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chevron/containers
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an implementation of the registry pattern for fun and profit

v5.3.0(9y ago)01682BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since May 16Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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chevron/containers
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Containers is a simple implementation of a registry pattern. The base container takes values and returns them, the deferred container is built to handle callables, and the reference container is meant to handle maps--wait for it--by reference.

Containers started as a pretty basic set of registry objects because you end up using them everywhere. Deferred, however, ended up making a pretty good simple DI container. But "Deferred" isn't as intuitive as "Di", which is why there is a DiInterface (for typehints) and a ServiceLoader for creating and populating the Di.

Peruse the tests or, if present, the examples directory to see usage.

See [packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/chevron/containers) for version/installation info.

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/146b6f052721ef894da77d229bee9d9856886c9505647251d25ab69707e6ccaf/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f63686576726f6e2f636f6e7461696e6572732f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/chevron/containers)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0680c21bab5f1e5d5e47f20b2524babd7d34a906301f5b63cec36a7ccaf52069/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f63686576726f6e7068702f636f6e7461696e6572732e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/chevronphp/containers)

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 65% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~51 days

Recently: every ~175 days

Total

17

Last Release

3560d ago

Major Versions

v1.1.0 → v2.0.02014-05-19

v2.0.1 → v3.0.02014-07-17

v3.3.1 → v4.0.02014-08-30

v4.0.1 → v5.0.02014-11-05

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

v3.1.1PHP >=5.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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