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sciactive/requirephp
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An implementation of dependency injection (like RequireJS) in PHP.

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[](#-requirephp)

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An implementation of dependency injection and service locator (like RequireJS) in PHP.

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

[](#installation)

You can install RequirePHP with Composer or Bower.

```
composer require sciactive/requirephp

bower install https://github.com/sciactive/requirephp.git
```

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

If you don't use an autoloader, all you need to do is include the RequirePHP.php file.

```
require("RequirePHP.php");
```

Now you can start giving code that requires a module, or modules, to run. This code will not run until all the required modules (in this case, only 'test') are available.

```
\SciActive\RequirePHP::_(array('test'), function($test){
	$test->value = 'Hello, world.';
});
```

You can define modules. This module has no dependencies, hence the empty array.

```
\SciActive\RequirePHP::_('test', array(), function(){
	class test {
		public $value;

		public function talk() {
			echo $this->value;
		}
	}

	// Returning a new instantiation is important if you are
	// providing a service.
	return new test();
});
```

You can create aliases to modules (and other aliases).

```
\SciActive\RequirePHP::alias('testing', 'test');
```

You can keep using the same instance in other code, using RequirePHP as a service locator. This function uses the alias from above.

```
\SciActive\RequirePHP::_(array('testing'), function($test){
	$test->talk(); // Prints 'Hello, world.'.
});
```

You can also retrieve modules outside of a closure. However, if this module is not available at the time you request it, RequirePHP will throw a RequireModuleFailedException. Such is the price of not using a closure.

```
$test = \SciActive\RequirePHP::_('test');
$test->talk(); // Prints 'Hello, world.'.
```

Service Location
----------------

[](#service-location)

The repository contains [an example](https://github.com/sciactive/requirephp/blob/master/test_service_locator.php) of using RequirePHP as a service locator.

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

[](#dependency-injection)

The repository contains [an example](https://github.com/sciactive/requirephp/blob/master/test_dependency_injector.php) of using RequirePHP as a dependency injector.

Contacting the Developer
------------------------

[](#contacting-the-developer)

There are several ways to contact RequirePHP's developer with your questions, concerns, comments, bug reports, or feature requests.

- RequirePHP is part of [SciActive on Twitter](http://twitter.com/SciActive).
- Bug reports, questions, and feature requests can be filed at the [issues page](https://github.com/sciactive/requirephp/issues).
- You can directly [email Hunter Perrin](mailto:hunter@sciactive.com), the creator of RequirePHP.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

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 ~27 days

Total

6

Last Release

4153d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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