How to get a named instance from the container?

[adjenks]

I created a named instance like so:

$rules = [
	'$logger2' => [
		Dice::INSTANCE => function () use ($config) {
			//do stuff;
			return $thing;
		}
	]
];
$dice = $dice->addRules($rules);

And I tried to get it like so:

$logger2 = $dice->create('$logger2');

But it did not work because create() only expects class names. It throws:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ReflectionException: Class $logger2 does not exist in //vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php:107

I understand I can make it a dependency of a class and then create the class, but what if I just want to access it as is?

[cseufert]

This should work, you could try my fork:

https://packagist.org/packages/moddengine/dice

Example here:
https://github.com/moddengine/Dice/blob/9b54e766b0275305ff5d303cebce2d5a24131398/tests/NamedInstancesTest.php#L61