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tristankechlo/simple-dotenv
===========================

simple library to parse .env files

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Simple Dotenv Parser
====================

[](#simple-dotenv-parser)

small parser for .env files

normal parsing
==============

[](#normal-parsing)

```
# .env file
KEY1="This is a string"
KEY2=234
KEY3=4.5
KEY4=TRUE
KEY5=OFF
```

```
# php file
use TK\Dotenv\Dotenv;

$content = file_get_contents("./.env");
$actual = Dotenv::parse($content);
```

```
# output
$actual = [
    "KEY1" => "This is a string",
    "KEY2" => "234",
    "KEY3" => "4.5",
    "KEY4" => "TRUE",
    "KEY5" => "OFF",
];
```

parsing with conversion
=======================

[](#parsing-with-conversion)

```
# .env file
KEY1="This is a string"
KEY2=234
KEY3=4.5
KEY4=TRUE
KEY5=OFF
```

```
# php file
use TK\Dotenv\Dotenv;

$content = file_get_contents("./.env");
$actual = Dotenv::parse($content, true);
```

```
# output
$actual = [
    "KEY1" => "This is a string",
    "KEY2" => 234,
    "KEY3" => 4.5,
    "KEY4" => true,
    "KEY5" => false,
];
```

conversion
----------

[](#conversion)

The parse can convert some values to php primitive types, otherwise all values are string.

### booleans

[](#booleans)

these values will be converted to booleans (case insensitive):

- truthy\_values = \['true', 'yes', 'on'\]
- falsy\_values = \['false', 'no', 'off'\]

### numbers

[](#numbers)

these values will be converted to numbers:

- integers (e.g. `3` or `23424`)
- floats (e.g. `5.76` or `43234.3453`)
- hexadezimal *only with prefix `0x`* (e.g. `0xa0` to `160`)
- binary *only with prefix `0b`* (e.g. `0b110011` to `51`)
- octal *only with prefix `0o`* (e.g. `0o77` to `63`)

### null

[](#null)

these values will be converted to `null` (case insensitive):

- null
- none

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance36

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

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

626d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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