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enru/dsnfromenv
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v1.0.1(13y ago)181PHP >=5.3.0

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dsnfromenv
==========

[](#dsnfromenv)

Parses a database URL from the environment into a DSN connection string for use in PHP's PDO.

Useful for parsing heroku config DATABASE\_URL variable.

e.g.

A database URL set in an environment variable:

```
export DATABASE_URL=postgres://USER:PASS@HOST:PORT/DBNAME

```

...can be parsed into this string:

```
'pgsql:host=HOST;port=PORT;user=USER;dbname=DBNAME;password=PASSWORD'

```

...using this code:

```