Wirebox

Lightweight PHP 8.4 DI Container with Autowiring, Attributes & Compiled Container.

What is Wirebox?

Wirebox is a modern, zero-configuration dependency injection container for PHP 8.4+. It leverages the latest PHP features — native attributes, lazy objects, and reflection — to provide a powerful yet simple DI experience.

Key Highlights

Zero configuration — Point at a directory, all concrete classes are auto-registered
PSR-11 compatible — Standard ContainerInterface implementation
PHP 8.4 Attributes — Configure services declaratively with #[Singleton], #[Inject], #[Lazy], and more
Autowiring — Constructor dependencies resolved automatically via type hints
Compiled container — Generate a PHP class with zero reflection at runtime for production
Lazy proxies — Deferred instantiation via PHP 8.4 native lazy objects
Built-in dotenv — No external dependencies for environment variable support
Autoconfiguration — Symfony-style auto-tagging by interface or attribute

Quick Example

use AsceticSoft\Wirebox\ContainerBuilder;

$builder = new ContainerBuilder(projectDir: __DIR__);
$builder->scan(__DIR__ . '/src');
$container = $builder->build();

$service = $container->get(App\UserService::class);

That’s it. Three lines to get a fully working DI container with autowiring. No XML, no YAML, no boilerplate.

Why Wirebox?

Feature	Wirebox	Other containers
PHP 8.4 native lazy objects	Yes	Proxy generation
Zero-config directory scanning	Yes	Manual registration
Built-in `.env` support	Yes	External packages
Compiled container	Yes	Some
Autoconfiguration	Yes	Some
Minimal dependencies	`psr/container` only	Often many
PHPStan Level 9	Yes	Varies