Using Environment variables in Wordpress wp-config

I'm using phpfog.com for hosting and github.com for issue tracking, etc. I have two remotes setup, one to phpfog.com, and the other to github.

In the back-end admin of phpfog you can define Environment Variables. I did so there and want to use them in my wp-config file.

Here's the code I used:

/** Hardened Salts for use on github.com, phpfog.com, etc.*/
$AUTH_KEY = getenv('AUTH_KEY');
$SECURE_AUTH_KEY = getenv('SECURE_AUTH_KEY');
$LOGGED_IN_KEY = getenv('LOGGED_IN_KEY');
$NONCE_KEY = getenv('NONCE_KEY');
$AUTH_SALT = getenv('AUTH_SALT');
$SECURE_AUTH_SALT = getenv('SECURE_AUTH_SALT');
$LOGGED_IN_SALT = getenv('LOGGED_IN_SALT');
$NONCE_SALT = getenv('NONCE_SALT');
define('AUTH_KEY', $AUTH_KEY);
define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', $SECURE_AUTH_KEY);
define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', $LOGGED_IN_KEY);
define('NONCE_KEY', $NONCE_KEY);
define('AUTH_SALT', $AUTH_SALT);
define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', $SECURE_AUTH_SALT);
define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', $LOGGED_IN_SALT);
define('NONCE_SALT', $NONCE_SALT);

There must be a cleaner way of doing this…

Solution 1:

You could make it half as long by passing the function result as a constant value without intermediate variable:

define('AUTH_KEY', getenv('AUTH_KEY'));

Or do that in a loop:

$vars = array('AUTH_KEY', 'SECURE_AUTH_KEY', ...);
foreach ($vars as $var) {
    define($var, getenv($var));
}

Solution 2:

I prefer to use this approach below:

<?php

//GET HOSTNAME INFO
$hostname = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']; 

//VERIFY WHICH ENVIRONMENT THE APP IS RUNNING
switch ($hostname) {
    case 'development.dev':
        define('WP_ENV', 'development');
        define('WP_DEBUG', true);
        break;
    case 'staging.mywebsite.com':
        define('WP_ENV', 'staging');
        define('WP_DEBUG', true);
        break;
    case 'www.mywebsite.com':
        define('WP_ENV', 'production');
        define('WP_DEBUG', false);
        break;
    default:
        define('WP_ENV', 'production');
        define('WP_DEBUG', false);
}

?>