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damian972/dotenv-loader
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Load .env files into PHP

v1.0(4y ago)07PHPPHP >=8.0

Since Jan 14Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Dotenv Loader
=============

[](#dotenv-loader)

Loads environment variables from `.env` to `getenv()`, `$_ENV` and `$_SERVER`.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require damian972/dotenv-loader
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

(new Damian972\DotenvLoader\Dotenv(__DIR__, fileName: '.env'))->load(); // fileName parameter is optionnal, default: .env

echo 'API_LOGIN = '.getenv('API_LOGIN').PHP_EOL;
```

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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

1582d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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