tweekersnut/event-dispatcher

Provides tools that allow your application components to communicate with each other by dispatching events and listening to them. Supports both Laravel and core PHP.

dev-main 2025-10-22 13:56 UTC

Requires

• php: ^7.4|^8.0

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^9.0|^10.0

Suggests

• illuminate/support: Required for Laravel integration (^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0)

MIT

• Tweekersnut Network

• event-dispatcher
• php
• event
• dispatcher
• listener
• laravel
• subscriber

README

A flexible and powerful event dispatcher package for PHP that allows your application components to communicate with each other by dispatching events and listening to them. Supports both Laravel and core PHP.

Features

• 🚀 Simple and intuitive API
• 🎯 Priority-based event listeners
• 📦 Event subscribers for grouping related listeners
• 🔄 Event propagation control
• 🎨 Works with both Laravel and core PHP
• 💪 Type-safe with interfaces and contracts
• 🧪 Easy to test
• 📝 Well documented with examples

Installation

For Laravel Projects

Install the package via Composer:

composer require tweekersnut/event-dispatcher

The service provider will be automatically registered via Laravel's package discovery.

For Core PHP Projects

1. Install the package via Composer:

composer require tweekersnut/event-dispatcher

1. Include the Composer autoloader in your project:

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

For Development/Testing

Clone the repository and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/TaranpreetSinghRayat/event-dispatcher.git
cd event-dispatcher
composer install

Run the examples:

php examples/core-php/basic-usage.php

Or use the interactive example runner:

php run-examples.php

Quick Start

Core PHP

use EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
use EventDispatcher\Event;

// Create dispatcher instance
$dispatcher = new EventDispatcher();

// Listen to an event
$dispatcher->listen('user.created', function ($event) {
    echo "User created: " . $event->getData('name');
});

// Dispatch an event
$event = new Event('user.created', ['name' => 'John Doe']);
$dispatcher->dispatch($event);

Laravel

The service provider is automatically registered via Laravel's package discovery.

use EventDispatcher\Laravel\Facades\EventDispatcher;
use EventDispatcher\Event;

// Listen to an event
EventDispatcher::listen('user.created', function ($event) {
    Log::info('User created: ' . $event->getData('name'));
});

// Dispatch an event
$event = new Event('user.created', ['name' => 'John Doe']);
EventDispatcher::dispatch($event);

Getting Started

Step 1: Installation

For Laravel:

composer require tweekersnut/event-dispatcher

For Core PHP:

composer require tweekersnut/event-dispatcher

Step 2: Try the Examples

After installation, you can run the included examples to see the package in action:

# Run basic usage example
php vendor/tweekersnut/event-dispatcher/examples/core-php/basic-usage.php

# Or if you cloned the repository
php examples/core-php/basic-usage.php

Step 3: Start Using in Your Project

Core PHP:

<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
use EventDispatcher\Event;

$dispatcher = new EventDispatcher();

// Your event handling code here

Laravel:

<?php
use EventDispatcher\Laravel\Facades\EventDispatcher;

// Use the facade anywhere in your Laravel app
EventDispatcher::listen('event.name', function($event) {
    // Handle event
});

Usage

Basic Event Dispatching

use EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;

$dispatcher = new EventDispatcher();

// Register a listener
$dispatcher->listen('order.placed', function ($event) {
    // Handle the event
    echo "Order placed: " . $event->getData('order_id');
});

// Dispatch the event
$dispatcher->dispatch('order.placed', ['order_id' => 123]);

Using Event Objects

use EventDispatcher\Event;

// Create an event with data
$event = new Event('user.registered', [
    'name' => 'Jane Doe',
    'email' => '[e-mail]'
]);

// Dispatch the event
$dispatcher->dispatch($event);

Custom Event Classes

use EventDispatcher\Event;

class UserRegisteredEvent extends Event
{
    private $user;

    public function __construct(array $user)
    {
        parent::__construct('user.registered');
        $this->user = $user;
    }

    public function getUser(): array
    {
        return $this->user;
    }
}

// Dispatch custom event
$dispatcher->dispatch(new UserRegisteredEvent([
    'name' => 'John',
    'email' => '[e-mail]'
]));

Event Listeners

Closure Listeners

$dispatcher->listen('user.created', function ($event) {
    // Handle event
});

Class-based Listeners

use EventDispatcher\Contracts\ListenerInterface;

class SendWelcomeEmail implements ListenerInterface
{
    public function handle($event): void
    {
        $user = $event->getData('user');
        // Send email logic
    }
}

