Merge pull request #1356 from thanpolas/new-config-load-sequence
New config load sequence
diff --git a/system/core/Common.php b/system/core/Common.php
index 4b733ac..159cc0d 100644
--- a/system/core/Common.php
+++ b/system/core/Common.php
@@ -231,21 +231,25 @@
return $_config[0];
}
- // Is the config file in the environment folder?
- if ( ! defined('ENVIRONMENT') OR ! file_exists($file_path = APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/config.php'))
+ $file_path = APPPATH.'config/config.php';
+ $found = FALSE;
+ if (file_exists($file_path))
{
- $file_path = APPPATH.'config/config.php';
+ $found = TRUE;
+ require($file_path);
}
- // Fetch the config file
- if ( ! file_exists($file_path))
+ // Is the config file in the environment folder?
+ if (defined(ENVIRONMENT) && file_exists($file_path = APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/config.php'))
+ {
+ require($file_path);
+ }
+ elseif ( ! $found)
{
set_status_header(503);
exit('The configuration file does not exist.');
}
- require($file_path);
-
// Does the $config array exist in the file?
if ( ! isset($config) OR ! is_array($config))
{
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index da3be3a..3989b52 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
- Added some more doctypes.
- Updated all classes to be written in PHP 5 style, with visibility declarations and no ``var`` usage for properties.
- Moved error templates to "application/views/errors"
+ - Global config files are loaded first, then environment ones. Environment config keys overwrite base ones, allowing to only set the keys we want changed per Env.
- Helpers
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/config.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/config.rst
index c81cad7..08d9c29 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/config.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/config.rst
@@ -149,11 +149,13 @@
- Your own custom configuration files
.. note::
- CodeIgniter always tries to load the configuration files for
- the current environment first. If the file does not exist, the global
- config file (i.e., the one in application/config/) is loaded. This means
- you are not obligated to place **all** of your configuration files in an
- environment folder − only the files that change per environment.
+ CodeIgniter always loads the global config file first (i.e., the one in application/config/),
+ then tries to load the configuration files for the current environment.
+ This means you are not obligated to place **all** of your configuration files in an
+ environment folder. Only the files that change per environment. Additionally you don't
+ have to copy **all** the config items in the environment config file. Only the config items
+ that you wish to change for your environment. The config items declared in your environment
+ folders always overwrite those in your global config files.
Helper Functions
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