Getting Started

Ferret is a configuration management library for PHP that supports multiple formats including PHP arrays, JSON, YAML, TOML, INI, XML, and NEON.

Installation

composer require cline/ferret

Basic Usage

use Cline\Ferret\Config;

// Load a configuration file
$config = Config::load('config.json');

// Access values
$value = $config->get('database.host');

// Set values
$config->set('database.port', 3306);

// Save changes
$config->save('config.json');

Supported Formats

Ferret automatically detects the format based on file extension:

Extension	Format
.php	PHP array
.json	JSON
.yaml, .yml	YAML
.toml	TOML
.ini	INI
.xml	XML
.neon	NEON

Next Steps

• Directory Loading - Load entire configuration directories
• Format Conversion - Convert between formats
• Typed Accessors - Type-safe value access
• Encryption - Protect sensitive values