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tiny-blocks/environment-variable
================================

Provides a simple and flexible solution for managing environment variables, with easy access, type conversions, and validation handling.

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Environment variable
====================

[](#environment-variable)

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- [Overview](#overview)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [How to use](#how-to-use)
- [License](#license)
- [Contributing](#contributing)

Overview
--------

[](#overview)

Provides a simple and flexible solution for managing environment variables, with easy access, type conversions, and validation handling.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require tiny-blocks/environment-variable
```

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

### Creating an environment variable

[](#creating-an-environment-variable)

To create and work with environment variables, use the `from` method to get an instance of the environment variable.

```
EnvironmentVariable::from(name: 'MY_VAR');
```

To retrieve an environment variable with the option of providing a default value in case the variable does not exist, use the `fromOrDefault` method.

If the environment variable is not found, the method will return the provided default value instead of throwing an exception.

```
EnvironmentVariable::fromOrDefault(name: 'MY_VAR', defaultValueIfNotFound: 'default_value');
```

### Conversions

[](#conversions)

Once you have an instance of the environment variable, you can convert its value into various types.

#### Convert to string

[](#convert-to-string)

To convert the environment variable to a string.

```
$environmentVariable = EnvironmentVariable::from(name: 'MY_VAR');
$environmentVariable->toString();
```

#### Convert to integer

[](#convert-to-integer)

To convert the environment variable to an integer.

```
$environmentVariable = EnvironmentVariable::from(name: 'MY_VAR');
$environmentVariable->toInteger();
```

#### Convert to boolean

[](#convert-to-boolean)

To convert the environment variable to a boolean.

```
$environmentVariable = EnvironmentVariable::from(name: 'MY_VAR');
$environmentVariable->toBoolean();
```

### Check if the environment variable has a value

[](#check-if-the-environment-variable-has-a-value)

Checks if the environment variable has a value. Values like `false`, `0`, and `-1` are valid and non-empty.

```
$environmentVariable = EnvironmentVariable::from(name: 'MY_VAR');
$environmentVariable->hasValue();
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Environment variable is licensed under [MIT](LICENSE).

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please follow the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/tiny-blocks/tiny-blocks/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) to contribute to the project.

###  Health Score

46

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance81

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 77.8% 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 ~134 days

Total

4

Last Release

123d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP ^8.3

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