Why is it not possible to add a request value of type object.

[Silinator]

• Laravel Version: 9.45.1
• PHP Version: 8.2.0
  Database Driver & Version: mysql & 10.7.4-MariaDB-1:10.7.4+maria~focal

Description:

I was trying to add my decoded jwt token to the $request class (inside a middleware)

Steps To Reproduce:

public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next) {
  $tokenData = (new AuthUserService())->getData($request->accessToken);
  $request['tokenData'] = $tokenData;
  return $next($request);
}

Error:
Expected a scalar, or an array as a 2nd argument to "Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\InputBag::set()", "stdClass" given.

Maybe related: symfony/symfony#44432

Not so great workarounds:

$request['tokenData'] = (array) $tokenData;

$request['tokenData'] = json_encode($tokenData);

[timacdonald]

An InputBag is meant for storing input from a HTTP request. This means it only supports types that may be sent over HTTP (not rich class based objects).

I would recommend setting this as a request attribute instead:

public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next) {
  $tokenData = (new AuthUserService())->getData($request->accessToken);

  $request->attributes->set('tokenData', $tokenData);

  return $next($request);
}

$tokenData = $request->attributes->get('tokenData');