PHP-DI in Zend Framework 2

If you are using Zend Framework 2, PHP-DI provides an easy and clean integration with the existing framework's container.

Set up

First, install the bridge:

composer require php-di/zf2-bridge

Register it in application_root/config/application.config.php:

    // ...
    'modules' => [
        ...
        'DI\ZendFramework2',
        ...
    ],

    'service_manager' => [
        // ...
        'factories' => [
            'DI\Container' => 'DI\ZendFramework2\Service\DIContainerFactory',
        ],
    ],

That's it!

If you want to use annotations, please read the "Configuration" section below.

Usage

Now you can inject dependencies in your controllers.

Here is an example of the GuestbookController of the quickstart (using annotations):

class GuestbookController extends AbstractActionController
{
    /**
     * This dependency will be injected by PHP-DI
     * @Inject
     * @var \Application\Service\GuestbookService
     */
    private $guestbookService;

    public function indexAction()
    {
        $this->view->entries = $this->guestbookService->getAllEntries();
    }
}

If you'd like to define injections using a configuration file, put them in application_root/config/php-di.config.php:

<?php
return [
    'Application\Service\GreetingServiceInterface' => DI\create('Application\Service\GreetingService'),
];

Head over to the definitions documentation if needed.

Configuration

To configure PHP-DI itself, you have to override the module config in config/autoload/global.php or config/autoload/local.php:

return [
    'phpdi-zf2' => [
        ...
    ]
];

Enable or disable annotations

Annotations are disabled by default since PHP-DI 5. To enable them, use the following config:

return [
    'phpdi-zf2' => [
        'useAnntotations' => true,
    ]
];

Override definitions file location

return [
    'phpdi-zf2' => [
        'definitionsFile' => __DIR__ . '/../my-custom-config-file.php',
    ]
];

Enable file cache

return [
    'phpdi-zf2' => [
        'cache' => [
            'adapter' => 'filesystem',
            'namespace' => 'your_di_cache_key',
            'directory' => 'your_cache_directory', // default value is data/php-di/cache
        ],
    ]
];

Enable redis cache

return [
    'phpdi-zf2' => [
        'cache' => [
            'namespace' => 'your_di_cache_key',
            'adapter' => 'redis',
            'host' => 'localhost', // default is localhost
            'port' => 6379, // default is 6379
        ],
    ]
];

More

Read more on the ZF2-Bridge project on GitHub.