Question

I was wondering if someone could help me.

I have started using version control (git) for my website which is using CodeIgniter.

Everytime i transfer files from my localhost host to my live server, i always have to go through all my files and change the config details.

I came across a post saying i could do all this with the ENVIRONMENT settings in the index.php file automatically based on the SERVER_NAME.

Has anybody done this before? if so, would it be possible to let me know how its done properly?

Cheers,

Answer 1

Try this for a start (index.php):

if ($_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] == 'devserver1' || $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] == 'devserver2')
    define('ENVIRONMENT', 'development');
else
    define('ENVIRONMENT', 'production');

Then, whenever you need it, you check for the ENVIRONMENT constant (for example, different database settings, etc.). For localhost, simply check if the server is ‘localhost’ ($_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] == 'localhost'), or whichever virtual host name you might be using.