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kitteam/laravel-dotenv
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set or add key value in .env file

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laravel-dotenv
==============

[](#laravel-dotenv)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require kitteam/laravel-dotenv
```

Usage In Code
-------------

[](#usage-in-code)

**Facade**

```
\DotEnv::copy('.env.example') // is equels \DotEnv::copy('.env.example','.env');
\DotEnv::load('.env.example') // Not copy, just load '.env.example'

\DotEnv::set('APP_NAME','MY_APP_NAME');
\DotEnv::getOldValue(); //Laravel
\DotEnv::get('APP_NAME'); //MY_APP_NAME
\DotEnv::delete('APP_NAME');
```

**Instance**

```
$dotEnv= (new DotEnv('.env'))->copy('.env.example')) // copy .env.example->.env. if already exist, backup to .env.temp
$dotEnv->copy('.env.prod') // copy .env.prod -> .env. if already exist, backup to .env.temp
$dotEnv->load('.env.dev') //load .env.dev. if not exist, create empty file.

$dotEnv->set('APP_NAME', 'name')
$dotEnv->get('APP_NAME') //name
$dotEnv->delete('APP_NAME')
```

#### As alias

[](#as-alias)

```
$devDotEnv = new DotEnv('dev'); // is equels new DotEnv('.env.dev');
\DotEnv::copy('dev'); //is equels \DotEnv::copy('.env.dev')
```

Usage In Console
----------------

[](#usage-in-console)

```
php artisan env:copy prod // if exist .env, Can be skipped.
php artisan env:set APP_NAME MY_APP_NAME  //default is .env
php artisan env:get APP_NAME //MY_APP_NAME
php artisan env:delete APP_NAME //APP_NAME=MY_APP_NAME
```

#### Can set another file with --env argument in console

[](#can-set-another-file-with---env-argument-in-console)

```
php artisan env:set APP_NAME MY_APP_NAME --env=.env.prod
php artisan env:get APP_NAME --env=.env.prod //MY_APP_NAME
php artisan env:delete APP_NAME --env=.env.prod
```

Also you can alias like --env=prod

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Inspiration
-----------

[](#inspiration)

Inspiration for this package came from [imliam's laravel-env-set-command](https://github.com/imliam/laravel-env-set-command). (This package is not managed at time of writing.)

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

All contributions (pull requests, issues and feature requests) are welcome. Make sure to read through the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) first, though. See the [contributors page](../../graphs/contributors) for all contributors.

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97% 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 ~15 days

Recently: every ~52 days

Total

15

Last Release

2180d ago

Major Versions

0.4 → 1.02019-10-24

1.2 → 2.02019-10-24

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

laravelsetenvdotenv

###  Code Quality

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