loads .env file into $_ENV

env-loader.php

<?php
class env
{ 
  //usage: 
  //env::$load() // loads .env file
  //env::$load("dev") //loads dev.env file
  //CAUTION! : at an empty line after the last variable entry. see example below
    public static function load ($prefix="") {
        $file = file($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/ici/'.$prefix.'.env');
        foreach ($file as $line_num => $line) {
            $ar = explode('=',$line);
            if(count($ar)==2) {
                $_ENV[$ar[0]] = substr($ar[1], 0, -2);
            }
        }
    }
}
//start .env example:
//foo=bar
//first=1
//
//end .env example

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