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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 3.11.x will end 14 Nov 2022 (12 months plus 6 months extension).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 3.11.x will end 13 Nov 2023 (18 months plus 12 months extension).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 7.3.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 3.10. PHP 7.4.x is supported too.
<?php

namespace Psr\Http\Message;

/**
 * Describes a data stream.
 *
 * Typically, an instance will wrap a PHP stream; this interface provides
 * a wrapper around the most common operations, including serialization of
 * the entire stream to a string.
 */
interface StreamInterface
{
    /**
     * Reads all data from the stream into a string, from the beginning to end.
     *
     * This method MUST attempt to seek to the beginning of the stream before
     * reading data and read the stream until the end is reached.
     *
     * Warning: This could attempt to load a large amount of data into memory.
     *
     * This method MUST NOT raise an exception in order to conform with PHP's
     * string casting operations.
     *
     * @see http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php#object.tostring
     * @return string
     */
< public function __toString();
> public function __toString(): string;
/** * Closes the stream and any underlying resources. * * @return void */
< public function close();
> public function close(): void;
/** * Separates any underlying resources from the stream. * * After the stream has been detached, the stream is in an unusable state. * * @return resource|null Underlying PHP stream, if any */ public function detach(); /** * Get the size of the stream if known. * * @return int|null Returns the size in bytes if known, or null if unknown. */
< public function getSize();
> public function getSize(): ?int;
/** * Returns the current position of the file read/write pointer * * @return int Position of the file pointer * @throws \RuntimeException on error. */
< public function tell();
> public function tell(): int;
/** * Returns true if the stream is at the end of the stream. * * @return bool */
< public function eof();
> public function eof(): bool;
/** * Returns whether or not the stream is seekable. * * @return bool */
< public function isSeekable();
> public function isSeekable(): bool;
/** * Seek to a position in the stream. * * @link http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fseek.php * @param int $offset Stream offset * @param int $whence Specifies how the cursor position will be calculated * based on the seek offset. Valid values are identical to the built-in * PHP $whence values for `fseek()`. SEEK_SET: Set position equal to * offset bytes SEEK_CUR: Set position to current location plus offset * SEEK_END: Set position to end-of-stream plus offset. * @throws \RuntimeException on failure. */
< public function seek($offset, $whence = SEEK_SET);
> public function seek(int $offset, int $whence = SEEK_SET): void;
/** * Seek to the beginning of the stream. * * If the stream is not seekable, this method will raise an exception; * otherwise, it will perform a seek(0). * * @see seek() * @link http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fseek.php * @throws \RuntimeException on failure. */
< public function rewind();
> public function rewind(): void;
/** * Returns whether or not the stream is writable. * * @return bool */
< public function isWritable();
> public function isWritable(): bool;
/** * Write data to the stream. * * @param string $string The string that is to be written. * @return int Returns the number of bytes written to the stream. * @throws \RuntimeException on failure. */
< public function write($string);
> public function write(string $string): int;
/** * Returns whether or not the stream is readable. * * @return bool */
< public function isReadable();
> public function isReadable(): bool;
/** * Read data from the stream. * * @param int $length Read up to $length bytes from the object and return * them. Fewer than $length bytes may be returned if underlying stream * call returns fewer bytes. * @return string Returns the data read from the stream, or an empty string * if no bytes are available. * @throws \RuntimeException if an error occurs. */
< public function read($length);
> public function read(int $length): string;
/** * Returns the remaining contents in a string * * @return string * @throws \RuntimeException if unable to read or an error occurs while * reading. */
< public function getContents();
> public function getContents(): string;
/** * Get stream metadata as an associative array or retrieve a specific key. * * The keys returned are identical to the keys returned from PHP's * stream_get_meta_data() function. * * @link http://php.net/manual/en/function.stream-get-meta-data.php
< * @param string $key Specific metadata to retrieve.
> * @param string|null $key Specific metadata to retrieve.
* @return array|mixed|null Returns an associative array if no key is * provided. Returns a specific key value if a key is provided and the * value is found, or null if the key is not found. */
< public function getMetadata($key = null);
> public function getMetadata(?string $key = null);
}