Creating a DTO

To create a DTO, create a class and extend the DataTransferObject class.

use Mass6\FlexibleDTO\DataTransferObject;

class UserDTO extends DataTransferObject
{   
}

Instantiating a DTO

To instantiate a DTO, pass an associative array into the class constructor. Alternatively, you can use the static make constructor method.

# Using an associative array
$userDTO = new UserDTO([
    'first_name' => 'John',
    'last_name' => 'Doe',
]);

# Using the static make method
$userDTO = UserDTO::make([
    'first_name' => 'John',
    'last_name' => 'Doe',
]);

If you define the list of allowed properties via the allowedProperties() method in your DTO, you can also construct a DTO by passing in values in the same order as the properties are defined.

class UserDTO extends DataTransferObject
{
    protected function allowedProperties(): array
    {
        return [
            'first_name',
            'last_name',
        ];
    }
}

# Pass in values in the same order as the properties are defined.
$userDTO = new UserDTO('John', 'Doe');