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Symfony 2 - non bundle library integration and location


I am all about the best practice of symfony 2 and I would like to integrate a php library into the project. Library is a non bundle, a simple php class with some methods.

My question just follows the following, which DOES NOT have an accepted answer. Anyway from what I read here I decided to autoload the class, but have no idea where should I locate the php file.

Maybe src/MyBundle/DependencyInjection/? I really doubt it since library has no dependency of other services I have.

Should I create a directory like src/MyBundle/Services/ or src/MyBundle/Libraries/?

What is the best practice here?


Solution

  • as mentioned by b.enoit.be create a service from the class.

    MyBundle/Service/MyServiceClass.php

    <?php
    
    namespace MyBundle\Service;
    
    class MyService
    {
    ...
    }
    

    app/config/services.yml

    services:
        app.my_service:
            class: MyBundle\Service\MyService
    

    use it e.g. in a controller

    MyBundle/Controller/DefaultController.php

    <?php
    
    namespace MyBundle\Controller;
    
    use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
    
    class DefaultController extends Controller
    {
        public function indexAction(Request $request)
        {
    
            ...
    
            // get the service from the container
            $yourService = $this->get('app.my_service');
    
            ...
        }
    }
    ?>