Custom constraints
For more advanced use cases where greater control over the contents of each box is required (e.g. legal limits on the number of
hazardous items per box, or perhaps fragile items requiring an extra-strong outer box) you may implement the BoxPacker\ConstrainedPlacementItem
interface which contains an additional callback method allowing you to decide whether to allow an item may be packed into a box
or not.
As with all other library methods, the objects passed into this callback are your own - you have access to their full range of
properties and methods to use when evaluating a constraint, not only those defined by the standard BoxPacker\Item
interface.
Example - only allow 2 batteries per box
<?php
use DVDoug\BoxPacker\PackedBox;
class LithiumBattery implements ConstrainedPlacementItem
{
/**
* Max 2 batteries per box.
*
* @param PackedBox $packedBox
* @param int $proposedX
* @param int $proposedY
* @param int $proposedZ
* @param int $width
* @param int $length
* @param int $depth
* @return bool
*/
public function canBePacked(
PackedBox $packedBox,
int $proposedX,
int $proposedY,
int $proposedZ,
int $width,
int $length,
int $depth
): bool {
$batteriesPacked = 0;
foreach ($packedBox->items as $packedItem) {
if ($packedItem->item instanceof LithiumBattery) {
$batteriesPacked++;
}
}
if ($batteriesPacked < 2) {
return true; // allowed to pack
} else {
return false; // 2 batteries already packed, no more allowed in this box
}
}
}
Example - don’t allow batteries to be stacked
<?php
use DVDoug\BoxPacker\PackedBox;
use DVDoug\BoxPacker\PackedItem;
class LithiumBattery implements ConstrainedPlacementItem
{
/**
* Batteries cannot be stacked on top of each other.
*
* @param PackedBox $packedBox
* @param int $proposedX
* @param int $proposedY
* @param int $proposedZ
* @param int $width
* @param int $length
* @param int $depth
* @return bool
*/
public function canBePacked(
PackedBox $packedBox,
int $proposedX,
int $proposedY,
int $proposedZ,
int $width,
int $length,
int $depth
): bool {
$alreadyPackedType = array_filter(
iterator_to_array($packedBox->items, false),
function (PackedItem $item) {
return $item->item->getDescription() === 'Battery';
}
);
/** @var PackedItem $alreadyPacked */
foreach ($alreadyPackedType as $alreadyPacked) {
if (
$alreadyPacked->z + $alreadyPacked->depth === $proposedZ &&
$proposedX >= $alreadyPacked->x && $proposedX <= ($alreadyPacked->x + $alreadyPacked->width) &&
$proposedY >= $alreadyPacked->y && $proposedY <= ($alreadyPacked->y + $alreadyPacked->length)) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}