Question

I have this code here:

$config['SUBFOLDER'] = '/';
$config['APP_URL'] = 'http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$config['SUBFOLDER'];

And APP_URL is used throughout the HTML templates. The problem is – the config needs to be as universal as possible, so there’s less to do when switching environments.

Now, it works like this when I have configured a virtual host for my project, but when it isn’t a virtual host, but sort of a localhost/myproject/ – the $config[‘SUBFOLDER’] has to be set manually to /myproject/

How do I do this programmatically?

Answer 1

You could set a variable in, for example, your htaccess file.

#.htccess
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV development

then in your website do a check for this:

<?php
//live
$config['SUBFOLDER'] = '/';
//on localhost - override live settings
if(APPLICATION_ENV === 'development')
{
  $config['SUBFOLDER'] = '/myproject';
}

With this approach you only need to change one variable in the htaccess file.

If you just want to check if you are running on localhost, doing a check on $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] will also work:

<?php
if($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] === 'localhost')
{
  $config['SUBFOLDER'] = '/myproject';
}