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thiphariel/config-file-loader
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Configuration file loader in PHP

1.2.0(7y ago)014MITPHPPHP >=7.1.0CI failing

Since Aug 27Pushed 7y agoCompare

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Config file loader
==================

[](#config-file-loader)

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This library is a configuration file loader in PHP that supports JSON and PHP files at the moment.

Requierements
-------------

[](#requierements)

- PHP >=7.1

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require thiphariel/config-file-loader

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// Create an instance of Config
$config = new Config();

// Load JSON configuration file
$config->load("config.json");

// Load PHP configuration file
$config->load("config.php");

// Getting values
$host = $config->get("host");
$port = $config->get("port");

// Nested keys
$env = $config->get("environment.dev");
```

Examples of configurations can be found in the `tests/config` folder.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~88 days

Total

4

Last Release

2915d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![thiphariel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3125705?v=4)](https://github.com/thiphariel "thiphariel (5 commits)")

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Tags

phpjsonconfigloaderfile

###  Code Quality

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