Merge branch 'release/0.8.1'

Author: ljonesfl

.version.json

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   "strategy": "semver",
   "major": 0,
   "minor": 8,
-  "patch": 0,
+  "patch": 1,
   "build": 0
 }

VERSIONLOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## 0.8.1 2025-11-07
+
 * Added comprehensive rate limiting system with multiple storage backends.
 * Added RateLimitFilter for request throttling.
 * Added Redis, File, and Memory storage implementations for rate limiting.
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@
 * Added comprehensive tests for rate limiting functionality.
 * Added IPResolver.
 
-## 0.6.10 2025-11-04
+## 0.8.0 2025-11-04
 ## 0.6.9 2025-05-21
 
 ## 0.6.8 2025-02-18

src/Routing/Router.php

@@ -355,13 +355,21 @@ public function getRoute( int $Method, string $Uri ) : ?RouteMap
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	protected function executePreFilters( RouteMap $Route ): void
+	protected function executePreFilters( RouteMap $Route ): mixed
 	{
 		foreach( $this->_Filter as $FilterName )
 		{
 			$Filter = $this->getFilter( $FilterName );
-			$Filter->pre( $Route );
+			$Result = $Filter->pre( $Route );
+
+			// If filter returns a non-null value, stop execution and return it
+			if( $Result !== null )
+			{
+				return $Result;
+			}
 		}
+
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	protected function executePostFilters( RouteMap $Route ): void
@@ -380,7 +388,13 @@ protected function executePostFilters( RouteMap $Route ): void
 
 	public function dispatch( RouteMap $Route ): mixed
 	{
-		$this->executePreFilters( $Route );
+		$FilterResult = $this->executePreFilters( $Route );
+
+		// If a filter returned a response, return it immediately without executing the route
+		if( $FilterResult !== null )
+		{
+			return $FilterResult;
+		}
 
 		$Result = $Route->execute( $this );