The framework was inspired by Java tools like Spring and Seasar.

Here are some key features of "Ding":

· Dependency injection (by Setter, Constructor, and Method)
· Aspect Oriented Programming
· XML
· YAML
· Some JSR 250/330 annotations as bean definition providers
· Lightweight
· Can be deployed as a PHAR file
· Simple
· Quick MVC
· Syslog
· TCP client and server with non-blocking sockets
· Timers
· Custom error, signal, and exception handling
· PAGI integration (for the Asterisk gateway interface)
· PAMI integration (for Asterisk management)

Requirements:

· PHP 5.3.3 or higher
· Extensions: posix, pcntl, simplexml, sockets, pcre, reflection, yaml, phar