PHP: Creating the staging environment

This documentation is part of the Deploy with GitHub Actions guide. You can view the complete guide here: How to deploy your PHP code using GitHub Actions.

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You can configure your staging environment in the same way as the production environment. Simply repeat the steps above, replacing production with staging where appropriate.

Once the configuration is complete, create your staging branch as follows:

git checkout -b staging

Then push it to GitHub:

git push --set-upstream origin staging

GitHub Actions will automatically deploy the code from your staging branch to the PHP service you have set up for staging.