Process php://input to get multipart/form-data parameters for PATCH API request

ParseInputStream.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile;

/**
 * stream - Handle raw input stream
 *
 * LICENSE: This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the GPL license
 * that is available through the world-wide-web at the following URI:
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html. If you did not receive a copy of
 * the GPL License and are unable to obtain it through the web, please
 *
 * @author [email protected]
 * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL License 3
 *
 * Massive modifications by TGE ([email protected]) to support
 * proper parameter name processing and Laravel compatible UploadedFile
 * support. Class name changed to be more descriptive and less likely to
 * collide.
 *
 * Original Gist at:
 *   https://gist.github.com/jas-/5c3fdc26fedd11cb9fb5#file-class-stream-php
 *
 */

class ParseInputStream
{
    /**
     * @abstract Raw input stream
     */
    protected $input;

    /**
     * @function __construct
     *
     * @param array $data stream
     */
    public function __construct(array &$data)
    {
        $this->input = file_get_contents('php://input');

        $boundary = $this->boundary();

        if (!strlen($boundary)) {
            $data = [
                'parameters' => $this->parse(),
                'files' => []
            ];
        } else {
            $blocks = $this->split($boundary);

            $data = $this->blocks($blocks);
        }

        return $data;
    }

    /**
     * @function boundary
     * @returns string
     */
    private function boundary()
    {
        if(!isset($_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'])) {
            return null;
        }

        preg_match('/boundary=(.*)$/', $_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'], $matches);
        return $matches[1];
    }

    /**
     * @function parse
     * @returns array
     */
    private function parse()
    {
        parse_str(urldecode($this->input), $result);
        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * @function split
     * @param $boundary string
     * @returns array
     */
    private function split($boundary)
    {
        $result = preg_split("/-+$boundary/", $this->input);
        array_pop($result);
        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * @function blocks
     * @param $array array
     * @returns array
     */
    private function blocks($array)
    {
        $results = [];

        foreach($array as $key => $value)
        {
            if (empty($value))
                continue;

            $block = $this->decide($value);

			foreach ( $block['parameters'] as $key => $val ) {
				$this->parse_parameter( $results, $key, $val );
			}

			foreach ( $block['files'] as $key => $val ) {
				$this->parse_parameter( $results, $key, $val );
			}
        }

		return $results;
    }

    /**
     * @function decide
     * @param $string string
     * @returns array
     */
    private function decide($string)
    {
        if (strpos($string, 'application/octet-stream') !== FALSE)
        {
            return [
                'parameters' => $this->file($string),
                'files' => []
            ];
        }

        if (strpos($string, 'filename') !== FALSE)
        {
            return [
                'parameters' => [],
                'files' => $this->file_stream($string)
            ];
        }

        return [
            'parameters' => $this->parameter($string),
            'files' => []
        ];
    }

    /**
     * @function file
     *
     * @param $string
     *
     * @return array
     */
    private function file($string)
    {
        preg_match('/name=\"([^\"]*)\".*stream[\n|\r]+([^\n\r].*)?$/s', $string, $match);
        return [
            $match[1] => ($match[2] !== NULL ? $match[2] : '')
        ];
    }

    /**
     * @function file_stream
     *
     * @param $string
     *
     * @return array
     */
    private function file_stream($data)
    {
        $result = [];
		$data = ltrim($data);

		$idx = strpos( $data, "\r\n\r\n" );
		if ( $idx === FALSE ) {
			Log::warning( "ParseInputStream.file_stream(): Could not locate header separator in data:" );
			Log::warning( $data );
		} else {
			$headers = substr( $data, 0, $idx );
			$content = substr( $data, $idx + 4, -2 ); // Skip the leading \r\n and strip the final \r\n

			$name = '-unknown-';
			$filename = '-unknown-';
			$filetype = 'application/octet-stream';

			$header = strtok( $headers, "\r\n" );
			while ( $header !== FALSE ) {
				if ( substr($header, 0, strlen("Content-Disposition: ")) == "Content-Disposition: " ) {
					// Content-Disposition: form-data; name="attach_file[TESTING]"; filename="label2.jpg"
					if ( preg_match('/name=\"([^\"]*)\"/', $header, $nmatch ) ) {
						$name = $nmatch[1];
					}
					if ( preg_match('/filename=\"([^\"]*)\"/', $header, $nmatch ) ) {
						$filename = $nmatch[1];
					}
				} elseif ( substr($header, 0, strlen("Content-Type: ")) == "Content-Type: " ) {
					// Content-Type: image/jpg
					$filetype = trim( substr($header, strlen("Content-Type: ")) );
				} else {
					Log::debug( "PARSEINPUTSTREAM: Skipping Header: " . $header );
				}

			    $header = strtok("\r\n");
			}

			if ( substr($data, -2) === "\r\n" ) {
				$data = substr($data, 0, -2);
			}

			$path = sys_get_temp_dir() . '/php' . substr( sha1(rand()), 0, 6 );

			$bytes = file_put_contents( $path, $content );

			if ( $bytes !== FALSE ) {
				$file = new UploadedFile( $path, $filename, $filetype, $bytes, UPLOAD_ERR_OK );
				$result = array( $name => $file );
			}
		}

