WP Dotenv

Inspired by Laravel 5, WP Dotenv enables WordPress to use .env files for its configuration instead of wp-config.php. This is useful if you're planning on using scottjs/db-sync or scottjs/helper-scripts with WordPress.

Requirements

• Composer
• PHP >= 5.3.9
• A local development environment, such as Vagrant.

Notes

• These scripts require a .env config file to be created in the project root, this file will be used to configure WordPress.
• Running this script will replace the existing wp-config.php with a modified version to use the .env file.

Installation

Run composer require "scottjs/wp-dotenv:1.*" from the root of your project.

Alternatively, you can manually add "scottjs/wp-dotenv": "1.*" to your composer.json file:

"require": {
	"scottjs/wp-dotenv": "1.*"
},

Then add the following scripts to your composer.json file:

"scripts": {
	"generate-config" : [
		"vendor/scottjs/wp-dotenv/generate-config.sh"
	],
	"generate-config-with-salts" : [
		"vendor/scottjs/wp-dotenv/generate-config.sh salts"
	]
}

Run the composer update command from the root of your project.

Create a .env file in the root of your project and add/update the following configuration options:

APP_DOCROOT=
APP_CORE=
APP_DEBUG=false
APP_WWW=false
APP_SSL=false

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=example
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=password

Usage

From the root of your project, you will be able to run the following composer commands:

• composer generate-config - This command will generate a modified wp-config.php file to allow WordPress to use the .env file. This requires APP_DOCROOT to be set in the .env file.

• composer generate-config-with-salts - As above, but will also generate the salts automatically. This is a handy command to use when starting a new project, but it can be used at any time.

Config

See below for an explanation of each configuration option used within the .env file.

• APP_ENV - When set to local, the WordPress admin panel will display buttons in the admin panel to upgrade plugins and WordPress files. When set to production, the ability to plugins/software through the admin panel is disabled.

• APP_DOCROOT - Required by composer generate-config, it should be relative to your project root folder and point to where the document root is configured. It should start with a slash and not include a trailing slash. Leave blank if not applicable. Example: /public.

• APP_CORE - Required if WP core files are located in a subdirectory relative to APP_DOCROOT. It should point to the directory where WP core is installed. It should start with a slash and not include a trailing slash. Leave blank if not applicable. Example: /wp.

• APP_DEBUG - Allows you to enable or disable WP debugging. Options: true or false.

• APP_WWW - Allows you to force WordPress to redirect to www or non-www web addresses. Options: true or false.

• APP_SSL - Allows you to force WordPress to use the SSL protocol and handle redirection. Options: true or false.

• DB_* - Provides options to set the local database connection details.