.env file parsing for PHP

When developing and deploying your applications you are interacting with two different environments. These two places both execute your code but will do so using different credentials, such as database connection credentials, for example. How do you tackle these differing credentials? dotEnv will solve this issue by allowing you to configure your environments and easily switch between them.

• PHP 5.3+

[Using Composer]

Add the plugin to your project's composer.json - something like this:

  {
    "require": {
      "josegonzalez/dotenv": "dev-master"
    }
  }

Create a new loader:

<?php
$Loader = new josegonzalez\Dotenv\Loader('path/to/.env');
// Parse the .env file
$Loader->parse();
// Send the parsed .env file to the $_ENV variable
$Loader->toEnv();
?>

Most methods return the loader directly, so the following is also possible:

<?php
$Loader = (new josegonzalez\Dotenv\Loader('path/to/.env'))
              ->parse()
              ->toEnv(); // Throws LogicException if ->parse() is not called first
?>

You can use a .env file with any of the following features:

# comments are allowed
FOO=bar # you can also have comments on the end of a line
export BAR=baz # you can optionally begin with an `export` statement

# both single and double quotes are allowed
BAZ='qux'
QUX="quux"

# as are escaped quotes or similar:
QUUX="corge \" grault"
CORGE='garply" waldo'

# unquoted values containing [null, true, false] are turned into
# their PHP equivalents
PHP_NULL=null
PHP_TRUE=true
PHP_FALSE=false

# when quoted, they are simply string values
STRING_NULL="null"
STRING_TRUE="true"
STRING_FALSE="false"

# spaces are allowed as well
# in a slightly more relaxed form from bash
 GRAULT =fred
GARPLY = plugh
SPACES=" quote values with spaces" # will contain preceding space

# When using newlines, you should use quoted values
QUOTED_NEWLINE="newline\\nchar"

# you can even have nested variables using `${VAR}` syntax
# remember to define the nested var *before* using it
WALDO=${xyzzy} # not yet defined, so will result in WALDO = `{}`
THUD=${GARPLY} # will be defined as `plugh`

# note that variables beginning with a character
# other than [a-zA-Z_] shall be skipped.
# However, numbers *are* allowed elsewhere in the key
01SKIPPED=skipped
NOT_SKIPPED1=not skipped # will have the value `not`

Example .env files are available in the fixtures directory.

You can also define constants automatically from your env file:

<?php
$Loader = (new josegonzalez\Dotenv\Loader('path/to/.env'))
              ->parse()
              ->define(); // Throws LogicException if ->parse() is not called first
?>

Already defined constants will result in an immediate LogicException.

<?php
$overwriteENV = true;
$Loader = (new josegonzalez\Dotenv\Loader('path/to/.env'))
              ->parse()
              ->toEnv($overwriteENV); // Throws LogicException if ->parse() is not called first
?>

Already defined $_ENV entries will result in an immediate LogicException, unless $overwriteENV is set to true (default false).

<?php
$overwriteSERVER = true;
$Loader = (new josegonzalez\Dotenv\Loader('path/to/.env'))
              ->parse()
              ->toServer($overwriteSERVER); // Throws LogicException if ->parse() is not called first
?>

Already defined $_SERVER entries will result in an immediate LogicException, unless $overwriteSERVER is set to true (default false).

<?php
$environment = (new josegonzalez\Dotenv\Loader('path/to/.env'))
              ->parse()
              ->prefix('FOO')
              ->toServer(); // BAR=baz becomes FOOBAR=baz
?>

<?php
$environment = (new josegonzalez\Dotenv\Loader('path/to/.env'))
              ->parse()
              ->toArray(); // Throws LogicException if ->parse() is not called first
?>

<?php
$jsonEnvironment = (string)((new josegonzalez\Dotenv\Loader('path/to/.env'))->parse());
?>

<?php
$Loader = (new josegonzalez\Dotenv\Loader('path/to/.env'))
              ->parse()
              ->expect('FOO', 'BAR', 'BAZ'); // Throws RuntimeException if variables are missing
?>

<?php
$Loader = (new josegonzalez\Dotenv\Loader('path/to/.env'))
              ->raiseExceptions(false)
              ->parse()
              ->expect('FOO', 'BAR', 'BAZ'); // Returns false if variables are missing
?>

You can also call it via the static load method call, which takes an array of arguments. If a method name is specified, the method is called with the value in the $options array being sent into the method.

<?php
josegonzalez\Dotenv\Loader::load(array(
  'filepath' => 'path/to/.env',
  'expect' => array('FOO', 'BAR', 'BAZ'),
  'toEnv' => true,
  'toServer' => true,
  'define' => true,
);
?>

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Copyright (c) 2013 Jose Diaz-Gonzalez

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