Laravel 5 Override a class method - php

Question

I would like to override the method setContent() of the class Illuminate\Http\Response as :
<?php
namespace MyNameSpace\MyClass;
use Illuminate\Http\Response;
class myResponse extends Reponse {
public function setContent($content)
// Something
}
}
But I don't know how to tell Laravel to load my class instead of the original one.

Answer 1

Too late, but as i came up with same issue. but for reference i would want to post how i resolved this issue.
When i wanted to handle all the the response by myself without using a response macro or transformer and TO OVERRIDE MANY OTHER FRAMEWORK DEFAULT METHODs . this is how i completely took control of the response object.
just posted here for reference as i in my opinion it solves the
problem in a clearer way.
Lot of overriding as its done through pipeline and routing and so it`s registered as base service provider. here is how i managed to override all.
here I am using laravel 5.3
1 - create a new response class
<?php
namespace App\Extensions\Illuminate\Http;
// use Illuminate\Http\Response as BaseResponse;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response as BaseResponse;
class Response extends BaseResponse
{
public function setContent($content)
{
//do what ever you want to do with the content
//dd($content);
}
}
2 - create a new router and use the new response
<?php
namespace App\Extensions\Illuminate\Routing;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Routing\Events\RouteMatched;
use Illuminate\Routing\Router as IlluminateRouter;
use App\Extensions\Illuminate\Http\Response;
class Router extends IlluminateRouter
{
public function prepareResponse($request, $response)
{
if ($response instanceof PsrResponseInterface) {
$response = (new HttpFoundationFactory)->createResponse($response);
} elseif (! $response instanceof SymfonyResponse) {
$response = new Response($response);
}
return $response->prepare($request);
}
}
3 - create new routing service provider use new router
<?php
namespace App\Providers;
use Illuminate\Routing\RoutingServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
use App\Extensions\Illuminate\Routing\Router;
class RoutingServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
protected function registerRouter()
{
$this->app['router'] = $this->app->share(function ($app) {
return new Router($app['events'], $app);
});
}
}
4 - create new Application class and use new routing service provider
<?php
namespace App\Extensions\Illuminate\Foundation;
use Illuminate\Events\EventServiceProvider;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Application as App;
use App\Providers\RoutingServiceProvider;
class Application extends App
{
protected function registerBaseServiceProviders()
{
$this->register(new EventServiceProvider($this));
$this->register(new RoutingServiceProvider($this));
}
}
5 - and finally in bootstrap\app.php use the new Application
// $app = new Illuminate\Foundation\Application(
// realpath(__DIR__.'/../')
// );
$app = new App\Extensions\Illuminate\Foundation\Application(
realpath(__DIR__.'/../')
);

Answer 2

You will need to extend the Response facade to reflect the class you have, then change your applications /config/app.php to link to your new facade rather than laravels.

Answer 3

You need to create a facade like so
<?php namespace App\Facades;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response as BaseResponse;
class Response extends BaseResponse {
public static function overwriteMethod()
{
//
}
}
Then go to config/app.php under facades comment out this line
//'Response' => 'Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response',
Then add this to the facades stack
'Response' => 'App\Facades\Response',