Installation

Installing Ecotone for Symfony, Laravel or Stand Alone

Prerequisites

Before installing Ecotone, ensure you have:

• PHP 8.1 or higher

• Composer installed

• A properly configured PHP project with PSR-4 autoloading

Install for Symfony

Step 1: Install the Ecotone Symfony Bundle using Composer

composer require ecotone/symfony-bundle

Step 2: Verify Bundle Registration

If you're using Symfony Flex (recommended), the bundle will auto-configure. If auto-configuration didn't work, manually register the bundle in config/bundles.php:

Ecotone\SymfonyBundle\EcotoneSymfonyBundle::class => ['all' => true]

Step 3: Verify Installation

Run this command to check if Ecotone is properly installed:

php bin/console ecotone:list

By default Ecotone will look for Attributes in default Symfony catalog "src". If you do follow different structure, you can use "namespaces" configuration to tell Ecotone, where to look for.

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Install for Laravel

Step 1: Install the Ecotone Laravel Package

composer require ecotone/laravel

Step 2: Verify Provider Registration

The service provider should be automatically registered via Laravel's package discovery. If auto-registration didn't work, manually add the provider to config/app.php:

'providers' => [
    \Ecotone\Laravel\EcotoneProvider::class
],

Step 3: Verify Installation

Run this command to check if Ecotone is properly installed:

php artisan ecotone:list

By default Ecotone will look for Attributes in default Laravel catalog "app". If you do follow different structure, you can use "namespaces" configuration to tell Ecotone, where to look for.

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Install Ecotone Lite (No framework)

If you're using no framework or framework different than Symfony or Laravel, then you may use Ecotone Lite to bootstrap Ecotone.

composer require ecotone/ecotone

In order to start, you need to have a composer.json with PSR-4 or PSR-0 autoload setup.

With Custom Dependency Container

If you already have Dependency Container configured, then:

$ecotoneLite = EcotoneLite::bootstrap(
    classesToResolve: [User::class, UserRepository::class, UserService::class],
    containerOrAvailableServices: $container
);

Load namespaces

By default Ecotone will look for Attributes only in Classes provided under "classesToResolve". If we want to look for Attributes in given set of Namespaces, we can pass it to the configuration.

$ecotoneLite = EcotoneLite::bootstrap(
    classesToResolve: [User::class, UserRepository::class, UserService::class],
    containerOrAvailableServices: $container,
    configuration: ServiceConfiguration::createWithDefaults()->withNamespaces(['App'])
);

With no Dependency Container

You may actually run Ecotone without any Dependency Container. That may be useful for small applications, testing or when we want to run some small Ecotone's script.

$ecotoneLite = EcotoneLite::bootstrap(
    classesToResolve: [User::class, UserRepository::class, UserService::class],
    containerOrAvailableServices: [new UserRepository(), new UserService()]
);

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Ecotone Lite Application

You may use out of the box Ecotone Lite Application, which provide you with Dependency Container.

composer require ecotone/lite-application

$ecotoneLite = EcotoneLiteApplication::bootstrap();

$commandBus = $ecotoneLite->getCommandBus();
$queryBus = $ecotoneLite->getQueryBus();

With default configuration, Ecotone will look for classes inside "src" catalog.

Common Installation Issues

"Class not found" errors

Problem: Ecotone can't find your classes with attributes. Solution: Make sure your classes are in the correct namespace and directory structure matches your PSR-4 autoloading configuration.

Bundle/Provider not registered

Problem: Ecotone commands are not available. Solution:

• For Symfony: Check that the bundle is listed in config/bundles.php

• For Laravel: Check that the provider is in config/app.php or that package discovery is enabled

Permission errors

Problem: Cache directory is not writable. Solution: Ensure your web server has write permissions to the cache directory (usually var/cache for Symfony or storage/framework/cache for Laravel).