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A lightweight .env loader for PHP projects.
Provides simple environment variable management with support for defaults, type casting, and project root detection.

Installation

Require via Composer:

composer require chaoswd/dotenv

Usage

Create a .env file in the root of your project:

APP_NAME=ChaosFramework
APP_ENV=development
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_TIMEZONE=America/Denver

Bootstrap it in your project:

<?php

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Chaos\Dotenv\Dotenv;

// Automatically loads variables from .env
new Dotenv();

// or use an alternate file location
// new Dotenv(__DIR__ . "/../config");

// Access values with the `env()` helper
echo env('APP_NAME');          // ChaosFramework
echo env('APP_DEBUG', false);  // true

Features

• Load environment variables from a .env file
• Simple env($key, $default = null, $type = null) helper
• Supports defaults when a variable is missing
• Automatic trimming of quotes and whitespace
• Type casting support (int, bool, string)
• Compatible with PHP 8.2+

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for version history.

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.