A PHP library that generates and manages various types of object-oriented proxy classes for lazy loading, access control, and remote objects.
ProxyManager is a PHP library that provides abstractions for generating and managing proxy classes, implementing the proxy design pattern. It enables developers to add behaviors like lazy loading, access control, and remote object handling to existing classes without modifying their source code.
PHP developers working on applications that require non-invasive cross-cutting concerns, such as performance optimization, access control, or remote object interaction, without altering core business logic.
Developers choose ProxyManager for its clean separation of concerns, allowing proxy generation as a non-invasive layer to add features like lazy loading and method interception without polluting business logic, and its support for multiple proxy types including virtual, access interceptor, and remote object proxies.
🎩✨🌈 OOP Proxy wrappers/utilities - generates and manages proxies of your objects
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Supports multiple proxy patterns including virtual, access interceptor, and remote object proxies, allowing for diverse use cases like lazy loading and method monitoring as highlighted in the Key Features.
Enables adding cross-cutting concerns without modifying source code, maintaining clean separation of concerns as emphasized in the library's philosophy.
Includes detailed docs and examples, such as the lazy loading proxy code snippet in the README, facilitating easy adoption and reducing learning curve.
Offered through Tidelift subscription, providing commercial support and maintenance for critical enterprise applications, as mentioned in the README.
Proxy generation and method interception add overhead due to reflection usage, which can impact performance in latency-sensitive applications, a trade-off not explicitly addressed in the README.
Configuring custom interceptors or remote proxies requires a good understanding of PHP reflection and the proxy pattern, increasing initial development time beyond basic use cases.
Heavy reliance on PHP's reflection can be slow and may conflict with opcode caches or strict runtime environments, limiting compatibility in some deployment scenarios.