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authorAnton Lindqvist <anton@qvister.se>2012-06-08 10:09:47 +0200
committerAnton Lindqvist <anton@qvister.se>2012-06-08 10:09:47 +0200
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Merge branch 'develop' of https://github.com/EllisLab/CodeIgniter into develop
Conflicts: system/libraries/Cache/Cache.php
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The ENVIRONMENT Constant
========================
-By default, CodeIgniter comes with the environment constant set to
+By default, CodeIgniter comes with the environment constant set to use
+the value provided in ``$_SERVER['CI_ENV']``, otherwise defaults to
'development'. At the top of index.php, you will see::
- define('ENVIRONMENT', 'development');
+ define('ENVIRONMENT', isset($_SERVER['CI_ENV']) ? $_SERVER['CI_ENV'] : 'development');
+
+This server variable can be set in your .htaccess file, or Apache
+config using `SetEnv <https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_env.html#setenv>`_.
+Alternative methods are available for nginx and other servers, or you can
+remove this logic entirely and set the constant based on the HTTP_HOST or IP.
In addition to affecting some basic framework behavior (see the next
section), you may use this constant in your own development to