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 these secrets in your repository, it is best to use environment variables. You can add these variables in the Stackhero dashboard, then retrieve them in your code. For example, if you create an environment variable called mySecret, you can access it in PHP as follows:

getenv("mySecret")

Continue reading this guide

  1. Read the full guide: Getting started
    How to get started with PHP on Stackhero
  2. Start a PHP service
  3. Prerequisites
  4. Configure your service
  5. Clone the example
  6. Configure the remote repository
  7. Deploy your PHP code
  8. Deploy an existing application
  9. Handle error "failed to push some refs to '[...]'"
  10. Handle error "src refspec main does not match any"
  11. Handle error "Everything up-to-date" when pushing
  12. Deploy a branch other than main
  13. Deploy a tag
  14. Roll back or deploy a specific commit
  15. Deploy to multiple environments
  16. Save your SSH private key password in the macOS keychain
  17. Handle PHP dependencies
  18. Store files

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