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frostealth/php-container
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Simple Dependency Injection Container

2.0.0(10y ago)036MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Aug 29Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Container
=============

[](#php-container)

Simple Dependency Injection Container.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Run the [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/) command to install the latest stable version:

```
composer require frostealth/php-container @stable

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use frostealth\Container\Container;

$container = new Container();

// ...

// injecting simple values
$container->set('foo', 'bar'); // or $container->foo = 'bar';

// get its value
$value = $container->get('foo');  // or $value = $container->foo;

// ...

// resources
$container->set('object', function ($container) {
    return new MyObject($container->foo);
});

// get a new instance
$object = $container->get('object');

// ...

// singleton resources
$container->singleton('log', function ($container) {
    return new MyLog($container->object);
});

// get log resource
$log = $container->get('log');
```

Dependency Injection
--------------------

[](#dependency-injection)

```
use Interop\Container\ContainerInterface;

class MyClass
{
    /**
     * @var ContainerInterface
     */
    protected $container;

    /**
     * @param ContainerInterface $container
     */
    public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container)
    {
        $this->container = $container;
    }
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). See [LICENSE.md](https://github.com/frostealth/php-container/blob/master/LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~145 days

Total

4

Last Release

3843d ago

Major Versions

1.0.2 → 2.0.02015-11-09

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3209d007425f192de0e0941e6181d2dfd36ed4f00714675ca7fb525c6fd27ed2?d=identicon)[frostealth](/maintainers/frostealth)

---

Top Contributors

[![frostealth](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1785217?v=4)](https://github.com/frostealth "frostealth (5 commits)")

---

Tags

dependency-injectionphp-containercontainerdependency-injectiondi

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