        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * @function parameter
     *
     * @param $string
     *
     * @return array
     */
    private function parameter($string)
    {
        $data = [];

        if ( preg_match('/name=\"([^\"]*)\"[\n|\r]+([^\n\r].*)?\r$/s', $string, $match) ) {
	        if (preg_match('/^(.*)\[\]$/i', $match[1], $tmp)) {
	            $data[$tmp[1]][] = ($match[2] !== NULL ? $match[2] : '');
	        } else {
	            $data[$match[1]] = ($match[2] !== NULL ? $match[2] : '');
	        }
		}

        return $data;
    }

    /**
     * @function merge
     * @param $array array
     *
     * Ugly ugly ugly
     *
     * @returns array
     */
    private function merge($array)
    {
        $results = [
            'parameters' => [],
            'files' => []
        ];

        if (count($array['parameters']) > 0) {
            foreach($array['parameters'] as $key => $value) {
                foreach($value as $k => $v) {
                    if (is_array($v)) {
                        foreach($v as $kk => $vv) {
                            $results['parameters'][$k][] = $vv;
                        }
                    } else {
                        $results['parameters'][$k] = $v;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        if (count($array['files']) > 0) {
            foreach($array['files'] as $key => $value) {
                foreach($value as $k => $v) {
                    if (is_array($v)) {
                        foreach($v as $kk => $vv) {
                            if(is_array($vv) && (count($vv) === 1)) {
                                $results['files'][$k][$kk] = $vv[0];
                            } else {
                                $results['files'][$k][$kk][] = $vv[0];
                            }
                        }
                    } else {
                        $results['files'][$k][$key] = $v;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        return $results;
    }

	function parse_parameter( &$params, $parameter, $value ) {
		if ( strpos($parameter, '[') !== FALSE ) {
			$matches = array();
			if ( preg_match( '/^([^[]*)\[([^]]*)\](.*)$/', $parameter, $match ) ) {
				$name = $match[1];
				$key = $match[2];
				$rem = $match[3];

				if ( $name !== '' && $name !== NULL ) {
					if ( ! isset($params[$name]) || ! is_array($params[$name]) ) {
						$params[$name] = array();
					} else {
					}
					if ( strlen($rem) > 0 ) {
						if ( $key === '' || $key === NULL ) {
							$arr = array();
							$this->parse_parameter( $arr, $rem, $value );
							$params[$name][] = $arr;
						} else {
							if ( !isset($params[$name][$key]) || !is_array($params[$name][$key]) ) {
								$params[$name][$key] = array();
							}
							$this->parse_parameter( $params[$name][$key], $rem, $value );
						}
					} else {
						if ( $key === '' || $key === NULL ) {
							$params[$name][] = $value;
						} else {
							$params[$name][$key] = $value;
						}
					}
				} else {
					if ( strlen($rem) > 0 ) {
						if ( $key === '' || $key === NULL ) {
							// REVIEW Is this logic correct?!
							$this->parse_parameter( $params, $rem, $value );
						} else {
							if ( ! isset($params[$key]) || ! is_array($params[$key]) ) {
								$params[$key] = array();
							}
							$this->parse_parameter( $params[$key], $rem, $value );
						}
					} else {
						if ( $key === '' || $key === NULL ) {
							$params[] = $value;
						} else {
							$params[$key] = $value;
						}
					}
				}
			} else {
				Log::warning( "ParseInputStream.parse_parameter() Parameter name regex failed: '" . $parameter . "'" );
			}
		} else {
			$params[$parameter] = $value;
		}
	}
}

I would like to read one part from the stream at a time, rather than read all parts into an array.

This library isn't working in laravel 5.6, at this following line "preg_match('/boundary=(.*)$/', $_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'], $matches);" it doesn't return anything.

I had the same problem.
I found a solution that worked as middlware:
https://gist.github.com/JhonatanRaul/cb2f9670ad0a8aa2fc32d263f948342a

Tyvm folks,
Good Jobs!

Thanks a lot! It was useful!

Some additions:

1. do we really need function merge()? Didn't find any usage.

2. i guess this class is only necessary for PUT and PATCH (POST works out of the box, OPTIONS/DELETE/HEAD/etc shouldn't send files), so middleware handler may looks like:

	public function handle($request, Closure $next)
	{
		if ($request->method() == 'PUT' || $request->method() == 'PATCH') {
			if (preg_match('/multipart\/form-data/', $request->headers->get('Content-Type'))) {
				$params = array();
				new ParseInputStream($params);
				$request->request->add($params);
			}
		}
		return $next($request);
	}

3. lines 211-212, variable $data is not used anywhere after:

			if ( substr($data, -2) === "\r\n" ) {
				$data = substr($data, 0, -2);
			}

Guess, it suppose to be $content instead.

First thank you for this, been banging my head against a wall for the last few days on this, and of course to @t202wes for teh middleware!

Spotted a minor issue with it though, essentially it breaks down if empty/null values are sent through. Not wanting to strip them (we allow null values on updates for certain resources), so have modified this section slightly, to just cater for when a parameter doesn't have a supplied value (null).

Starts at line 248.

if (preg_match('/name=\"([^\"]*)\"[\n|\r]+([^\n\r].*)?\r$/s', $string, $match)) {
    if (preg_match('/^(.*)\[\]$/i', $match[1], $tmp)) {
        $data[$tmp[1]][] = (isset($match[2]) && $match[2] !== null ? $match[2] : null);
    } else {
        $data[$match[1]] = (isset($match[2]) && $match[2] !== null ? $match[2] : null);
    }
}

Tested and working on 5.7

Thanks for the fix, I was looking for this.
I also found a minor issue with this. If the input is array, its only pick the last element. I modified slightly to fix this. Tested on laravel 5.8 with array and nested array.

private function parameter($string)
    {
        $data = [];
        if (preg_match('/name=\"([^\"]*)\"[\n|\r]+([^\n\r].*)?\r$/s', $string, $match)) {
            if (preg_match('/^(.*)\[\]$/i', $match[1], $tmp)) {
                $data[$tmp[1].'[]'] = (isset($match[2]) && $match[2] !== null ? $match[2] : null);
            } else {
                $data[$match[1]] = (isset($match[2]) && $match[2] !== null ? $match[2] : null);
            }
        }
        return $data;
    }