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decodelabs/dovetail
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Comprehensive config solution

v0.3.6(7mo ago)06.6k6MITPHPPHP ^8.4CI passing

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Dovetail
========

[](#dovetail)

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### Comprehensive config solution for PHP

[](#comprehensive-config-solution-for-php)

Dovetail provides a simple, flexible and powerful way to manage configuration data in PHP applications.

---

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

[](#installation)

This package requires PHP 8.4 or higher.

Install via Composer:

```
composer require decodelabs/dovetail
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Env

[](#env)

Dovetail utilises [vlucas/phpdotenv](https://github.com/vlucas/phpdotenv) to load environment variables from a `.env` file in your project root. This is automatically loaded when you first access the Dovetail service.

```
use DecodeLabs\Dovetail\Env;

$dbHost = Env::asString('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // String
$dbPort = Env::asInt('DB_PORT', 3306); // Int
$debug = Env::asBool('DEBUG', false); // Bool
$test = Env::asString('TEST', 'default'); // Mixed
```

Use `Env::try*()` methods to avoid throwing exceptions when the environment variable is not set and no default value is provided.

### Config

[](#config)

Dovetail provides structures to allow loading config files from any custom location, into `Repository` container tree objects, and presented in domain specific `Config` objects which can then provide custom data access methods according to your needs.

Sensitive data should be loaded from a `.env` file and not stored in config files - use the `Env::as*()` and `Env::try*()` methods to inject these values into your config.

```
# config/database.php
use DecodeLabs\Dovetail\Env;

return [
    'adapter' => 'mysql',
    'host' => Env::asString('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
    'port' => Env::asInt('DB_PORT', 3306),
];
```

```
# app/Config/Database.php
use DecodeLabs\Dovetail\Config;
use DecodeLabs\Dovetail\ConfigTrait;

class Database implements Config
{
    use ConfigTrait;

    public function getAdapter(): string
    {
        return $this->data['adapter'] ?? 'mysql';
    }

    public function getHost(): string
    {
        return $this->data['host'] ?? 'localhost';
    }

    public function getPort(): int
    {
        return $this->data['port'] ?? 3306;
    }
}
```

```
use DecodeLabs\Dovetail;
use DecodeLabs\Monarch;

$dovetail = Monarch::getService(Dovetail::class);
$config = $dovetail->load('database');
$adapter = $config->getAdapter(); // 'mysql'
```

Licensing
---------

[](#licensing)

Dovetail is licensed under the proprietary License. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for the full license text.

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance67

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~25 days

Recently: every ~11 days

Total

29

Last Release

223d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^8.1

v0.2.9PHP ^8.4

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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---

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