Slim PHP - Right way to use request and response objects - php

Question

I'm new to Slim and PHP, but I'm trying to do a simple rest API with Slim. It's working, but I don't know if I'm doing it the right way and I cannot find another way to do it.
For example, I've a route like that:
$app->get('/contacts', '\Namespace\Class:method');
The method:
public function searchContacts($request, $response) {
return Contact::searchContacts($resquest, $response);
}
So, the unique way I found to access request and response from other classes is by passing the objects as params. Is it correct or is there a better (right) way to do it?

Answer 1

I think your way is not good.
Controller should process request and return response.
Your model(Contact) should'nt process requests. It should take needed params and return data.
Simple example:
public function searchContacts($request, $response)
{
// to example, you pass only name of contact
$results = Contact::searchContacts($request->get('contactName'));
$response->getBody()->write(json_encode($results));
return $response;
}
You don't need access to Request and Response objects from another classes. If it required, possible your architecture is wrong.
Good example from official site: http://www.slimframework.com/docs/tutorial/first-app.html#create-routes

Answer 2

the simplest way is to get the values from params and recieved the response in method.
$app->get('/contacts', function (Request $request, Response $response) {
$Contactname = $request->getAttribute('contact');
//You can put your search code here.
$response->getBody()->write("Contact name is, $name");
return $response;
});