Is vlucas/phpdotenv safe to use?

vlucas/phpdotenv has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (v5.6.4). DepScope rates its health at 70/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of vlucas/phpdotenv?

The latest version of vlucas/phpdotenv is v5.6.4, released 2026-07-06.

Does vlucas/phpdotenv have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of vlucas/phpdotenv.

Is vlucas/phpdotenv deprecated?

No, vlucas/phpdotenv is actively maintained. Latest release: v5.6.4 (2026-07-06).

What are alternatives to vlucas/phpdotenv?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for vlucas/phpdotenv at this time.

What license does vlucas/phpdotenv use?

vlucas/phpdotenv is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

vlucas/phpdotenv

composervv5.6.4

Loads environment variables from `.env` to `getenv()`, `$_ENV` and `$_SERVER` automagically.

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive82 versions2 maintainers7 deps

vlucas/phpdotenv

/ 100

Health

safe to use

vlucas/[email protected] is safe to use (health: 70/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

1

Primary author dominance

100%

GitHub stars

13,536

single active maintainer 3msingle author dominance

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.71critical

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (7)

php ext-pcre graham-campbell/result-type phpoption/phpoption symfony/polyfill-ctype symfony/polyfill-mbstring symfony/polyfill-php80

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/composer/vlucas/phpdotenv

Last updated · 2026-07-06T19:11:50+00:00

vlucas/phpdotenv

composervv5.6.4

Loads environment variables from `.env` to `getenv()`, `$_ENV` and `$_SERVER` automagically.

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive82 versions2 maintainers7 deps

vlucas/phpdotenv

/ 100

Health

safe to use

vlucas/[email protected] is safe to use (health: 70/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

10/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

1

Primary author dominance

100%

GitHub stars

13,536

single active maintainer 3msingle author dominance

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.71critical

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (7)

php ext-pcre graham-campbell/result-type phpoption/phpoption symfony/polyfill-ctype symfony/polyfill-mbstring symfony/polyfill-php80

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/composer/vlucas/phpdotenv

Last updated · 2026-07-06T19:11:50+00:00