Slim 3 Controller Issue: Using $this when not in object context - php

Question

Having an issue using $this->container inside of my controllers.
When I try to access the logger/monolog in the code below, it fails miserably:
$this->container->get('logger')->addInfo('Request: users->get-one');
Here's the code in src/dependancies.php:
<?php
$container = $app->getContainer();
// monolog
$container['logger'] = function ($c) {
$logs = $c->get('settings')['logger'];
$logger = new Monolog\Logger($logs['name']);
$logger->pushProcessor(new Monolog\Processor\UidProcessor());
$logger->pushHandler(new Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler($logs['path'], $logs['level']));
return $logger;
};
// database
$container['db'] = function ($c) {
$database = $c->get('settings')['database'];
$capsule = new \Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager;
$capsule->addConnection([
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => $database['hostname'],
'database' => $database['database'],
'username' => $database['username'],
'password' => $database['password'],
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
]);
$capsule->setAsGlobal();
$capsule->bootEloquent();
return $capsule;
};
// register users controller
require __DIR__ . '/../src/controllers/users.php';
$container['UsersController'] = function($c) {
return new UsersController($c);
};
Below is the code that's in src/controllers/users.php:
<?php
use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
use Slim\Http\Request;
use Slim\Http\Response;
class UsersController {
protected $container;
public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container) {
$this->container = $container;
}
public function get(Request $request, Response $response, $args) {
$this->container->get('logger')->addInfo('Request: users->get-one');
/**
* TODO: Replace $args['id'] with the id from the current token payload
*/
$data = Users::find($args['id']);
return $response->withJSON($data)->withStatus(200);
}
public function create(Request $request, Response $response, $args) {
$this->logger->addInfo('Request: users->create');
$user = $request->getParsedBody();
$data = Users::create([
'first_name' => $user['first_name'],
'last_name' => $user['last_name'],
'email' => $user['email'],
'password' => password_hash($user['password'], PASSWORD_BCRYPT),
'telephone' => $user['telephone'],
'timezone' => $user['timezone'],
'verification' => '011010'
]);
return $response->withJSON($data)->withStatus(200);
}
public function update(Request $request, Response $response, $args) {
$this->logger->addInfo('Request: users->update');
$user = $request->getParsedBody();
$data = Users::where('id', $args['id'])->update([
'first_name' => $user['first_name'],
'last_name' => $user['last_name'],
'email' => $user['email'],
'password' => password_hash($user['password'], PASSWORD_BCRYPT),
'telephone' => $user['telephone'],
'timezone' => $user['timezone']
]);
return $response->withJSON($data)->withStatus(200);
}
public function delete(Request $request, Response $response, $args) {
$this->logger->addInfo('Request: users->delete');
$data = Users::destroy($args['id']);
return $response->withJSON($data)->withStatus(200);
}
/*
* ==============================
* Manager Functions Routines
* ==============================
*/
public function getAll(Request $request, Response $response, $args) {
$this->logger->addInfo('Request: admin->users->getAll');
$data = Users::all();
return $response->withJSON($data)->withStatus(200);
}
}
I have tried following different tutorials as well as the documentation on the Slim website however, nothing has seemed to fix the issue. I am sure it's something easily fixed that I am just missing.
PHP Slim 3 Framework - Use MonoLog in Custom Class - Using $this when not in object context - The accepted answer here just seems silly to do when I want to be able to access the entire app container and NOT just the logger.
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you!

Answer 1

Well, I figured it out. Apparently using two semicolons when invoking the controller routine is not the proper way of doing things. Oops!
/*
* users::read::one
* method:get
*/
$app->get('/users', '\UsersController::get');
When the code above is adjust to only use one semicolon, it works:
/*
* users::read::one
* method:get
*/
$app->get('/users', '\UsersController:get');