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cba85/heroku-dotenv
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Copy php `.env` variables to or from Heroku environment variables

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Heroku Dotenv
=============

[](#heroku-dotenv)

⌨️ Copy php `.env` variables to or from [Heroku](https://www.heroku.com) environment variables.

Why creating this package?
--------------------------

[](#why-creating-this-package)

I've created this package because I often use PHP projects/frameworks that use [vlucas/phpdotenv](https://github.com/vlucas/phpdotenv) package to handle PHP environment values in a `.env` file.

You can't create/modify files in your Heroku server using Heroku CLI (ok, in fact [you can](https://gist.github.com/btakita/7853541)), and you can't create your production `.env` file, so you have to manually create your environment variables using Heroku CLI or on your Heroku dashboard.

This PHP script can automatically copy environment variables in a .env file to and from Heroku.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

### Heroku CLI

[](#heroku-cli)

This PHP script uses [Heroku CLI](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-cli). You must have installed it on your machine.

### Composer

[](#composer)

Make sure [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/download/) is installed globally.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
$ composer global require cba85/heroku-dotenv
```

Then make sure you have the global Composer binaries directory in your PATH.

This directory is platform-dependent, see [Composer documentation](https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#composer-home) for details.

### Update

[](#update)

```
$ composer global update cba85/heroku-dotenv
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Go to your project folder that contains a `.env` file.

### Send .env file to Heroku environment

[](#send-env-file-to-heroku-environment)

```
$ heroku-dotenv push -a heroku_app_name
```

### Save Heroku environment to .env file

[](#save-heroku-environment-to-env-file)

```
$ heroku-dotenv pull heroku_app_name
```

Options
-------

[](#options)

### -f, --file

[](#-f---file)

Name or path of your project `.env` file.

```
$ heroku-dotenv push heroku_app_name -f .env.production
$ heroku-dotenv pull heroku_app_name -f .env.production
```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

The package contains a dotenv file for testing, located in `example/` folder.

```
$ ./heroku-dotenv push heroku_app_name -f example/.env
$ ./heroku-dotenv pull heroku_app_name -f example/.env
```

> Where `heroku_app_name` is a valid Heroku app.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

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

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1907d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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