README

Laravel Msgpack brings MessagePack support to Laravel for fast and compact binary data serialization.
It adds encoding/decoding utilities, response macros, and a middleware for API requests and responses using Msgpack.

🚀 Features

• Encode/Decode any PHP/Laravel data
• response()->msgpack() macro like response()->json()
• msgpack middleware to auto-handle request/response
• Easy Laravel integration via Service Provider
• Works with Laravel >= 9.x

📚 Table of Contents

• 📦 Installation
• ⚙️ Configuration (Optional)
• 🧠 Basic Usage
  • Encode / Decode
  • Response Macro
  • Middleware
• 🧰 Requirements
• 📄 License
• ✨ Credits
• 🤝 Contributing
• 📦 Packagist

🧰 Requirements

• PHP 8.1 or higher
• Laravel 9.x or newer

📦 Installation

composer require smmehdisharifi/laravel-msgpack

Requires PHP 8.1+ and Laravel 9.x or newer

⚙️ Configuration (Optional)

If you want to publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=msgpack-config

🧠 Basic Usage

Encode / Decode

use Msgpack;

$data = ['name' => 'Laravel', 'type' => 'framework'];

$packed = Msgpack::encode($data);
$unpacked = Msgpack::decode($packed);

Response Macro

return response()->msgpack([
    'message' => 'Hello from Msgpack!',
]);

Sends a binary response with header:

Content-Type: application/x-msgpack

Middleware

Register middleware in app/Http/Kernel.php:

protected $middlewareAliases = [
    'msgpack' => \SmMehdiSharifi\LaravelMsgpack\Middleware\MsgpackMiddleware::class,
];

Apply it to routes:

Route::middleware('msgpack')->post('/api/data', function (Request $request) {
    return response()->msgpack(['received' => $request->all()]);
});

🧪 Testing

This package includes PHPUnit tests using Orchestra Testbench. To run tests:

composer install
./vendor/bin/phpunit

📄 License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

✨ Credits

Made with ❤️ by Mehdi Sharifi

Inspired by Laravel’s elegant API response system.

🤝 Contributing

Feel free to fork this repo and submit pull requests.

• Found a bug? Open an issue
• Have a feature idea? Let’s discuss it!
• PRs with tests are welcome 🙌

📦 Packagist

View on Packagist:
https://packagist.org/packages/smmehdisharifi/laravel-msgpack