Using Different Configuration Settings in Production

Let's create a new .ini file to emulate the production environment and learn how to catch exceptions.

Using multiple .ini files

Once the website has been deployed to a production environment, the display_errors setting should be Off. While developing locally, you can simulate this by using multiple .ini files. The php.ini file we have been using so far will be the development version. We will create another .ini file called php-prod.ini, which will contain settings that mimic the production environment.

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