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peachpear/phpdotenv
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phpdotenv is a environment config classs

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phpdotenv
=========

[](#phpdotenv)

phpdotenv is a php environment config classs

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The `.env` file, eg:

```
name = app

[app]
debug = "true"
trace = "false"

[database]
hostname = 127.0.0.1
database = test
username = abc
password = 123456
hostport = 3306

```

The file `index.php`, eg:

```
Dotenv\Dotenv::load(__DIR__ . "/.env");

```

The config file, eg:

```
define("APP_NAME", Dotenv\Dotenv::get("name"));

define("APP_DEBUG", Dotenv\Dotenv::get("app.debug"));
define("APP_TRACE", Dotenv\Dotenv::get("app.trace"));

$database_config = [
    "hostname" => Dotenv\Dotenv::get("database.hostname"),
    "database" => Dotenv\Dotenv::get("database.database"),
    "username" => Dotenv\Dotenv::get("database.username"),
    "password" => Dotenv\Dotenv::get("database.password"),
    "hostport" => Dotenv\Dotenv::get("database.hostport"),
];

```

###  Health Score

21

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LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

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

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1471d ago

### Community

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