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The Phonebook App

Explore how to develop a functional PHP phonebook application by implementing pure functions and a REPL loop. Understand how to process user commands such as add, search, delete, and list, while adhering to functional programming principles for clear and maintainable code.

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Patterns implementation

Before completing the pattern matching, it’s possible to add two routines to categorize, and hence simplify the printing output.

  • The first of these functions, registryAction, conveys a message that signals the completion of a write action. It’s suitable for the create and delete pattern primitives.
  • The second, showRegistryData, prints formatted registry contents, and works well with the all and search pattern primitives, which are extensions of the phonebook’s read faculty.
PHP
<?php
function registryAction(callable $action, ...$args): IO
{
	$action = m\mcompose(
		// print message about action completion/failure
		fn (bool $res) => IO\IO(f\concat(' ', 'Action', ($res ? 'completed' : 'not completed'))),
		// pass function arguments to IO function
		fn ($args) => $action(...$args)
	);
	return $action(IO\IO($args));
}
function showRegistryData(callable $transform, ...$args): IO
{
	$show = m\mcompose(
		// format printable data
		fn ($data) => IO\IO(formatOutput($data)),
		fn ($args) => $transform(...$args)
	);
	return $show(IO\IO($args));
}

The rest of the patterns should now resemble the code in the following snippet:

PHP
<?php
'["add", name, phone]' 	=> fn (string $name, string $phone) => (
	registryAction(create, $name, $phone)
),
'["delete", name]'			=> fn (string $name) => (
	registryAction(delete, $name)
),
'["search", name]' 			=> fn (string $name) => (
	showRegistryData(search, $name)
),
'["all"]'          			=> fn () => showRegistryData(readRegistry),

Phonebook in action

The REPL is almost complete at this point. The only glaring absence in the design is an ...