symfony/dotenv

Health v2 · maintenance only

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A Symfony component that parses .env files and registers the variables they contain into PHP's $_ENV and $_SERVER superglobals. It supports loading multiple files, environment-specific overrides like .env.local, and overloading existing variables.

Use cases

• load environment variables from a .env file in PHP
• manage per-environment config with .env.local overrides
• parse dotenv files in a PHP project without Symfony framework
• keep secrets and app config out of the codebase
• load multiple env files with precedence in PHP

When to choose

• you run a PHP application and want standard .env file support
• you need environment-specific overrides like .env.local or .env.dev
• you want a small, battle-tested component used by major PHP projects like Shopware and PrestaShop

When to avoid

• your runtime platform already loads .env files natively (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, some hosts)
• you need encrypted or remote secret management rather than plain .env files
• you work outside PHP

Facets

library · maturity stable

configuration-management parser developer-tools web-development backend php cli dotenv environment-variables symfony-component env-files composer

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