gistfile1.txt

<?php

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';

$app = new Silex\Application();

$app['debug'] = true;

class test implements JsonSerializable
{
    public $data = array();

    public function jsonSerialize()
    {
        return get_object_vars($this);
    }
}
$app['test'] = new test();

$app->before(function (Request $request) use($app) {
    
    $app['test']->data['is-json'] = false;//default
    
    $app['test']->data['getcontent-type-before-replace'] = gettype($request->getContent());
    $app['test']->data['getcontent-before-replace'] = $request->getContent();
    
    if (0 === strpos($request->headers->get('Content-Type'), 'application/json')) {
    
        $app['test']->data['is-json'] = true;
        
        $data = json_decode($request->getContent(), true);
        if (null === $data) {
            return new Response('{"message":"Problems parsing JSON"}', 400);
        }
        
        $app['test']->data['conversion-success'] = true;
        $app['test']->data['data-type-after-conv'] = gettype($data);
        $app['test']->data['data-after-conv'] = $data;
        $app['test']->data['request-type-before-replace'] = gettype($request->request);
        $app['test']->data['request-before-replace'] = $request->request;//might be appearing empty due to lack of JsonSerializable on class??
        
        //$request->request->replace(is_array($data) ? $data : array());
        $request->request->replace($data);
        
        $app['test']->data['request-type-after-replace'] = gettype($request->request);
        $app['test']->data['request-after-replace'] = $request->request;//might be appearing empty due to lack of JsonSerializable on class??
    }
    
    $app['test']->data['getcontent-type-after-replace'] = gettype($request->getContent());
    $app['test']->data['getcontent-after-replace'] = $request->getContent();
});

$app->post('/admin/usergroups', function() use($app) {
    
    $app['test']->data['getcontent-type-in-controller'] = gettype($app['request']->getContent());
    $app['test']->data['getcontent-in-controller'] = $app['request']->getContent();
    
    return new Response(json_encode($app['test']->data), 200, array('Content-Type' => 'application/json'));
});

$app->run();