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grasmash/expander
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Expands internal property references in PHP arrays file.

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This tool expands dot-notated, string property references into their corresponding values. This is useful for run time expansion of property references in configuration files.

For example implementation, see [Yaml Expander](https://github.com/grasmash/yaml-expander).

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require grasmash/expander

```

### Example usage:

[](#example-usage)

Property references use dot notation to indicate array keys, and must be wrapped in `${}`.

Expansion logic:

```