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murilo-perosa/dot-env
=====================

Load .env files.

v0.0.2(4y ago)15MITPHPPHP >=5.1.0

Since Jan 8Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP DotEnv Loader
=================

[](#php-dotenv-loader)

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Simple library to load and get values from `.env` file(s).

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require murilo-perosa/dot-env
```

How to Use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

### Namespace

[](#namespace)

```
use MuriloPerosa\DotEnv\DotEnv;
```

### Load File

[](#load-file)

```
// enter path to .env file
(new DotEnv(__DIR__ . '/../.env'))->load();
```

### Get Values

[](#get-values)

```
// php implementation
$value = getenv('YOUR_KEY');

// package implementation
$value = DotEnv::get('YOUR_KEY');

// package implementation with default value
$value = DotEnv::get('YOUR_KEY', 'DEFAULT_VALUE');
```

###  Health Score

18

—

LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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

Every ~7 days

Total

2

Last Release

1580d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ffa16840bdbb95f677ba5ebf374e627a432129f3cc627e6f19efbbb2c0d65b73?d=identicon)[Murilo Perosa](/maintainers/Murilo%20Perosa)

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Top Contributors

[![muriloperosa](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45050585?v=4)](https://github.com/muriloperosa "muriloperosa (14 commits)")

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Tags

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