoratedInstance;

class CachingRepository
{
    use WithDecoratedInstance;

    protected array $allowedMethods = ['find', 'all'];

    public function __construct(Repository $repository)
    {
        $this->decoratedInstance = $repository;
    }

    public function save(Model $model): void
    {
        // Custom behavior here, then delegate if needed.
        $this->decoratedInstance->save($model);
    }
}

Calls to find() or all() on a CachingRepository are forwarded to the wrapped Repository. Calls to any method that is not on $allowedMethods and is not defined on the decorator itself raise an E_USER_ERROR.

Overview

The package exports one trait, PHPNomad\Decorator\Traits\WithDecoratedInstance. Mixing it into a class adds four things.

• A $decoratedInstance property that holds the object being wrapped.
• An $allowedMethods array so that method forwarding is opt-in rather than automatic.
• A __call() implementation that routes allowlisted method calls to $decoratedInstance via call_user_func_array.
• An explicit E_USER_ERROR for any other inaccessible method call, so typos and unintended forwards fail loudly instead of silently.

Because the allowlist is a plain array property, you control exactly which parts of the wrapped object's surface leak through the decorator.

Documentation

Broader PHPNomad framework documentation lives at phpnomad.com.

License

Released under the MIT License.