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# Installation

The Fetch HTTP package can be installed using Composer, the PHP dependency manager.

## Requirements

  • PHP 8.1 or higher
  • Composer

## Install via Composer

### 1. Add to your project

bash
composer require jerome/fetch-php

### 2. Update your autoloader

If you haven't already done so, make sure you include the Composer autoloader in your project:

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

## Manual Installation (Not Recommended)

While we strongly recommend using Composer, you can also manually download the package and include it in your project:

  1. Download the latest release from GitHub
  2. Extract the files into your project directory
  3. Set up your own autoloading system or include files manually

## Verifying Installation

After installation, you can verify that everything is working correctly by creating a simple script:

php
<?php require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';  // Make a simple request using the global helper $response = fetch('https://httpbin.org/get');  // Check the response if ($response->successful()) {  echo "Installation successful!\n";  echo "Response status: " . $response->status() . "\n";  echo "Response body: " . $response->body() . "\n"; } else {  echo "Something went wrong. HTTP status: " . $response->status() . "\n"; }

## Testing Different Response Methods

You can also test some of the enhanced response methods:

php
<?php require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';  // Make a request to the JSON endpoint $response = fetch('https://httpbin.org/json');  // Test content type detection if ($response->hasJsonContent()) {  echo "Received JSON content\n";   // Parse the JSON data  $data = $response->json();  echo "JSON data successfully parsed\n";   // Access data using array syntax  if (isset($response['slideshow'])) {  echo "Slideshow title: " . $response['slideshow']['title'] . "\n";  } } else {  echo "Did not receive JSON content\n"; }  // Test status code helpers if ($response->isOk()) {  echo "Response has 200 OK status\n"; }

## Next Steps

After installation, check out the Quickstart guide to begin using the Fetch HTTP package.