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env

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env() public

Returns the current Rails environment.

Rails.env # => "development"
Rails.env.development? # => true
Rails.env.production? # => false

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# File railties/lib/rails.rb, line 72
    def env
      @_env ||= ActiveSupport::EnvironmentInquirer.new(ENV["RAILS_ENV"].presence || ENV["RACK_ENV"].presence || "development")
    end

January 16, 2010 - (>= v2.2.1)

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Pretty way to test for current environment

You can check your current Rails environment using nice methods such as:

Rails.env.development?
Rails.env.test?
Rails.env.production?
Rails.env.your_custom_environment?

July 4, 2008

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Used to get current Rails environment

Rails#env returns a string representing the current Rails environment.

Code example

>> Rails.env # in development mode
Rails.env
=> "development"

env

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Pretty way to test for current environment

Used to get current Rails environment

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