Best Practices

Follow these principles to get the most out of InterMix:

• Prefer interfaces in constructors to support swappable implementations.

• Use a single source of truth – centralize container configuration in a dedicated bootstrap file.

• Choose scoped lifetimes for services that are request- or task-bound (e.g. in-memory caches).

• Lock the container after setup in production environments to prevent accidental rebinding.

• Combine definition caching with OPcache preload for optimal performance and minimal runtime overhead.

See also: Service Lifetimes, Definition-level Caching, Class Preload