[SOLVED] SetEnv VARIABLE value

[ignace]

Hi, I have created a .htaccess file with the following line:

 

SetEnv VARIABLE value

 

in my php script i do:

 

define('VARIABLE', getenv('VARIABLE') ? getenv('VARIABLE') : 'default-value');

 

But this doesn't work it always gives me default-value. I also tried

 

export VARIABLE=value

 

which also doesn't work anyone know how i can get this working on both linux and windows?

[JonnoTheDev]

http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.putenv.php

[ignace]

And how am i supposed to call putenv() in htaccess or my os?

 

I need a solution whereby i can add VARIABLE to my environment variables and that i can use getenv() to retrieve that value so far i haven't been able

[JonnoTheDev]

You don't. If you want to set an environment variable for your php script then you place it within the script. If you want to set a variable for the entire webserver then you should use the httpd.conf file and restart the server.

[ignace]

Well i know it is possible because i've seen people do it, they added an environment variable to their os and then launched their script the environment variable was needed to modify the mode (production, development, staging or testing) in which the script was operating and/or it could/couldn't throw errors/exceptions.

 

I was only dumb enough not to ask how they did it as i assumed that just adding it to your environment variable would suffice

[JonnoTheDev]

and/or it could/couldn't throw errors/exceptions

 

This would be achieved in your htaccess using the following:

php_flag display_errors off

 

You do not have to set these things in an .htaccess file. You could use a common include file within the application i.e. config.inc.php

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 'on');
?>

[ignace]

K found it! modified my variables_order to egpcs added APPLICATION_ENV to my system variables instead of user variables logged off, logged on worked