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Objects will often depend on other objects. Instead of creating the dependency in the constructor, the dependency should be passed into the constructor as a parameter. This ensures there is not tight coupling between the objects, and enables changing the dependency upon class instantiation. This has...

Dependencies can also be injected by setters. interface Logger { public function log($message); } class Component { private $logger; private $databaseConnection; public function __construct(DatabaseConnection $databaseConnection) { $this->databaseConnection = $...

Dependency Injection (DI) in the context of using a Dependency Injection Container (DIC) can be seen as a superset of constructor injection. A DIC will typically analyze a class constructor's typehints and resolve its needs, effectively injecting the dependencies needed for the instance execution. ...