Merge pull request #669 from zechdc/1.8/develop

Add how to get the current environment your application is using

general/environments.html

@@ -218,6 +218,29 @@ <h3 id="env_oil">Set Environment when using Oil</h3>
 
 			<pre class="cli"><code><strong>C:\> </strong>set FUEL_ENV=production &amp;&amp; php oil -v</code></pre>
 
+			<h3 id="setting_env">Get Your Current Environment</h3>
+
+			<p>
+				You can retrieve the current environment programmatically using <strong>\Fuel::$env</strong>
+			</p>
+
+			<p class="note">Do not use <strong>$_SERVER['FUEL_ENV']</strong>. It will not work if you do not set the environment. Using $_SERVER is not reliable, because it might not be there, or it might be overridden in code (which makes it different from \Fuel::$env).</p>
+
+			<pre class="php"><code>
+// comparing current appliation environment to a predefinded environment
+
+if(\Fuel::$env == \Fuel::PRODUCTION)
+{
+	//do something
+}
+
+// comparing current appliation environment to a custom environment
+if(\Fuel::$env == "mike_dev")
+{
+	//do something
+}
+</code></pre>
+
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