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oktopost/skeleton
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Inversion of Control library

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Skeleton
========

[](#skeleton)

> Latest version 1.2.0

Skeleton is an [Inversion of Control (IoC)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_of_control) Library for PHP 7.1 or higher.

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- [Simple example project](https://github.com/Oktopost/Example-Skeleton)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require oktopost/skeleton
```

or inside *composer.json*

```
"require": {
    "oktopost/skeleton": "^1.0"
}
```

Basic Usage Example:
--------------------

[](#basic-usage-example)

```
// src/Proj/Base/IUserDAO.php
interface IUserDAO
{
    public function load($id);
}

// src/Proj/DAO/UserDAO.php
class UserDAO implements IUserDAO
{
    public function load($id)
    {
        // ...
    }
}

// skeleton-config.php
$skeleton = new \Skeleton\Skeleton();
$skeleton->set(Proj\Base\IUserDAO::class, Proj\DAO\UserDAO::class);
// or
$skeleton->set("Using any string as key", Proj\DAO\UserDAO::class);

// Obtaining a new instance using
$service = $skeleton->get(Proj\DAO\IUserDAO::class);
// or
$service = $skeleton->get("Using any string as key");
```

In this case, **$service** will be set to a new instance of the **UserDAO** class that was created by Skeleton.

Autoloading class
-----------------

[](#autoloading-class)

Given the following setup:

```
// src/Proj/Base/IUserDAO.php
interface IUserDAO {}

// src/Proj/Base/IUserService.php
interface IUserService {}

// src/Proj/DAO/UserDAO.php
class UserDAO implements IUserDAO {}

// skeleton-config.php
$skeleton = new \Skeleton\Skeleton();
$skeleton->set(Proj\Base\IUserDAO::class,     Proj\DAO\UserDAO::class);
$skeleton->set(Proj\Base\IUserService::class, Proj\Service\UserService::class);
```

Instance of **UserService** may be obtained *without* autoloading using:

```
// src/Proj/Service/UserService.php
class UserService implements IUserService
{
    public function setUserDAO(IUserDAO $dao)
    {
    }
}

$instance = $skeleton->get(IUserService::class);
$instance->setUserDAO($skeleton->get(IUserDAO::class));
```

But with autoloading you can omit the call to setUserDAO using one of the following.

### Using setter methods autolaoding

[](#using-setter-methods-autolaoding)

```
// skeleton-config.php
$skeleton->enableKnot();

// src/Proj/Service/UserService.php
/**
 * @autoload
 */
class UserService implements IUserService
{
    /**
     * @autoload
     * Method must start with the word "set", have only one parameter and the @autoload annotation.
     * Private and protected methods will be also autoloaded.
     */
    public function setUserDAO(IUserDAO $dao)
    {
    }
}

// example.php
$instance = $skeleton->get(IUserService::class);
```

### Using data member autoloading.

[](#using-data-member-autoloading)

```
// skeleton-config.php
$skeleton->enableKnot();

// src/Proj/Service/UserService.php
/**
 * @autoload
 */
class UserService implements IUserService
{
    /**
     * @autoload
     * @var \Full\Path\To\IUserDAO
     * Important: Full path must be defined under the @var annotation.
     */
    private $dao;
}

// example.php
$instance = $skeleton->get(IUserService::class);
```

### Using \_\_construct autoloading.

[](#using-__construct-autoloading)

In this case the *autoload* annotation is not required for the class name nor for the \_\_construct method.

```
// skeleton-config.php
$skeleton->enableKnot();

// src/Proj/Service/UserService.php
class UserService implements IUserService
{
    public function __construct(IUserDAO $dao)
    {
    }
}

// example.php
$instance = $skeleton->get(IUserService::class);
```

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity82

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 84.1% 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 ~114 days

Recently: every ~353 days

Total

23

Last Release

1071d ago

Major Versions

1.3.0 → 2.0.02022-05-08

PHP version history (4 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.5

1.0.10PHP >=7.1

1.3.0PHP >=7.4

2.0.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

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