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env-interop/impl
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Reference implementations for Env-Interop.

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Env-Interop Reference Implementation
====================================

[](#env-interop-reference-implementation)

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The reference *EnvLoaderService* implementation uses `parse_ini_string()` for environment file parsing, and loads only into `$_ENV`.

```
use EnvInterop\Impl\EnvLoader;

// loads a base required file and an optional local file,
// then checks that required variables have been loaded.
new EnvLoader()
    ->loadEnv('.env.ini')
    ->loadEnvIfExists('.env.local.ini')
    ->assertEnv([
        'PDO_DSN',
        'PDO_USERNAME',
        'PDO_PASSWORD',
    ]);
```

The reference implementation for *EnvGetter* reads from a copy of `$_ENV`.

```
use EnvInterop\Impl\Env;
use PDO;

$env = new Env();

$pdo = PDO::connect(
    $env->getEnv('PDO_DSN'),
    $env->getEnv('PDO_USERNAME'),
    $env->getEnv('PDO_PASSWORD'),
);
```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance80

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity35

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

107d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25754?v=4)[Paul M. Jones](/maintainers/pmjones)[@pmjones](https://github.com/pmjones)

---

Top Contributors

[![pmjones](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25754?v=4)](https://github.com/pmjones "pmjones (3 commits)")

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Tags

environmentenv

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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