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morainstein/dotenv
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A simple lib for loading environment variables in PHP

1.0.0(9mo ago)03MITPHP

Since Jul 29Pushed 9mo agoCompare

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DotEnv Component
================

[](#dotenv-component)

A simple way to use your environment variables in PHP

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

```
composer require morainstein/dotenv

```

```
use Morainstein\DotEnv;

//You may also ommit the $envFilePath param, so it finds the .env in the working directory of application
$dotenv = new DotEnv($envFilePath);

//Just simple as it looks!
$envValue = $dotenv->get('envKey')
```

Recomendation
-------------

[](#recomendation)

Load the DotEnv class in your bootstrap file, then use it everywhere in your application

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance56

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity36

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

293d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![morainstein](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/158575506?v=4)](https://github.com/morainstein "morainstein (9 commits)")

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