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thanks-to-it/wp-dich
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WP\_DICH
========

[](#wp_dich)

**WP\_DICH** offers a way to work with WordPress hooks smartly using a Dependency Injection Container, allowing lazy loading, making classes to be loaded only when required.

The Challenge
-------------

[](#the-challenge)

Let's suppose you simply want to call a method `method_a()` from a class `Any_Class` only when a specific WordPress hook is run. How would you do it? There are at least 3 ways that come to my mind:

1. ### 👎 Object Method Call

    [](#-1-object-method-call)

The problem here is you are initializing `Any_Class()` before it's necessary, as you only need the method on `wp_footer` hook.

```
class Any_Class{
	public function method_a(){}
}
$any_class = new Any_Class();
add_action( 'wp_footer', array( $any_class, 'method_a') );
```

2. ### 👎 Using Anonymous Functions

    [](#-1-using-anonymous-functions)

The disadvantage here is you're not able to remove the action with `remove_action()`

```
class Any_Class{
	public function method_a(){}
}
add_action( 'wp_footer', function(){
	$any_class = new Any_Class();
	$any_class->method_a();
});
```

3. ### 👎 Using Static Methods

    [](#-1-using-static-methods)

With the Static Methods approach, at least your class is loaded at the proper time, but quite often, from a design standpoint, it's better to stick to non-static methods. You can't override them, they are more difficult to test and you end up having to design other things around it as static too.

```
class Any_Class{
	public static function method_a(){}
}
add_action( 'wp_footer', array('Any_Class', 'method_a') );
```

---

### 👌 The WP\_DICH Solution

[](#ok_hand-the-wp_dich-solution)

**WP\_DICH** combines the advantage of the Object Method Call, using a non static method, with the benefits of loading the class only when it's required. Check how it's simple:

First you need to pass a Dependency Injection Container Interface to `WP_DICH()`.

```
$dic  = new \Thanks_To_IT\WP_DICH\DIC();
$dich = new \Thanks_To_IT\WP_DICH\WP_DICH( $dic );
```

> WP\_DICH already offers a small Dependency Injection Container, thanks to [Carl Alexander](https://carlalexander.ca/dependency-injection-wordpress/), but you can use any library you want, like [thephpleague/container](https://github.com/thephpleague/container) or [php-di](http://php-di.org/) for example. You just have to implement a `Psr\Container\ContainerInterface` with 2 methods, `get()` and `has()`

Then you just have to setup your container as you like:

```
$dic['any_class_alias'] = function () {
	return new Any_Class();
};
```

Now if you create your hook using the class alias you've configured on the container as the first parameter of the array, instead of calling a static method, it will load your class only when `wp_footer` hook is run and then `method_a` will be called.

```
$dich->add_action( 'wp_footer', array( 'any_class_alias', 'method_a') );
```

WP\_DICH hooks
--------------

[](#wp_dich-hooks)

You can use the WordPress hook functions you are used to, like:

- `$dich->add_action`
- `$dich->add_filter`
- `$dich->remove_action`
- `$dich->remove_filter`

Services
--------

[](#services)

As we are using a Dependency Injection Container Library we may benefit from some interesting features, like services, allowing to instantiate your classes only once. Yes, no need to think about Singletons anymore.

```
$dic['any_class_alias'] = $dic->service( function () {
	return new Any_Class();
} );
```

Now everytime you call for **'any\_class\_alias'** the same object will be returned instead of creating a new one every time.

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

[](#installation)

**Composer**Add `thanks-to-it/wp-dich` to the require-dev or require section of your project's `composer.json` configuration file, and run 'composer install':

```
{
    "require": {
        "thanks-to-it/wp-dich":"dev-master"
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity29

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

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