PHP: Handle secrets

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For production and staging environments, it is essential to store sensitive data, such as tokens and passwords, securely. Rather than hardcoding secrets in your repository, it is best to use environment variables. You can add these variables in the Stackhero dashboard, and then retrieve them in your code. For example, if you create an environment variable called mySecret, you can access it in PHP like this:

getenv("mySecret")