Symfony2 API
Class

Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container

class Container implements IntrospectableContainerInterface

Container is a dependency injection container.

It gives access to object instances (services).

Services and parameters are simple key/pair stores.

Parameter and service keys are case insensitive.

A service id can contain lowercased letters, digits, underscores, and dots. Underscores are used to separate words, and dots to group services under namespaces:

A service can also be defined by creating a method named getXXXService(), where XXX is the camelized version of the id:

The container can have three possible behaviors when a service does not exist:

Methods

__construct(ParameterBagInterface $parameterBag = null)

Constructor.
compile()

Compiles the container.
Boolean isFrozen()

Returns true if the container parameter bag are frozen.
ParameterBagInterface getParameterBag()

Gets the service container parameter bag.
mixed getParameter(string $name)

Gets a parameter.
Boolean hasParameter(string $name)

Checks if a parameter exists.
setParameter(string $name, mixed $value)

Sets a parameter.
set(string $id, object $service, string $scope = self::SCOPE_CONTAINER)

Sets a service.
Boolean has(string $id)

Returns true if the given service is defined.
object get(string $id, integer $invalidBehavior = self::EXCEPTION_ON_INVALID_REFERENCE)

Gets a service.
Boolean initialized(string $id)

Returns true if the given service has actually been initialized
array getServiceIds()

Gets all service ids.
enterScope(string $name)

This is called when you enter a scope
leaveScope(string $name)

This is called to leave the current scope, and move back to the parent scope.
addScope(ScopeInterface $scope)

Adds a scope to the container.
Boolean hasScope(string $name)

Returns whether this container has a certain scope
Boolean isScopeActive(string $name)

Returns whether this scope is currently active
static string camelize(string $id)

Camelizes a string.
static string underscore(string $id)

A string to underscore.

Details

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public __construct(ParameterBagInterface $parameterBag = null)

Constructor.

Parameters

ParameterBagInterface $parameterBag A ParameterBagInterface instance

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public compile()

Compiles the container.

This method does two things:

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public Boolean isFrozen()

Returns true if the container parameter bag are frozen.

Return Value

Boolean true if the container parameter bag are frozen, false otherwise

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public ParameterBagInterface getParameterBag()

Gets the service container parameter bag.

Return Value

ParameterBagInterface A ParameterBagInterface instance

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public mixed getParameter(string $name)

Gets a parameter.

Parameters

string $name The parameter name

Return Value

mixed The parameter value

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException if the parameter is not defined

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public Boolean hasParameter(string $name)

Checks if a parameter exists.

Parameters

string $name The parameter name

Return Value

Boolean The presence of parameter in container

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public setParameter(string $name, mixed $value)

Sets a parameter.

Parameters

string $name The parameter name
mixed $value The parameter value

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public set(string $id, object $service, string $scope = self::SCOPE_CONTAINER)

Sets a service.

Parameters

string $id The service identifier
object $service The service instance
string $scope The scope of the service

Exceptions

RuntimeException When trying to set a service in an inactive scope
InvalidArgumentException When trying to set a service in the prototype scope

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public Boolean has(string $id)

Returns true if the given service is defined.

Parameters

string $id The service identifier

Return Value

Boolean true if the service is defined, false otherwise

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public object get(string $id, integer $invalidBehavior = self::EXCEPTION_ON_INVALID_REFERENCE)

Gets a service.

If a service is defined both through a set() method and with a get{$id}Service() method, the former has always precedence.

Parameters

string $id The service identifier
integer $invalidBehavior The behavior when the service does not exist

Return Value

object The associated service

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException if the service is not defined
ServiceCircularReferenceException When a circular reference is detected
ServiceNotFoundException When the service is not defined

See also

Reference

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public Boolean initialized(string $id)

Returns true if the given service has actually been initialized

Parameters

string $id The service identifier

Return Value

Boolean true if service has already been initialized, false otherwise

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public array getServiceIds()

Gets all service ids.

Return Value

array An array of all defined service ids

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public enterScope(string $name)

This is called when you enter a scope

Parameters

string $name

Exceptions

RuntimeException When the parent scope is inactive
InvalidArgumentException When the scope does not exist

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public leaveScope(string $name)

This is called to leave the current scope, and move back to the parent scope.

Parameters

string $name The name of the scope to leave

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException if the scope is not active

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public addScope(ScopeInterface $scope)

Adds a scope to the container.

Parameters

ScopeInterface $scope

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

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public Boolean hasScope(string $name)

Returns whether this container has a certain scope

Parameters

string $name The name of the scope

Return Value

Boolean

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public Boolean isScopeActive(string $name)

Returns whether this scope is currently active

This does not actually check if the passed scope actually exists.

Parameters

string $name

Return Value

Boolean

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static public string camelize(string $id)

Camelizes a string.

Parameters

string $id A string to camelize

Return Value

string The camelized string

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static public string underscore(string $id)

A string to underscore.

Parameters

string $id The string to underscore

Return Value

string The underscored string