Removed abandoned laminas-json

Per PHP documentation, json_decode is always available starting with PHP 8.0
"As of PHP 8.0.0, the JSON extension is a core PHP extension, so it is always enabled."
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/json.installation.php

Signed-off-by: Mathias Berchtold <[email protected]>

Author: matbech

composer.json

@@ -40,12 +40,10 @@
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "laminas/laminas-coding-standard": "^3.0.1",
-        "laminas/laminas-json": "^3.7",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.5.38",
         "webmozart/assert": "^1.11"
     },
     "suggest": {
-        "laminas/laminas-json": "(^2.6.1 || ^3.0) To auto-deserialize JSON body content in AbstractRestfulController extensions, when json_decode is unavailable",
         "laminas/laminas-log": "^2.9.1  To provide log functionality via LogFilterManager, LogFormatterManager, and LogProcessorManager",
         "laminas/laminas-mvc-console": "laminas-mvc-console provides the ability to expose laminas-mvc as a console application",
         "laminas/laminas-mvc-i18n": "laminas-mvc-i18n provides integration with laminas-i18n, including a translation bridge and translatable route segments",

src/Controller/AbstractRestfulController.php

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use Laminas\Http\Header\ContentType;
 use Laminas\Http\Request as HttpRequest;
-use Laminas\Json\Json;
 use Laminas\Mvc\Exception;
 use Laminas\Mvc\Exception\DomainException;
 use Laminas\Mvc\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
@@ -62,21 +61,15 @@ abstract class AbstractRestfulController extends AbstractController
     protected $identifierName = 'id';
 
     /**
-     * Flag to pass to json_decode and/or Laminas\Json\Json::decode.
-     *
-     * The flags in Laminas\Json\Json::decode are integers, but when evaluated
-     * in a boolean context map to the flag passed as the second parameter
-     * to json_decode(). As such, you can specify either the Laminas\Json\Json
-     * constant or the boolean value. By default, starting in v3, we use
-     * the boolean value, and cast to integer if using Laminas\Json\Json::decode.
+     * Flag to pass to json_decode.
      *
      * Default value is boolean true, meaning JSON should be cast to
      * associative arrays (vs objects).
      *
      * Override the value in an extending class to set the default behavior
      * for your class.
      *
-     * @var int|bool
+     * @var bool
      */
     protected $jsonDecodeType = true;
 
@@ -609,10 +602,7 @@ protected function processBodyContent(mixed $request)
     /**
      * Decode a JSON string.
      *
-     * Uses json_decode by default. If that is not available, checks for
-     * availability of Laminas\Json\Json, and uses that if present.
-     *
-     * Otherwise, raises an exception.
+     * Uses json_decode by default. If that is not available, raises an exception.
      *
      * Marked protected to allow usage from extending classes.
      *
@@ -626,13 +616,8 @@ protected function jsonDecode($string)
             return json_decode($string, (bool) $this->jsonDecodeType);
         }
 
-        if (class_exists(Json::class)) {
-            return Json::decode($string, (int) $this->jsonDecodeType);
-        }
-
-        throw new DomainException(sprintf(
-            'Unable to parse JSON request, due to missing ext/json and/or %s',
-            Json::class
-        ));
+        throw new DomainException(
+            'Unable to parse JSON request, due to missing ext/json'
+        );
     }
 }