zend di example

DummyDateCalculator.php

<?php

namespace DiExample;

class DummyDateCalculator
{
    protected $date;
    protected $secondDate;

    public function __construct(\DateTime $date)
    {
        $this->date = $date;
    }

    public function setSecondDate(\DateTime $secondDate)
    {
        $this->secondDate = $secondDate;
    }

    public function __toString()
    {
        return "Time was initialised at: " . $this->date->format(\DateTime::ATOM);
    }
}

simple-zenddi-example.php

$di->configure(new Zend\Di\Config([
    'definition' => [
        'instance' => [
            'DiExample\DummyDateCalculator' => [
                'parameters' => [
                    'parameter' => [
                        'date' => [
                            'type' => '\DateTime',
                            'required' => true
                        ]
                    ]
                ]
            ]
        ]
    ]
]));