method

environment

v2.2.1 - Show latest stable - 1 note - 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 813
    def environment
      ::RAILS_ENV
    end

July 24, 2008 - (v1.0.0 - v2.1.0)

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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