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authorTimothy Warren <tim@timshomepage.net>2012-06-04 16:28:23 +0200
committerTimothy Warren <tim@timshomepage.net>2012-06-04 16:28:23 +0200
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Merge branch 'develop' of git://github.com/EllisLab/CodeIgniter into email
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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