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starbug/di
==========

A dependency injection container initialization library.

v0.8(5y ago)04.8k↓50%1GPL-3.0-or-laterPHP

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Starbug Dependency Injection
============================

[](#starbug-dependency-injection)

A dependecy injection meta package and container initialization library for [PHP-DI](https://github.com/PHP-DI/PHP-DI).

What's included
===============

[](#whats-included)

- [PHP-DI/PHP-DI](https://github.com/PHP-DI/PHP-DI) The actual dependency injection library.
- ContainerFactory - A configurable factory for initializing containers and running post initialization steps.
- DefaultConfigurationHandler - A default handler for the factory that loads container definitions from `etc/di.php` in the root package and overrides from `etc/di.php` in modules that provide it. It can also set the default timezone and register an error handler after the container is initialized.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

Application bootstrapping
-------------------------

[](#application-bootstrapping)

The simplest way to use this library is to bootstrap your application with it and let it use the default configuration handler.

```
include("vendor/starbug/di/bootstrap/init.php");

// You now have a Psr\Container\ContainerInterface instance
$application = $container->make("MyApp");
```

Direct initialization
---------------------

[](#direct-initialization)

To do the same thing directly.

```
use Starbug\DI\ContainerFactory;

include("vendor/autoload.php");

$container = ContainerFactory::withDefaultHandler()
  ->create();

// You now have a Psr\Container\ContainerInterface instance
$application = $container->make("MyApp");
```

Definitions
-----------

[](#definitions)

The default handler will look for a file at `etc/di.php` to load definitions from. To customize `MyApp` our file might look like this.

```
return [
  "MyApp" => function () {
    $app = new MyApp();
    $app->addMiddleware(new MyMiddleware());
    return $app;
  }
];

```

See the [PHP-DI documentation on PHP definitions](https://php-di.org/doc/php-definitions.html).

Modules
-------

[](#modules)

If you are using [starbug/composer-modules-plugin](https://github.com/cogentParadigm/composer-modules-plugin), the default handler will also check each module for an `etc/di.php` file to load additional definitions from.

Custom Handlers
---------------

[](#custom-handlers)

To use custom handlers, call `withHandlers` instead of `withDefaultHandler` and pass your handlers.

```
use Starbug\DI\ContainerFactory;

$container = ContainerFactory::withHandlers(
  new MyHandler(),
  new SecondHandler()
)->create();
```

Alternatively, if you don't want to use the static helper method you can easily do it manually.

```
use Starbug\DI\ContainerFactory;

$factory = new ContainerFactory();
$factory->addHandler(new MyHandler());
$container = $factory->create();
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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

1948d ago

### Community

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