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bangpound/composer-dotenv
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Load environment variables from `.env` when Composer runs

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Composer Dotenv
===============

[](#composer-dotenv)

Whenever Composer is activated in a project with a `.env` file, this plugin will use the [`vlucas/phpdotenv`](https://github.com/vlucas/phpdotenv) library to load this configuration file into the PHP envrionment.

This plugin works well with `incenteev/composer-parameter-handler`[which allows you to map environment variables to parameters](https://github.com/Incenteev/ParameterHandler#using-environment-variables-to-set-the-parameters). *This* plugin runs when composer is activated, and ParameterHandler finds that configuration in the environment after your dependencies have been installed or updated.

Example
-------

[](#example)

If your `.env` file contains:

```
SECRET_FOR_ME="123456"

```

And your `composer.json` file contains:

```
{
    "require": {
        "incenteev/composer-parameter-handler": "~2.0",
        "bangpound/composer-dotenv": "~1.0@dev"
    },
    "extra": {
        "incenteev-parameters": {
            "file": "app/config/parameters.yml",
            "env-map": {
                "secret": "SECRET_FOR_ME"
            }
        }
    },
    "scripts": {
        "post-install-cmd": [
            "Incenteev\\ParameterHandler\\ScriptHandler::buildParameters"
        ],
        "post-update-cmd": [
            "Incenteev\\ParameterHandler\\ScriptHandler::buildParameters"
        ]
    },
}
```

Then after running composer update or install, your `app/config/parameters.yml`will contain:

```
# This file is auto-generated during the composer install
parameters:
    secret: 123456
```

Settings
--------

[](#settings)

In the `extra` property of the root repository, change these values as necessary:

```
{
    "extra": {
        "dotenv": {
            "path": ".",
            "file": ".env"
        }
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

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