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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. ghostwriter/environment ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) ghostwriter/environment ======================= Provides Environment Variables derived from `$\_ENV` and `$\_SERVER` super-globals 2.0.0(3y ago)0322.3kBSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=8.1 <8.3CI failing Since Jul 8Pushed 1mo ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/ghostwriter/environment)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ghostwriter/environment)[ Docs](https://github.com/ghostwriter/environment)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/ghostwriter)[ RSS](/packages/ghostwriter-environment/feed)WikiDiscussions 2.0.x Synced 1w ago READMEChangelog (8)Dependencies (1)Versions (29)Used By (0) Environment =========== [](#environment) [![GitHub Sponsors](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e97230423d35c583f0bc49b6c18cd7f8ee1fc62c834974e0ee2ef28d1fb2593e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f73706f6e736f72732f67686f73747772697465723f6c6162656c3d53706f6e736f722b4067686f73747772697465722f656e7669726f6e6d656e74266c6f676f3d4769744875622b53706f6e736f7273)](https://github.com/sponsors/ghostwriter)[![Automation](https://github.com/ghostwriter/environment/actions/workflows/automation.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ghostwriter/environment/actions/workflows/automation.yml)[![Supported PHP Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2a7a705002ab523c094d5d3fc69c8ed11d9271e8f58e58bd9ce97a7b176cc94e/68747470733a2f2f62616467656e2e6e65742f7061636b61676973742f7068702f67686f73747772697465722f656e7669726f6e6d656e743f636f6c6f723d383839326266)](https://www.php.net/supported-versions)[![Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7f7215a0013305f6430b99ab80151b690be5f7f01c54a3b0fd600780a5df2a1d/68747470733a2f2f62616467656e2e6e65742f7061636b61676973742f64742f67686f73747772697465722f656e7669726f6e6d656e743f636f6c6f723d626c7565)](https://packagist.org/packages/ghostwriter/environment) Provides Environment Variables derived from `$_ENV` and `$_SERVER` super-globals Installation ------------ [](#installation) You can install the package via composer: ``` composer require ghostwriter/environment ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) ``` $environment = new \Ghostwriter\Environment\Environment(); $environment->has('APP_ENV'); // false $environment->get('APP_ENV', 'dev'); // dev $environment->get('APP_ENV'); // throws NotFoundException $environment->set('APP_ENV', 'production'); $environment->has('APP_ENV'); // true $environment->get('APP_ENV'); // production $environment->unset('APP_ENV'); $environment->set('APP_KEY', 'secrete'); $environment->has('APP_KEY'); // true $environment->get('APP_KEY'); // secrete $environment->unset('APP_KEY'); $environment->has('APP_KEY'); // false $environment->get('APP_KEY', 'fallback-value'); // fallback-value $environment->get('APP_KEY'); // throws NotFoundException ``` API --- [](#api) ``` interface Variables extends Countable, IteratorAggregate { public function count(): int; public function get(string $name, string|null $default = null): string; /** * @return Generator */ public function getIterator(): Generator; public function has(string $name): bool; public function set(string $name, string $value): void; /** * @return non-empty-array */ public function toArray(): array; public function unset(string $name): void; } ``` Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` composer test ``` Changelog --------- [](#changelog) Please see [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently. Security -------- [](#security) If you discover any security related issues, please email `nathanael.esayeas@protonmail.com` instead of using the issue tracker. Sponsors -------- [](#sponsors) \[[`Become a GitHub Sponsor`](https://github.com/sponsors/ghostwriter)\] Credits ------- [](#credits) - [Nathanael Esayeas](https://github.com/ghostwriter) - [All Contributors](https://github.com/ghostwriter/environment/contributors) License ------- [](#license) The BSD-3-Clause. Please see [License File](./LICENSE) for more information. ### Health Score 45 — FairBetter than 92% of packages Maintenance60 Regular maintenance activity Popularity25 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity73 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 ~87 days Recently: every ~302 days Total 17 Last Release 8d ago Major Versions 0.4.x-dev → 1.0.02022-12-02 1.1.x-dev → 2.0.02023-05-08 2.1.x-dev → 3.0.x-dev2026-05-09 PHP version history (5 changes)0.1.0PHP >=8.0,<8.2 1.0.0PHP >=8.0,<8.3 1.1.0PHP >=8.1,<8.3 2.0.0PHP >=8.1 <8.3 2.0.x-devPHP ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1dbb0131801cc451dad9917ab29aa823b25d7eebc9f3875a9d481d109bdb44ee?d=identicon)[ghostwriter](/maintainers/ghostwriter) --- Top Contributors [![ghostwriter](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9754361?v=4)](https://github.com/ghostwriter "ghostwriter (1179 commits)") --- Tags environmentenvironment-variablesghostwriterphpserver-variablesenvironmentghostwriterenvironment variablesserver-variables ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/ghostwriter-environment/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/ghostwriter-environment/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/ghostwriter-environment) ``` ### Alternatives [vlucas/phpdotenv Loads environment variables from `.env` to `getenv()`, `$\_ENV` and `$\_SERVER` automagically. 13.5k602.4M5.4k](/packages/vlucas-phpdotenv)[symfony/dotenv Registers environment variables from a .env file 3.8k226.7M2.3k](/packages/symfony-dotenv)[foroco/php-browser-detection Ultra fast PHP library to detect browser, OS, platform and device type by User-Agent parsing 1554.7M7](/packages/foroco-php-browser-detection)[wolfcast/browser-detection The Wolfcast BrowserDetection PHP class facilitates the identification of the user's environment such as Web browser, version, platform family, platform version or if it's a mobile device or not. 1391.0M7](/packages/wolfcast-browser-detection)[imliam/laravel-env-set-command Set a .env file variable from the command line 118352.4k10](/packages/imliam-laravel-env-set-command)[silverstripe/environmentcheck Provides an API for building environment tests 35503.8k13](/packages/silverstripe-environmentcheck) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)