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tacoberu/php-config
===================

Config libs provides interface for loading config. Local, User-base, System-base, App-base.

v1.0.x-dev(8y ago)08[2 issues](https://github.com/tacoberu/php-config/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

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PHP Config
==========

[](#php-config)

Config libs provides interface for loading config. Local, User-base, System-base, App-base.

Use case
--------

[](#use-case)

```
$config = Config::createByEnvironment('doe', null, getcwd()); // doe is application name
$config->has('name'); // true
$config->required('name'); // John
$config->required('core.name'); // Andrey
$config->required('lang[5].name'); // germany
$config->required('lang[de].name'); // germany
$config->required('core'); // [ name => Andrey, age => 42 ]
$config->required('nope'); // exception
$config->get('nope'); // NULL
$config->get('nope', 'Mark'); // Mark

```

### Default configuration

[](#default-configuration)

```
$config = Config::createByEnvironment('doe', __dir__ . '/default.json', getcwd());

```

### Own Parser

[](#own-parser)

```
$config = Config::createByEnvironment('doe', __dir__ . '/default.xml', getcwd());
$config->addParser(new XmlParser);

```

Source of configuration
-----------------------

[](#source-of-configuration)

Configuration is loading from:

### system:

[](#system)

- Linux: /etc/doe.ini
- MacOS: /private/etc/doe.ini
- Win: ?

### user:

[](#user)

- Linux: /home/current-user/.config/doe/config.ini
- MacOS: /Users/current-user/.config/doe/config.ini
- Win: ?

### local:

[](#local)

./doe.ini

Buildin format
--------------

[](#buildin-format)

- ini
- json

TODO
----

[](#todo)

- own loader
- include
- merge parent

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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

2948d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![tacoberu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1828339?v=4)](https://github.com/tacoberu "tacoberu (10 commits)")

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Tags

jsonconfigurationconfigini

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