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piotrpress/initer
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This library reads/writes flat array data from/to key=value format compatible with .ini and .env files.

v1.0.0(3y ago)02951MITPHPPHP >=7.4

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Initer
======

[](#initer)

This library reads/writes flat array data from/to `key=value` format compatible with `.ini` and `.env` files.

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require piotrpress/initer
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

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

use PiotrPress\Initer;

$config = new Initer( '.config', [
    'key' => 'value'
] );

echo $config[ 'key' ];
$config[ 'key' ] = 'new_value';

$config->save();
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= `7.4` version.
- `Ctype` extension.

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](license.txt)

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

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

1109d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10326736?v=4)[Piotr Niewiadomski](/maintainers/PiotrPress)[@PiotrPress](https://github.com/PiotrPress)

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Top Contributors

[![PiotrPress](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10326736?v=4)](https://github.com/PiotrPress "PiotrPress (1 commits)")

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Tags

configurationarrayconfigArray objectenvarray-accessinienvironment variablesenvironment-variableconfig fileconfiguration fileiniter

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