method

environment

v1.1.6 - Show latest stable - Class: Rails::Configuration

environment()

public

Return the currently selected environment. By default, it returns the value of the RAILS_ENV constant.

# File railties/lib/initializer.rb, line 470
    def environment
      ::RAILS_ENV
    end

james · Jul 24, 20081 thank

Custom environment level constants can be passed in to your rails application (server, console, whatever) like this):

bash, tcsh, whatever shell

GAMEMODE=pregame script/server

Within rails this constant can be accessed by

ENV['GAMEMODE'] => "pregame"

ENV['DOES-NOT-EXIST'] => nil