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+############
+Config Class
+############
+
+The Config class provides a means to retrieve configuration preferences.
+These preferences can come from the default config file
+(application/config/config.php) or from your own custom config files.
+
+.. note:: This class is initialized automatically by the system so there
+	is no need to do it manually.
+
+.. contents:: Page Contents
+
+Anatomy of a Config File
+========================
+
+By default, CodeIgniter has one primary config file, located at
+application/config/config.php. If you open the file using your text
+editor you'll see that config items are stored in an array called
+$config.
+
+You can add your own config items to this file, or if you prefer to keep
+your configuration items separate (assuming you even need config items),
+simply create your own file and save it in config folder.
+
+.. note:: If you do create your own config files use the same format as
+	the primary one, storing your items in an array called $config.
+	CodeIgniter will intelligently manage these files so there will be no
+	conflict even though the array has the same name (assuming an array
+	index is not named the same as another).
+
+Loading a Config File
+=====================
+
+.. note::
+	CodeIgniter automatically loads the primary config file
+	(application/config/config.php), so you will only need to load a config
+	file if you have created your own.
+
+There are two ways to load a config file:
+
+Manual Loading
+**************
+
+To load one of your custom config files you will use the following
+function within the :doc:`controller </general/controllers>` that
+needs it::
+
+	$this->config->load('filename');
+
+Where filename is the name of your config file, without the .php file
+extension.
+
+If you need to load multiple config files normally they will be
+merged into one master config array. Name collisions can occur,
+however, if you have identically named array indexes in different
+config files. To avoid collisions you can set the second parameter to
+TRUE and each config file will be stored in an array index
+corresponding to the name of the config file. Example::
+
+	// Stored in an array with this prototype: $this->config['blog_settings'] = $config
+	$this->config->load('blog_settings', TRUE);
+
+Please see the section entitled Fetching Config Items below to learn
+how to retrieve config items set this way.
+
+The third parameter allows you to suppress errors in the event that a
+config file does not exist::
+
+	$this->config->load('blog_settings', FALSE, TRUE);
+
+Auto-loading
+************
+
+If you find that you need a particular config file globally, you can
+have it loaded automatically by the system. To do this, open the
+**autoload.php** file, located at application/config/autoload.php,
+and add your config file as indicated in the file.
+
+
+Fetching Config Items
+=====================
+
+To retrieve an item from your config file, use the following function::
+
+	$this->config->item('item name');
+
+Where item name is the $config array index you want to retrieve. For
+example, to fetch your language choice you'll do this::
+
+	$lang = $this->config->item('language');
+
+The function returns FALSE (boolean) if the item you are trying to fetch
+does not exist.
+
+If you are using the second parameter of the $this->config->load
+function in order to assign your config items to a specific index you
+can retrieve it by specifying the index name in the second parameter of
+the $this->config->item() function. Example::
+
+	// Loads a config file named blog_settings.php and assigns it to an index named "blog_settings"
+	$this->config->load('blog_settings', TRUE);
+
+	// Retrieve a config item named site_name contained within the blog_settings array
+	$site_name = $this->config->item('site_name', 'blog_settings');
+
+	// An alternate way to specify the same item:
+	$blog_config = $this->config->item('blog_settings');
+	$site_name = $blog_config['site_name'];
+
+Setting a Config Item
+=====================
+
+If you would like to dynamically set a config item or change an existing
+one, you can do so using::
+
+	$this->config->set_item('item_name', 'item_value');
+
+Where item_name is the $config array index you want to change, and
+item_value is its value.
+
+.. _config-environments:
+
+Environments
+============
+
+You may load different configuration files depending on the current
+environment. The ENVIRONMENT constant is defined in index.php, and is
+described in detail in the :doc:`Handling
+Environments </general/environments>` section.
+
+To create an environment-specific configuration file, create or copy a
+configuration file in application/config/{ENVIRONMENT}/{FILENAME}.php
+
+For example, to create a production-only config.php, you would:
+
+#. Create the directory application/config/production/
+#. Copy your existing config.php into the above directory
+#. Edit application/config/production/config.php so it contains your
+   production settings
+
+When you set the ENVIRONMENT constant to 'production', the settings for
+your new production-only config.php will be loaded.
+
+You can place the following configuration files in environment-specific
+folders:
+
+-  Default CodeIgniter configuration files
+-  Your own custom configuration files
+
+.. note::
+	CodeIgniter always tries to load the configuration files for
+	the current environment first. If the file does not exist, the global
+	config file (i.e., the one in application/config/) is loaded. This means
+	you are not obligated to place **all** of your configuration files in an
+	environment folder − only the files that change per environment.
+
+Helper Functions
+================
+
+The config class has the following helper functions:
+
+$this->config->site_url();
+***************************
+
+This function retrieves the URL to your site, along with the "index"
+value you've specified in the config file.
+
+$this->config->base_url();
+***************************
+
+This function retrieves the URL to your site, plus an optional path such
+as to a stylesheet or image.
+
+The two functions above are normally accessed via the corresponding
+functions in the :doc:`URL Helper </helpers/url_helper>`.
+
+$this->config->system_url();
+*****************************
+
+This function retrieves the URL to your system folder.