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zaphyr-org/config
=================

Load configuration files the easy way. This configuration loader supports PHP, INI, JSON, XML, YAML and NEON file extensions.

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CONFIG
======

[](#config)

Load configuration files the easy way. This configuration loader supports [PHP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP), [INI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file), [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON), [XML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML), [YAML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML)and [NEON](https://ne-on.org/) file extensions.

System Requirements
-------------------

[](#system-requirements)

You need `PHP => 8.1` but the latest stable version of PHP is recommended.

This package is continuously tested on the following PHP versions:

- PHP 8.1
- PHP 8.2
- PHP 8.3
- PHP 8.4
- PHP 8.5

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

[](#installation)

It's recommended that you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to install the config repository.

```
composer require zaphyr-org/config
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

You can read the full documentation [here](https://zaphyr.org/docs/repositories/latest/config).

Issues
------

[](#issues)

Bug reports and feature requests can be submitted on the [GitHub Issue Tracker](https://github.com/zaphyr-org/config/issues).

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover security related issues, please email  **instead of using the issue tracker!**

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

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://zaphyr.org/contributions) for details.

Code of Conduct
---------------

[](#code-of-conduct)

Please see [CODE OF CONDUCT](https://zaphyr.org/contributions#code-of-conduct) for details.

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the MIT license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance62

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~98 days

Recently: every ~129 days

Total

10

Last Release

525d ago

Major Versions

1.x-dev → 2.0.02023-04-05

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.2

2.0.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/25499f6685a498dbadd9b45769a40dc4c792434b54f4d434ce44a432f0b18741?d=identicon)[merloxx](/maintainers/merloxx)

---

Top Contributors

[![merloxx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12734661?v=4)](https://github.com/merloxx "merloxx (41 commits)")

---

Tags

arrayconfiginijsonloaderphpxmlyamlymljsonxmlarrayconfigyamlloaderneonini

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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