Framework integrations

SoFinder 1.1 provides full browser and HTTP API integrations for the following hosts. All bridges use the same Core, endpoint catalog, validation, security rules and frontend distribution.

Host	Package	Supported runtime
Symfony 6.4/7.4	sohophp/sofinder-symfony	PHP 8.2–8.5
Laravel 12	sohophp/sofinder-laravel	PHP 8.2–8.5
Laravel 13	sohophp/sofinder-laravel	PHP 8.3–8.5
Slim 4, Mezzio 3, plain PHP	sohophp/sofinder-psr15	PHP 8.2–8.5

For Symfony, follow the dedicated Symfony integration guide. The sections below cover Laravel and the PSR-15 hosts.

Laravel 12 and 13

Install and publish configuration

composer require sohophp/sofinder-laravel:^1.1
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=sofinder-config

Laravel package discovery registers SoFinderServiceProvider; no manual provider entry is required. The default configuration mounts the browser at /sofinder/browser, uses the web and auth middleware groups, and stores files below storage/app/sofinder.

Edit config/sofinder.php when the mount point, middleware or resources need to change:

return [
    'enabled' => true,
    'prefix' => 'sofinder',
    'domain' => null,
    'middleware' => ['web'],
    'auth_middleware' => ['auth'],
    'cache_store' => null,
    'core' => [
        'resources' => [
            'Files' => [
                'root' => storage_path('app/sofinder/files'),
                'delivery_mode' => 'proxy',
                'allowed_extensions' => ['jpg', 'png', 'pdf', 'docx', 'xlsx'],
            ],
        ],
    ],
];

The selected Laravel cache store must support atomic locks. SoFinder refuses to boot with a store that cannot safely coordinate uploads and maintenance.

Define authorization

Authentication alone does not grant file access. Every protected operation is checked as a Laravel Gate ability named sofinder.<operation>, with the resource and path passed as arguments. For an administrator-only installation, the host can grant the complete SoFinder namespace centrally:

use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;

Gate::before(static function (User $user, string $ability): ?bool {
    if (str_starts_with($ability, 'sofinder.')) {
        return $user->is_file_manager_admin;
    }

    return null;
});

Gate::define('ROLE_ADMIN', static fn (User $user): bool =>
    $user->is_file_manager_admin
);

For granular policies, define abilities such as sofinder.list, sofinder.read, sofinder.upload, sofinder.overwrite, sofinder.create_folder, sofinder.rename, sofinder.copy, sofinder.move, sofinder.delete and sofinder.metadata.update. Returning false denies the operation. Do not use an unconditional Gate::before grant in production.

SoFinder uses Laravel's authenticated actor, session CSRF token, event dispatcher, URL generator, cache and queue adapters automatically. Its shared HTTP layer performs the mutation CSRF check and returns the same JSON error contract as the other bridges.

Finish and verify

php artisan config:cache
php artisan route:cache
php artisan route:list --name=sofinder
php artisan sofinder:security:audit

Open /sofinder/browser as an authenticated, authorized user. Publishing the assets is optional because the bridge serves its synchronized distribution; use php artisan vendor:publish --tag=sofinder-assets only when the web server must serve a copied distribution directly.

The complete executable host is available in examples/laravel.

Shared PSR-15 runtime

Slim, Mezzio and plain PHP use the same application factory. Install the bridge and one PSR-7/PSR-17 implementation:

composer require sohophp/sofinder-psr15:^1.1 nyholm/psr7:^1.8

Create the four mandatory host services. They must use the application's real identity, policy and session; omitting them is intentionally a construction-time error.

use SohoPHP\SoFinder\Psr15\HostServices;
use SohoPHP\SoFinder\Psr15\LocalApplicationFactory;

$services = new HostServices(
    $authorization, // AuthorizationInterface
    $actor,         // ActorProviderInterface
    $csrf,          // CsrfTokenProviderInterface
    $events,        // PSR-14 EventDispatcherInterface
    $roles,         // optional RoleAuthorizationInterface
);

$sofinder = (new LocalApplicationFactory(
    $responseFactory,
    $streamFactory,
    $services,
    [
        'resources' => [
            'Files' => [
                'root' => __DIR__ . '/var/files',
                'delivery_mode' => 'proxy',
            ],
        ],
    ],
    __DIR__ . '/var/state',
    __DIR__ . '/var/files',
    prefix: '/sofinder',
))->create();

NativeSessionCsrfTokenProvider is available for a framework-free PHP session. Initialize the session before dispatching requests. A custom provider must bind tokens to the trusted host session and compare them safely. Do not implement an anonymous allow fallback. If document_preview.mode or maintenance.mode is messenger, also pass the corresponding available dispatcher to LocalApplicationFactory.

Slim 4

Install Slim and its PSR-7 implementation, then register the central route catalog before running the app:

composer require slim/slim:^4.15 slim/psr7:^1.7

use Slim\Factory\AppFactory;
use Slim\Psr7\Factory\ResponseFactory;
use Slim\Psr7\Factory\StreamFactory;

$responses = new ResponseFactory();
$app = AppFactory::create($responses);
$sofinder = createSofinderApplication($responses, new StreamFactory());
$sofinder->routes()->registerSlim($app);
$app->run();

createSofinderApplication() in this example represents the shared factory bootstrap shown above. Route names and paths come from the central endpoint catalog, so they must not be duplicated in application routes.

Mezzio 3

Install Mezzio and a router, create the shared runtime, then register it before the normal routing and dispatch middleware run:

composer require mezzio/mezzio:^3.24 mezzio/mezzio-fastroute:^3.13 laminas/laminas-diactoros:^3.6

$sofinder = createSofinderApplication($responseFactory, $streamFactory);
$sofinder->routes()->registerMezzio($app);

$app->pipe(new RouteMiddleware($router));
$app->pipe(new DispatchMiddleware());

Plain PHP

A framework-free front controller can send the request through the supplied middleware and emit its PSR-7 response:

use Laminas\Diactoros\ServerRequestFactory;
use Laminas\HttpHandlerRunner\Emitter\SapiEmitter;

$sofinder = createSofinderApplication($responseFactory, $streamFactory);
$response = $sofinder->middleware()->process(
    ServerRequestFactory::fromGlobals(),
    $fallbackHandler,
);

(new SapiEmitter())->emit($response);

The fallback handler receives every request outside /sofinder and every unmatched path. A ready-to-run implementation of the shared factory and all three front controllers is in examples/psr15.

Core-only and other frameworks

Install sohophp/sofinder-core:^1.1 when the application needs only the domain services and no SoFinder browser/API. To integrate another framework, adapt its request and response objects at the public PSR boundary and reuse the endpoint catalog; do not copy controllers or bypass authorization, CSRF, path, upload or streaming checks. Such a host remains headless-supported until it passes the shared black-box HTTP contract suite.

Before production, also review the security guide, configuration reference and production checklist.