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friends-of-behat/service-container-extension
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Allows to declare own services inside Behat container without writing an extension.

v1.1.0(5y ago)115804.5k↓21.6%520MITGherkinPHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

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Allows to declare own services inside Behat container without writing an extension.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Install it:

    ```
    $ composer require friends-of-behat/service-container-extension --dev
    ```
2. Enable this extension and configure Behat to use it:

    ```
    # behat.yml
    default:
        # ...
        extensions:
            FriendsOfBehat\ServiceContainerExtension:
                imports:
                    - "features/bootstrap/config/services.xml"
                    - "features/bootstrap/config/services.yml"
                    - "features/bootstrap/config/services.php"
    ```
3. Write services files definitions:

    ```

    ```

    ```
    # features/bootstrap/config/services.yml
    services:
        acme.my_service:
            class: Acme\MyService
    ```

    ```
    // features/bootstrap/config/services.php
    use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;

    $container->setDefinition('acme.my_service', new Definition(\Acme\MyService::class));
    ```

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity52

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community29

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.9% 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 ~309 days

Recently: every ~387 days

Total

6

Last Release

2020d ago

Major Versions

v0.3.0 → v1.0.02017-07-10

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^5.6|^7.0

v1.0.0PHP ^7.1

v1.1.0PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

behatbehat-extensiondependency-injectionphp

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPsalm

Type Coverage Yes

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