DotEnvWriter

A PHP library to write values to .env (DotEnv) files

Installation

DotEnvWriter can be installed with Composer.

composer require mirazmac/dotenvwriter

Usage

$writer = new \MirazMac\DotEnv\Writer(__DIR__ . '/' . '.env');

$writer
->set('APP_NAME', 'My App')
->set('APP_URL', 'https://laravel.com')
->set('APP_DIR', '${BASE_DIR}/app')
// Third parameter set to TRUe to force quote a single word value
->set('APP_BUCKET', 's3-bucket', true);

// Write the values to file
$writer->write();

API

Methods

__construct(string $path)

Constructs a new instance.

Arguments

string $path The environment file path

set(string $key, string $value, bool $forceQuote = false) : self

Set the value of an environment variable, updated if exists, added if doesn't. The values must be passed as string, even if you are setting values like TRUE FALSE. This method is chainable.

Arguments

string $key The key

string $value The value

bool $forceQuote By default the whether the value is wrapped in double quotes is determined automatically. However, you may wish to force quote a value.

delete(string $key) : self

Delete an environment variable if present. This method is chainable.

Arguments

string $key The key

hasChanged() : bool

States if one or more values has changed

getContent() : string

Returns the current content

write(bool $force = false) : bool

Write the contents to the .env file.

Arguments

bool $force By default we only write when something has changed, but you can force to write the file by setting this to TRUE.

F.A.Q

What can this do?

DotEnvWriter is a PHP library that can write (add, update, delete) values to .env files.

And how is this done?

Well.. I'm glad you asked.. it uses some bleeding edge AI algorithm.. just kidding, RegEx.. it uses RegEx to replace the values with proper quoting and escaping and writes them back to the filesystem. While RegEx is not the best solution but it gets the job done.

What if this corrupts my .env file?

Well, it shouldn't. It uses proper quoting and escaping before writing the values. If you want to make sure it generates a valid file, well, that's why tests are for. You can clone the repo and run composer install and then phpunit to run the tests. The goal of this library is to generate a .env file that can be parsed without any errors using: vlucas/phpdotenv

How does it handle invalid .env files?

It doesn't. You see, it doesn't concern itself with validation of existing values. It simply replaces them via RegEx, and makes sure the changes that it has made is valid. But if you have an existing invalid file, it can do nothing to validate or fix that.

Can I use this to read values from an .env file?

Yes, you can. But you really shouldn't. Thus they aren't documented. This library is for writing to the file. To properly read and load values from .env files, use something robust like: vlucas/phpdotenv .

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

The library is inspired by and uses some RegEx from the msztorc/laravel-env package and is based on the same MIT license.