PHP, WORDPRESS: Database setup for Advanced Custom Fields when having a "development" and a "production" environment.

advanced-custom-fields-database-setup.php

<?php

/*
*  Database setup for Advanced Custom Fields
*
*  @description: Database setup for Advanced Custom Fields when having a 
*  "development" and a "production" environment.
*  @created: 2013-12-27
*/


/*
*  1. Define Environment variable on the site that is used for development.  
*  You could define this in wp-config.php.
*/
define('ENV_DEVELOPMENT', true);

/*
*  2. Export the custom fields records manually to a new file located in 
*  `/library/acf-setup.php`.
*  The best case scenario is to automate this, exporting, saving the new records
*  as soon as they have been changed. // TODO: Check if this is doable.
*  ..for now you have to do it manually.
*/


/* 3. include acf-setup.php if not development. 
*  Cause in development we want to keep using the Database, so we can use the 
*  Custom Fields editor to change these records if needed.
*/
if ( !defined('ENV_DEVELOPMENT') ) {
				define( 'ACF_LITE', true );
				locate_template( '/library/acf-setup.php',  true, true );
}

?>