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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/environments.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/environments.rst index 40725feba..d74ebb8d5 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/general/environments.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/environments.rst @@ -11,10 +11,16 @@ when "live". 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 @@ -43,4 +49,4 @@ Optionally, you can have CodeIgniter load environment-specific configuration files. This may be useful for managing things like differing API keys across multiple environments. This is described in more detail in the environment section of the `Config -Class <../libraries/config.html#environments>`_ documentation. +Class <../libraries/config.html#environments>`_ documentation.
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