Request Lifecycle for a Mezzio-Based Application

The request lifecycle is the sequence of steps that happen from the moment a user makes an HTTP request until the server sends back a response.

The graph below shows how the request is handled by Dotkernel Light (GitHub, documentation), one of the applications in the Dotkernel Headless Platform suite.

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Entry Point

1. HTTP Request
[public/index.php]

2. Service Container

3. Route Registration

4. Middleware Pipeline
[config/pipeline.php]

5. Routing

6. Handler
Invocation

7. Custom Logic
Execution in Handler

8. Template
Rendering [twig]

9. Response
Creation

10. Response
Pipeline

11. Response Emitter

HTTP 20x, 30x

HTTP 40x

HTTP 50x

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