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sobyte/dotenv-php
=================

A optimize for vlucas/phpdotenv in PHP fastcgi application

v2.0.0(7y ago)190MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Nov 16Pushed 7y agoCompare

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==========

This is a optimize for `vlucas/phpdotenv` in PHP fastcgi application.

`vlucas/phpdotenv` is excellent. However we found it takes a lot time to read and parse `.env` file in fastcgi. Thus this library comes out to use native PHP file as environment configuration file.

Advantages:

1. `.env.php` can be cached by opcache. It takes much less time than `.env`.
2. Any PHP code can be in `.env.php`. You can do more things (i.e. include files, calculate something, concatenating strings...).

Disadvantages:

1. `.env.php` cannot be loaded by other languages like JavaScript, Java, Ruby... But who cares. :)

Install
=======

[](#install)

Composer is suggested to use:

```
composer require sobyte/dotenv-php

```

You can also download the zip file and write your own autoloader.

.env.php
========

[](#envphp)

You can use everything of PHP in `.env.php`. But it is suggested to do as less as possible. An array must be returned:

```
// A simple .env.php

return [
    "APP_ENV" => "local",
    "APP_DEBUG" => true,
    // ....
];
```

It is advised that:

1. Do **NOT** add `.env.php` file to your version system (i.e. git/svn).
2. `.env.php` should only store configurations which diffs and which are secrets.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

It is very similar with `vlucas/phpdotenv`. After you have created a `.env.php` file, you can use the following code to load it:

```
// assume .env.php is in current directory (__DIR__)
(new \Sobyte\DotEnv\DotEnv(__DIR__))->load();
```

You can use `env($key)` function to get the value:

```

echo env('APP_ENV'); // => local

```

All environment variables are also stored in `$_ENV`, `$_SERVER`. You can also use these super globals.

Note: the default behavior of `->load()` is not to override existing environment variables. If you wanna override, please use `->load(true)` or `->overload()`.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% 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 ~749 days

Total

2

Last Release

2717d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.3 → v2.0.02018-12-06

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.3PHP >=5.4

v2.0.0PHP >=7.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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