11.. index ::
22 single: Events; Create listener
3+ single: Create subscriber
34
4- How to Create an Event Listener
5- ===============================
5+ How to Create Event Listeners and Subscribers
6+ =============================================
67
78Symfony has various events and hooks that can be used to trigger custom
89behavior in your application. Those events are thrown by the HttpKernel
910component and can be viewed in the :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ HttpKernel\\ KernelEvents ` class.
1011
1112To hook into an event and add your own custom logic, you have to create
12- a service that will act as an event listener on that event. In this entry,
13- you will create a service that will act as an exception listener, allowing
14- you to modify how exceptions are shown by your application. The ``KernelEvents::EXCEPTION ``
15- event is just one of the core kernel events::
13+ a service that listens to that event. You can do that in two different ways,
14+ creating an event listener or an event subscriber instead. In this entry,
15+ you will see the two ways of creating a service that will act as an exception
16+ listener, allowing you to modify how exceptions are shown by your application.
17+ The ``KernelEvents::EXCEPTION `` event is just one of the core kernel events.
1618
17- // src/AppBundle/EventListener/AcmeExceptionListener.php
19+ Creating an Event Listener
20+ --------------------------
21+
22+ The most common way to listen to an event is to register an event listener::
23+
24+ // src/AppBundle/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php
1825 namespace AppBundle\EventListener;
1926
2027 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseForExceptionEvent;
2128 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
2229 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpExceptionInterface;
2330
24- class AcmeExceptionListener
31+ class ExceptionListener
2532 {
2633 public function onKernelException(GetResponseForExceptionEvent $event)
2734 {
@@ -43,26 +50,23 @@ event is just one of the core kernel events::
4350 $response->setStatusCode($exception->getStatusCode());
4451 $response->headers->replace($exception->getHeaders());
4552 } else {
46- $response->setStatusCode(500 );
53+ $response->setStatusCode(Response::HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR );
4754 }
4855
4956 // Send the modified response object to the event
5057 $event->setResponse($response);
5158 }
5259 }
5360
61+ .. versionadded :: 2.4
62+ Support for HTTP status code constants was introduced in Symfony 2.4.
63+
5464.. tip ::
5565
5666 Each event receives a slightly different type of ``$event `` object. For
5767 the ``kernel.exception `` event, it is :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ HttpKernel\\ Event\\ GetResponseForExceptionEvent `.
5868 To see what type of object each event listener receives, see :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ HttpKernel\\ KernelEvents `.
5969
60- .. note ::
61-
62- When setting a response for the ``kernel.request ``, ``kernel.view `` or
63- ``kernel.exception `` events, the propagation is stopped, so the lower
64- priority listeners on that event don't get called.
65-
6670Now that the class is created, you just need to register it as a service and
6771notify Symfony that it is a "listener" on the ``kernel.exception `` event by
6872using a special "tag":
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ using a special "tag":
7175
7276 .. code-block :: yaml
7377
74- # app/config/services .yml
78+ # app/config/config .yml
7579 services :
7680 kernel.listener.your_listener_name :
7781 class : AppBundle\EventListener\AcmeExceptionListener
@@ -80,14 +84,14 @@ using a special "tag":
8084
8185 .. code-block :: xml
8286
83- <!-- app/config/services .xml -->
87+ <!-- app/config/config .xml -->
8488 <service id =" kernel.listener.your_listener_name" class =" AppBundle\EventListener\AcmeExceptionListener" >
8589 <tag name =" kernel.event_listener" event =" kernel.exception" method =" onKernelException" />
8690 </service >
8791
8892 .. code-block :: php
8993
90- // app/config/services .php
94+ // app/config/config .php
9195 $container
9296 ->register('kernel.listener.your_listener_name', 'AppBundle\EventListener\AcmeExceptionListener')
9397 ->addTag('kernel.event_listener', array('event' => 'kernel.exception', 'method' => 'onKernelException'))
@@ -96,12 +100,124 @@ using a special "tag":
96100 .. note ::
97101
98102 There is an additional tag option ``priority `` that is optional and defaults
99- to 0. The listeners will be executed in the order of their priority (highest to lowest).
100- This is useful when you need to guarantee that one listener is executed before another.
103+ to 0. This value can be from -255 to 255, and the listeners will be executed
104+ in the order of their priority (highest to lowest). This is useful when
105+ you need to guarantee that one listener is executed before another.
