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regeda/castel
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Castel is a fast Dependency Injection Container for PHP 5.3

0.2.0(11y ago)617MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Mar 18Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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Castel
======

[](#castel)

Castel is a fast Dependency Injection Container. The class for PHP 5.3 consists of just one file.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7b83d52b050090eb031dfaac8bb3b31d0fb6af77a5d6d605f539fbe2670bc1a6/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f7265676564612f63617374656c2e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/regeda/castel)

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

Pick up the `src/Castel.php` file or install it with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) :

```
{
    "require": {
        "regeda/castel": "0.1.*"
    }
}
```

Creating a container is a matter of instating the Castel class

```
$container = new Castel();
```

Defining parameters
-------------------

[](#defining-parameters)

```
$container->share('foo', 'bar');
$container->share('something', new Something());
```

Retrieving parameters as plain properties:

```
$container->foo; // bar
$container->something; // instance of Something class
```

Defining services
-----------------

[](#defining-services)

Services are defined by anonymous functions that return an instance of an object

```
$container->share('session', function () {
    return new Session();
});
```

Using the defined services

```
$session = $container->session; // instance of Session class
```

Extending services after creation
---------------------------------

[](#extending-services-after-creation)

```
$container->share('mail', function () {
    return new \Zend_Mail();
});
$container->extend('mail', function ($mail, $container) {
    $mail->setFrom($container->getValue('mail.default_from'));
    return $mail;
});
```

Source:

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~67 days

Total

3

Last Release

4307d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Tags

containerdependency-injection

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