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strident/container
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Dependency injection container component designed for ease of use and speed. Built for Trident. Heavily inspired by Pimple.

2.0.0(11y ago)016MITPHPPHP >=5.4

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Dependency injection container component designed for ease of use and speed. Built for Trident. Heavily inspired by [Pimple](https://github.com/silexphp/Pimple).

\##Installation

Installation is available via Composer. Add the package to your composer.json:

```
$ composer require strident/container ~2.0

```

\##Usage

The container is incredibly simple to instantiate. Simply do the following:

```
use Strident\Container\Container;

$container = new Container();
```

\###Defining Services

From there, you can define services like so:

```
// 'Service' class defined somewhere, and 'dependency_name' service defined

$container->set("service_name", function($container) {
    return new Service($container->get("dependency_name"));
});
```

The services are lazy loaded (i.e. nothing is instantiated until it is called).

\###Extending a Service After Definition

You may also extend services once they have been defined (for example, if you wish to augment a service, alter settings, swap out dependencies etc). But note that once a service is used, it becomes locked and cannot be modified further.

```
$container->extend("service_name", function($service, $container) {
    $service->doSomething();
    $service->addSomething($container->get("dependency_name"));

    return $service;
});
```

\###Defining Factory Services

If you wish to return a new instance of your service every time instead of the same instance, you may define a factory service like so:

```
$container->set("service_name", $container->factory(function($container) {
    return new Service($container->get("dependency_name"));
}));
```

\###Parameters

Parameters are get / set by accessing the container like an array:

```
// Set
$container["foo"] = "A parameter can be anything";

// Get
$foo = $container["foo"];
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

Every ~4 days

Total

2

Last Release

4105d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02015-02-20

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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