Craft Multi-Environment

A custom, multi-environment setup for Craft CMS.

Multi-environment Config

Out of the box Craft supports config files for multiple environments. See Multi-Environment Configs in the Craft docs.

This setup is a simple customization of the default multi-environment setup and is meant to serve as an example and starting point for others who may be interested in customizing their Craft setups a bit more. If you are interested in a more advanced custom setup, see Craft-Master.

This custom multi-environment setup does three things:

1. Adds support for siteUrl and basePath variables that can be used in the URL and Path settings in the Craft Control panel
2. Moves several config overrides into the /craft/config/general.php file for easier access and enables a few useful settings for development
3. Adds support for multiple local environments (which may be useful for teams)

Here is a list of all the updates that have been made:

• Updated /craft/config/general.php to merge in environment specific config settings if a local config file exists at /craft/config/local/general.php
• Updated /craft/config/db.php to merge in environment specific database settings if a local database settings file exists at /craft/config/local/db.php
• Added example files general.example.php and db.example.php in the /craft/config/local folder. To setup a local configuration these example files can be renamed general.php and db.php and updated with any custom settings necessary for your local environment.
• Defined URI_SCHEME, SITE_URL, and BASEPATH to build siteUrl and basePath environmentVariables
• Added several config overrides to general.php in local and dev environments
  • Increase logged in user session duration to 101 years
  • Set devMode to true