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petstack/lite-env
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Minimal and lightweight .env parser for PHP with no dependencies.

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Lite Env
========

[](#lite-env)

A minimal and lightweight .env file parser for PHP with no dependencies.

Description
-----------

[](#description)

Lite Env is a simple library for loading environment variables from .env files in PHP applications. It's designed to be lightweight and dependency-free, making it ideal for use in other libraries where minimizing dependencies is important.

> **Note:** This is a lightweight library primarily intended for developing other libraries. For production applications, consider using more powerful and feature-rich alternatives like [vlucas/phpdotenv](https://github.com/vlucas/phpdotenv) or [symfony/dotenv](https://github.com/symfony/dotenv).

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Zero dependencies
- Simple and intuitive API
- **Automatic loading** of `.env` and `.env.local` files
- Support for variable interpolation (`${VAR}` or `$VAR` syntax)
- Type conversion (strings, integers, floats, booleans, null)
- Multiline values
- Quoted values (both single and double quotes)
- Inline comments support with proper whitespace handling
- **Multiple file loading** with single method call
- Comprehensive error handling and validation

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require petstack/lite-env
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Basic Usage

[](#basic-usage)

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