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nichin79/dotenv
===============

Read and use .env files

v1.0.0(2y ago)0511PHP

Since Jun 6Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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.env
====

[](#env)

**Example**

```
require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

(new Nichin79\DotEnv\DotEnv(__DIR__ . '/../.env'))->load();
$config = [
  'dsn' => $_ENV['DB_DSN'],
  'user' => $_ENV['DB_USER'],
  'pass' => $_ENV['DB_PASS'],
];

var_dump($config);
var_dump($_ENV);
var_dump($_SERVER);

```

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

1075d ago

### Community

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