106+
107+ Creating an Event Subscriber
108+ ----------------------------
109+
110+ Another way to listen to events is via an event subscriber. An event subscriber
111+ can define one or various methods that listen to one or various events,
112+ and can set a priority for each method. The higher the priority, the earlier
113+ the method is called. To learn more about event subscribers, see :doc: `/components/event_dispatcher/introduction `.
114+ The following example shows a subscriber that subscribes various methods
115+ to the ``kernel.exception `` event::
116+
117+ // src/AppBundle/EventListener/ExceptionSubscriber.php
118+ namespace AppBundle\EventSubscriber;
119+
120+ use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
121+ use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseForExceptionEvent;
122+ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
123+ use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpExceptionInterface;
124+
125+ class ExceptionSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
126+ {
127+ public static function getSubscribedEvents()
128+ {
129+ // Return the events it is subscribed to, the methods that listen each event and the
130+ // priority of each method
131+ return array(
132+ 'kernel.exception' => array(
133+ array('onKernelExceptionPre', 10),
134+ array('onKernelExceptionMid', 5),
135+ array('onKernelExceptionPost', 0),
136+ )
137+ );
138+ }
139+
140+ public function onKernelExceptionPre(GetResponseForExceptionEvent $event)
141+ {
142+ $exception = $event->getException();
143+ $message = sprintf(
144+ 'My Error says: %s with code: %s',
145+ $exception->getMessage(),
146+ $exception->getCode()
147+ );
148+
149+ $response = new Response();
150+ $response->setContent($message);
151+
152+ if ($exception instanceof HttpExceptionInterface) {
153+ $response->setStatusCode($exception->getStatusCode());
154+ $response->headers->replace($exception->getHeaders());
155+ } else {
156+ $response->setStatusCode(Response::HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
157+ }
158+
159+ $event->setResponse($response);
160+ }
161+
162+ public function onKernerlExceptionMid(GetResponseForExceptionEvent $event)
163+ {
164+ // ...
165+ }
166+
167+ public function onKernerlExceptionPost(GetResponseForExceptionEvent $event)
168+ {
169+ // ...
170+ }
171+ }
172+
173+ Now, you just need to register the class as a service and notify Symfony that it
174+ is an event subscriber:
175+
176+ .. configuration-block ::
177+
178+ .. code-block :: yaml
179+
180+ # app/config/config.yml
181+ services :
182+ kernel.listener.your_subscriber_name :
183+ class : AppBundle\EventSubscriber\AcmeExceptionSubscriber
184+ tags :
185+ - { name: kernel.event_subscriber }
186+
187+ .. code-block :: xml
188+
189+ <!-- app/config/config.xml -->
190+ <?xml version =" 1.0" encoding =" UTF-8" ?>
191+ <container xmlns =" http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" >
192+
193+ <services >
194+ <service id =" acme_exception_subscriber"
195+ class =" AppBundle\EventSubscriber\AcmeExceptionSubscriber" >
196+
197+ <tag name =" kernel.event_subscriber" />
198+
199+ </service >
200+ </services >
201+ </container >
202+
203+ .. code-block :: php
204+
205+ // app/config/config.php
206+ $container
207+ ->register(
208+ 'acme_exception_subscriber',
209+ 'AppBundle\EventSubscriber\AcmeExceptionSubscriber'
210+ )
211+ ->addTag('kernel.event_subscriber')
212+ ;
101213
102214 Request Events, Checking Types
103215------------------------------
104216
217+ .. versionadded :: 2.4
218+ The ``isMasterRequest() `` method was introduced in Symfony 2.4.
219+ Prior, the ``getRequestType() `` method must be used.
220+
105221A single page can make several requests (one master request, and then multiple
106222sub-requests), which is why when working with the ``KernelEvents::REQUEST ``
107223event, you might need to check the type of the request. This can be easily
@@ -117,7 +233,7 @@ done as follow::
117233 {
118234 public function onKernelRequest(GetResponseEvent $event)
119235 {
120- if (HttpKernel::MASTER_REQUEST != $event->getRequestType ()) {
236+ if (! $event->isMasterRequest ()) {
121237 // don't do anything if it's not the master request
122238 return;
123239 }
@@ -131,3 +247,5 @@ done as follow::
131247 Two types of request are available in the :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ HttpKernel\\ HttpKernelInterface `
132248 interface: ``HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQUEST `` and
133249 ``HttpKernelInterface::SUB_REQUEST ``.
250+
251+ .. _`The EventDispatcher component` : http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/event_dispatcher/index.html
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