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patinthehat/phpdotenv
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Loads environment variables from `.env` to `getenv()`, `$\_ENV` and `$\_SERVER` automagically.

v2.4.0(9y ago)011BSD-3-Clause-AttributionPHP >=5.3.9

Since Jan 23Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/patinthehat/phpdotenv)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/patinthehat/phpdotenv)[ RSS](/packages/patinthehat-phpdotenv/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 2mo ago

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###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

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 ~55 days

Recently: every ~35 days

Total

25

Last Release

3543d ago

Major Versions

v1.1.0 → v2.0.02015-05-29

v1.1.1 → v2.0.12015-05-30

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.2

v2.1.0PHP >=5.3.9

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5508707?v=4)[Patrick Organ](/maintainers/patinthehat)[@patinthehat](https://github.com/patinthehat)

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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