thewebmen/twm-dev

ZF2 module to override settings with an additional config file when on development server.

TwmDev

ZF2 module to override settings with an additional config file when on development server., _(*1)

Features

• Defines a DEV constant to check whether or not you're on development
• Allows you to have a development config file which will override every other setting

Installation

1. First we have to make sure your development server is setup properly. Open /etc/apache2/envvars on your development server and add the following line to the bottom of the file:, _(*2)

   export APACHE_ARGUMENTS="-D dev"
   

2. Restart your apache., _(*3)

3. Add the following line to your composer file:, _(*4)

   "require": {
     "thewebmen/twm-dev": "~1.0.0"
   }
   

   Or use the following command:, _(*5)

   php composer.phar require thewebmen/twm-dev ~1.0.0
   

4. Add the module to the end of your array in application.config.php, _(*6)

   return array(
     'modules' => array(
         /*...*/
         'TwmDev',
     ),
   );
   

   It is very important this module is at the end, for it to properly override all settings with your development settings., _(*7)

Usage

Create a config/autoload/dev.php and put any settings in there that should be used in development (like different database/credentials or disable caching)., _(*8)

Because PHP CLI has no idea of the apache or httpd envvars it won't automatically recognize you're on a development server. For this I created a flag --dev which you can add when using the ZF2 CLI. That flag will tell TwmDev you're on development and load the development config., _(*9)