Set APPLICATION_ENV in Zend framework 3

Question

I've enabled development mode using composer development-enable . How can I check in my module's config/module.config.php that development is enabled or not?

I've also added SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV development in public/.htaccess and tried to use it in module.config.php using echo APPLICATION_ENV;exit; but it doesn't give me environment.

How I can set and get application environment in zend framework 3?

Answer 1

use the correct function ;)

$environment = getenv('APPLICATION_ENV');

Usage for config in ZF2/3:

$env = getenv('APPLICATION_ENV'); // Expect null or "development"

$modules = [];

if ($env === 'development') {
    //Array of modules used only for development
    $modules = array_merge_recursive($modules, [
        'Zf2Whoops',
    ]);
}

In just Zend Framework nothing special happens with the usage of composer development-enable. However, if you use Apigility at some point, it will create a development.config.php file for you which disables application caches.