// Register the listener
$dispatcher->listen('user.created', SendWelcomeEmail::class);
// or
$dispatcher->listen('user.created', new SendWelcomeEmail());

Priority-based Listeners

Listeners with higher priority execute first:

$dispatcher->listen('order.placed', function ($event) {
    echo "3. Send confirmation";
}, 0);

$dispatcher->listen('order.placed', function ($event) {
    echo "1. Validate order";
}, 100);

$dispatcher->listen('order.placed', function ($event) {
    echo "2. Process payment";
}, 50);

Event Subscribers

Group related event listeners together:

use EventDispatcher\Subscriber;

class UserEventSubscriber extends Subscriber
{
    public function getSubscribedEvents(): array
    {
        return [
            'user.created' => 'onUserCreated',
            'user.updated' => ['method' => 'onUserUpdated', 'priority' => 10],
            'user.deleted' => [
                ['method' => 'onUserDeleted', 'priority' => 5],
                'logUserDeletion'
            ]
        ];
    }

    public function onUserCreated($event): void
    {
        // Handle user created
    }

    public function onUserUpdated($event): void
    {
        // Handle user updated
    }

    public function onUserDeleted($event): void
    {
        // Handle user deleted
    }

    public function logUserDeletion($event): void
    {
        // Log deletion
    }
}

// Register the subscriber
$dispatcher->subscribe(new UserEventSubscriber());

Stopping Event Propagation

$dispatcher->listen('user.login', function ($event) {
    if ($event->getData('user')->isBanned()) {
        return false; // Stop propagation
    }
}, 100);

$dispatcher->listen('user.login', function ($event) {
    // This won't execute if user is banned
}, 50);

Managing Listeners

// Check if event has listeners
if ($dispatcher->hasListeners('user.created')) {
    // Event has listeners
}

// Get all listeners for an event
$listeners = $dispatcher->getListeners('user.created');

// Remove all listeners for an event
$dispatcher->forget('user.created');

// Remove specific listener
$listener = function ($event) { /* ... */ };
$dispatcher->listen('user.created', $listener);
$dispatcher->forget('user.created', $listener);

// Get all registered events
$events = $dispatcher->getEvents();

// Clear all listeners
$dispatcher->clear();

Laravel Integration

Publishing Configuration

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=event-dispatcher-config

Using Dependency Injection

use EventDispatcher\Contracts\DispatcherInterface;

class UserController extends Controller
{
    protected $dispatcher;

    public function __construct(DispatcherInterface $dispatcher)
    {
        $this->dispatcher = $dispatcher;
    }

    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $user = User::create($request->all());
        $this->dispatcher->dispatch('user.created', $user);
        
        return response()->json($user);
    }
}

Auto-registering Subscribers

In config/event-dispatcher.php:

return [
    'subscribers' => [
        \App\Subscribers\UserEventSubscriber::class,
        \App\Subscribers\OrderEventSubscriber::class,
    ],
];

Examples

Quick Start

Run the interactive example runner:

php run-examples.php

Or run individual examples directly:

php examples/core-php/basic-usage.php
php examples/core-php/listener-classes.php
php examples/core-php/subscriber-example.php

Check the examples directory for more detailed examples:

• Core PHP Examples:

  • examples/core-php/basic-usage.php - Basic event dispatching
  • examples/core-php/listener-classes.php - Using listener classes
  • examples/core-php/subscriber-example.php - Event subscribers

• Laravel Examples:

  • examples/laravel/README.md - Comprehensive Laravel integration guide

Testing

use EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;

$dispatcher = new EventDispatcher();

$eventDispatched = false;
$dispatcher->listen('test.event', function () use (&$eventDispatched) {
    $eventDispatched = true;
});

$dispatcher->dispatch('test.event');

assert($eventDispatched === true);

API Reference

EventDispatcher

• listen(string $eventName, $listener, int $priority = 0): void - Register an event listener
• subscribe($subscriber): void - Register an event subscriber
• dispatch($event, $payload = null) - Dispatch an event
• forget(string $eventName, $listener = null): void - Remove listeners
• hasListeners(string $eventName): bool - Check if event has listeners
• getListeners(string $eventName): array - Get all listeners for an event
• getEvents(): array - Get all registered events
• clear(): void - Clear all listeners

Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or higher
• Laravel 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, or 11.x (for Laravel integration)

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

Credits

• Tweekersnut Network - [e-mail]

Support

For issues, questions, or contributions, please visit the GitHub repository.