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Example of settings.php for Drupal 8

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Si Hobbs

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Apr 2019

This article describes a way to manage your settings.php related files. It considers common aspects like local/prod hosting, minimal on-boarding, and sensible defaults.

In a Gist I've captured a typical settings.php setup that is used when we set up a new site at Lil Engine. In future articles I will look at specific techniques that extend on this example.

You'll notice that it assumes Platform.sh hosting and Lando local dev, while being very explicit which setup is being used. This is because we work with a variety of vendors, teams and hosting platforms.

The basic structure is:

- settings.php
- includes/
--- default.settings.php
--- default.services.yml
--- lando.settings.php
--- lando.services.yml
--- local.settings.php (optional, not in Git)
--- local.service.yml (optional, not in Git)
--- platform.settings.php

And the Gist: https://gist.github.com/simesy/9a628655983ea42c34b321f705b0990b

 

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