phpdotenv
phpdotenv is a PHP library that allows developers to load environment variables from a .env file into the $_ENV superglobal or $_SERVER superglobal. This is a common practice for managing configuration settings, such as database credentials, API keys, and other sensitive information, outside of the codebase.
The library works by parsing a .env file, which is typically located in the root directory of
Once the .env file is parsed, the key-value pairs are loaded into the PHP environment. This makes
To use phpdotenv, developers typically include it in their project via Composer. A simple `require` statement