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glenjamin/dimple
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Dirt simple dependency injection container

v0.1.0(12y ago)020MITPHPPHP >= 5.3

Since Jul 27Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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Dimple
======

[](#dimple)

Dirt simple dependency injection container based loosely on Pimple

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require glenjamin/dimple

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$di = new \Dimple\Dimple();

$di->setup('app', function($di) {
    return new Application($di->get('db'), $di->get('logger'));
});

$di->setup('db', function($di) {
    return new \PDO($di->get('db-string'));
});

$di->set('dbstring', 'mysql://localhost');
$di->setup('logger', function($di) {
    return new Logger($di->get('logfile', '/dev/null'));
});

$app = $di->get('app');
$app->run();
```

How do I return the same instance on subsequent calls?
------------------------------------------------------

[](#how-do-i-return-the-same-instance-on-subsequent-calls)

You don't.

Is it fast?
-----------

[](#is-it-fast)

Unfortunately not massively, although it's not *too* bad

```
> php benchmark.php
10000000 Iterations
Raw: 4.3745291233063
Dimpled: 14.07391500473

Overhead: 221.724113%

```

It's a little over two times slower than raw object initialisation. If you use it for only your service level objects it should be palatable.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4675d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/72623f3c7e03752f3e1a5517c3b19451412654bca0e64f0cddbc4a5d08de803d?d=identicon)[glenjamin](/maintainers/glenjamin)

---

Top Contributors

[![glenjamin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/151272?v=4)](https://github.com/glenjamin "glenjamin (4 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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