ExpressionEngine 2 Configuration File

When moving a live and growing EE2 install into a git repository, I quickly got tired of tweaking the config.php and database.php files when deploying to dev, stage, or prod. File upload locations, theme locations, database names, etc.

Below are the ExpressionEngine2 config.php and database.php tweaked to allow for easy multiple deployment locations.

config.php

All the absolute paths have been changed to relative and a little PHP to figure out some basic server things.

Omit the <?php... line and add the code below to the bottom of the stock config.php

(config.php) download
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<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

// ...
// Add the below to the bottom of the config.php file...
// ...

// Dynamic paths for cross-server compatibility
$protocol = (isset($_SERVER["HTTPS"]) && $_SERVER["HTTPS"] == "on") ? "https://" : "http://";
$base_url = $protocol . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
$base_path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
$system_folder = "system";
$images_folder = "images";
$images_path = $base_path . "/" . $images_folder;
$images_url = $base_url . "/" . $images_folder;

$config['index_page'] = "";
$config['base_url'] = $base_url . "/";
$config['site_url'] = $config['base_url'];
$config['cp_url'] = $config['base_url'] . $system_folder . "/index.php";
$config['theme_folder_path'] = $base_path . "/themes/";
$config['theme_folder_url'] = $base_url . "/themes/";
$config['tmpl_file_basepath'] = $base_path . "/assets/site_themes/"; #Changed from Matt's original config. This change allows for my templates to sit outside of the EE system folder

$config['emoticon_path'] = $images_url . "/smileys/";
$config['captcha_path'] = $images_path . "/captchas/";
$config['captcha_url'] = $images_url . "/captchas/";
$config['avatar_path'] = $images_path . "/avatars/";
$config['avatar_url'] = $images_url . "/avatars/";
$config['photo_path'] = $images_path . "/member_photos/";
$config['photo_url'] = $images_url . "/member_photos/";
$config['sig_img_path'] = $images_path . "/signature_attachments/";
$config['sig_img_url'] = $images_url . "/signature_attachments/";
$config['prv_msg_upload_path'] = $images_path . "/pm_attachments/";

// Debugging and performance
$config['show_profiler'] = 'n'; # y/n
$config['template_debugging'] = 'n'; # y/n
$config['debug'] = '1'; # 1: Errors shown to Super Admins. 2: Errors shown to everyone.
$config['disable_all_tracking'] = 'y'; # y/n
$config['enable_sql_caching'] = 'n'; # Cache Dynamic Channel Queries?
$config['email_debug'] = 'n'; # y/n

/* End of file config.php */
/* Location: ./system/expressionengine/config/config.php */

database.php

The database connection details are set based on the EE URL.

(database.php) download
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<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

$active_group = 'expressionengine';
$active_record = TRUE;

// Setup the environment
if(!defined('RWBAKER_ENV')) {
define('RWBAKER_SERVER_NAME', $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']);

// Set the environment
if ( strstr( RWBAKER_SERVER_NAME, 'local.' ) ) define('RWBAKER_ENV', 'local');
elseif( strstr( RWBAKER_SERVER_NAME, 'dev.' ) ) define('RWBAKER_ENV', 'development');
elseif( strstr( RWBAKER_SERVER_NAME, 'stage.' ) ) define('RWBAKER_ENV', 'staging');
else define('RWBAKER_ENV', 'production');
}

// Set the environmental config and global vars
if (RWBAKER_ENV == 'local') {
$db['expressionengine']['hostname'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['username'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['password'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['database'] = "";
}
elseif(RWBAKER_ENV == 'development') {
$db['expressionengine']['hostname'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['username'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['password'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['database'] = "";
}
elseif(RWBAKER_ENV == 'staging') {
$db['expressionengine']['hostname'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['username'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['password'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['database'] = "";
}
else {
$db['expressionengine']['hostname'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['username'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['password'] = "";
$db['expressionengine']['database'] = "";
}

$db['expressionengine']['dbdriver'] = "mysql";
$db['expressionengine']['dbprefix'] = "exp_";
$db['expressionengine']['pconnect'] = FALSE;
$db['expressionengine']['swap_pre'] = "exp_";
$db['expressionengine']['db_debug'] = FALSE;
$db['expressionengine']['cache_on'] = TRUE;
$db['expressionengine']['autoinit'] = FALSE;
$db['expressionengine']['char_set'] = "utf8";
$db['expressionengine']['dbcollat'] = "utf8_general_ci";
$db['expressionengine']['cachedir'] = "../cache/db_cache/";

/* End of file database.php */
/* Location: ./system/expressionengine/config/database.php */