NoContentStatus

Since v1.0.0

Description

NoContentStatus is a HttpStatus value object. It represents the HTTP 204 No Content status.

Public Interface

NoContentStatus has the following public interface:

// NoContentStatus lives in this namespace
namespace GanbaroDigital\HttpStatus\StatusValues\Successful;

// our base classes and interfaces
use GanbaroDigital\HttpStatus\Interfaces\HttpSuccessfulStatus;
use GanbaroDigital\HttpStatus\Interfaces\HttpStatus;
use GanbaroDigital\HttpStatus\StatusValues\HttpStatusObject;

class NoContentStatus
  extends HttpStatus
  implements HttpStatus, HttpSuccessfulStatus
{
    /**
     * our constructor
     */
    public function __construct();

    /**
     * returns the HTTP status code
     *
     * @return int
     */
    public function getStatusCode();

    /**
     * returns the HTTP status reason-phrase
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getReasonPhrase();

    /**
     * returns the HTTP status line
     *
     * this is code + ' ' + reason-phrase
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getStatusLine();
}

How To Use

Construction

The constructor for NoContentStatus takes no parameters.

use GanbaroDigital\HttpStatus\StatusValues\Successful\NoContentStatus;

$httpStatus = new NoContentStatus;

getStatusCode()

NoContentStatus::getStatusCode() returns the HTTP status code as an integer:

use GanbaroDigital\HttpStatus\StatusValues\Successful\NoContentStatus;

$httpStatus = new NoContentStatus;
$statusCode = $httpStatus->getStatusCode();

// $statusCode contains the value '204' as an integer

HTTP status codes are part of the HTTP standards. Servers, proxies and clients use these codes to understand what happened with a HTTP request.

getReasonPhrase()

NoContentStatus::getReasonPhrase() returns the HTTP reason phrase as a string:

use GanbaroDigital\HttpStatus\StatusValues\Successful\NoContentStatus;

$httpStatus = new NoContentStatus;
$reasonPhrase = $httpStatus->getReasonPhrase();

// $reasonPhrase contains the value 'No Content' as a string

HTTP reason phrases are part of the HTTP standards. They're Successful, and are there for humans to read. Servers, proxies and clients may store, forward and log these reason phrases, but they should never actually parse them or use them to understand what happened with a HTTP request.

getStatusLine()

NoContentStatus::getStatusLine() returns the HTTP status line. This is the string that is printed after the HTTP protocol version at the start of any HTTP response.

use GanbaroDigital\HttpStatus\StatusValues\Successful\NoContentStatus;

$httpStatus = new NoContentStatus;
$statusLine = $httpStatus->getStatusLine();

// $statusLine contains the value "204 No Content" as a string

// use $statusLine to set the response from your PHP app
header($_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"] ." " . $statusLine);

Class Contract

Here is the contract for this class:

GanbaroDigital\HttpStatus\StatusValues\Successful\NoContentStatus
 [x] Can instantiate
 [x] Is http status
 [x] Is http successful status
 [x] Has status code 204
 [x] Has correct reason phrase
 [x] Has correct status line

Class contracts are built from this class's unit tests.

Future releases of this class will not break this contract.

Future releases of this class may add to this contract. New additions may include:

  • clarifying existing behaviour (e.g. stricter contract around input or return types)
  • add new behaviours (e.g. extra class methods)

When you use this class, you can only rely on the behaviours documented by this contract.

If you:

  • find other ways to use this class,
  • or depend on behaviours that are not covered by a unit test,
  • or depend on undocumented internal states of this class,

... your code may not work in the future.

Notes

None at this time.

See Also