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Multiple configuration files for CodeIgniter

I recently came across a problem which is very common when deploying a web application. This time, I'm trying it with CodeIgniter. I purchased a domain and a small shared hosting to which I deploy a simple app. Along with it, I purchased the SSL so it should be accessed with https rather than http. Even all http request should be redirected to https, that's two problems.

A way to solve it is via .htaccess in the root app directory. For multi environments, we can set a CI_ENV variable via


    SetEnv CI_ENV development


So in our application/config directory we can add production directory which consist of config.php and database.php. These settings are then for production. So when we deploy the application, we need to updated those settings for production. As for me, I also have test and stage settings so I also have those directories in my config directory with config.php and database.php corresponding to that environments. This is preferred since we need to test it and put it to stage when testing is done with no issues. Stage connects to the production data but with the php files from my develop branch. In a way this tests the application with the production data. If all goes well, we can proceed to deploying to production.

Another problem is the https redirect. We can solve it with

# Uncomment these lines for https redirection
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
# End http redirection

This is still in the .htaccess file. Just below the RewriteEngine on. So accessing the site via http will redirect to https.

And... we are good to go. I just couldn't find a solution for multiple .htaccess for different environments. But maybe it'll be for another post. Right now, I comment/uncomment the redirect statements when I develop locally and when I deploy it to my hosting. Anyway, I'm happy with what I have for now so yeah, if you have comments and suggestions please do comment below and I'll try to answer as best as I can.

Thanks and have a great day everyone!

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