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Reputation: 59234

How does Azure override a MySQL connection string in a php application?

I know that Azure uses some runtime magic to override the connection string for my .NET applications. However, I'm trying to port over a wordpress blog and it appears the connection information is stored in a file called wp-config.php. If I input the proper values for the blog into that file then all works fine, but I want to deploy from a public github repository. How do I exclude the connection info from wp-config.php and allow azure to override it at runtime?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 877

Answers (1)

Ben Lobaugh
Ben Lobaugh

Reputation: 374

Unless your repository is private you will need to store the wp-config.php file on your Windows Azure instance (or upload it after the fact somehow). Then when the files are pulled into that directory from Github the wp-config.php (assuming no wp-config.php file is in the repo) file will already exist with the connection details.

If you have a private Github repository then it is probably safe to leave the wp-config.php file and values in the repository itself, as only users you give access to the repo can see it.

Upvotes: 2

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