Access of env-vars in Constants.php

Hi,

i wanted to do something like that in the Config/Constants.php:

PHP Code:

define('IS_LIVE', getenv('CI_ENVIRONMENT') == 'production');
define('IS_DEV', getenv('CI_ENVIRONMENT') == 'development'); 


but i have no access to the env-variables. How could i do that? I want to keep this variables because in my old CI 3 installation i use this constants a lot and migration would be easier.

A second question: Where is the ENVIRONMENT constant defined? I found this term in the documentation. Is this the CI_ENVIRONMENT in the env file?

If you set CI_ENVIRONMENT by .env file, it is not loaded yet when Config/Constants.php is loaded.

The ENVIRONMENT is defined in CodeIgniter::detectEnvironment().
It is not CI_ENVIRONMENT, but when ENVIRONMENT is not defined, CI_ENVIRONMENT value will be set.

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Thank you.

Is there an alternative what i can do instead in order to keep these constants? Do i have to create something different and change the constants? (helper, files in Config/Boot Directory). It was nice if you can give me an idea, thanks.

Move the define() to app/Config/Boot/*.php

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Move the define() to app/Config/Boot/*.php

Thank you very much. I need to find the right places and implementations for different things :-)

I was having the same issue and I still can't get this to work.

App/Config/Boot/development.php

Code:

defined('ENVI') || define('ENVI', 'development');

App/Config/Boot/production.php

Code:

defined('ENVI') || define('ENVI', 'production');

App/Config/Constants.php

Code:

getenv('ENVI')

Doesn't have any value. It doesn't blow up with an error either.

Code:

ENVI

Blows up with an error

Code:

$_ENV['ENVI']

Blows up with an error

@sevmusic I copied your code on a fresh install of CodeIgniter and added dd(ENVI); to the default Home Controller and it showed the appropriate value. You've done something else that isn't working correctly.

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