8.5 Configuration Management
Environment-specific configuration should never be committed to version control. Instead, we use environment files and configuration management that allows different settings for development, staging, and production environments.
WordPress projects use wp-config.php modifications to load environment-specific settings, while Laravel’s built-in environment configuration provides excellent tools for managing different deployment environments.
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Laravel’s environment configuration works seamlessly out of the box, but we ensure that all environment-specific settings are properly illustrated using example text in the .env.example file that gets committed to version control.