setting environment / system wide variables

[Mike Henke]

Awhile ago someone had the great idea of setting specific environment
variables using something in the settings.cfm file for the environment
like:

<cfset loc.myapp = {}>
<cfset loc.myapp.base = "http://www.server.com">
<cfset loc.myapp.filepath = "C:\JRun4\servers\dev\cfusion.ear
\cfusion.war\serversite\">
<cfset loc.myapp.homepagetitle = "My home page">
<cfset set(myapp = loc.myapp)>

I was looking over my code and see homepage really doesn't belong in
the environment/settings.cfm but in the config/settings.cfm

in config/enviromentName/settings.cfm can i do a

<cfparam name="loc.myapp" default = {}> and delete the cfset for
homepagetitle .

and then in environment/settings.cfm

<cfparam name="loc.myapp" default = {}>
<cfset loc.myapp.homepagetitle = "My home page">
<cfset set(myapp = loc.myapp)>

Or should i use config/app.cfm somehow....

[raulriera]

Yes you can, remember that the setting will be available only on that
environment though

[Mike Henke]

I was going to set the variable that is the same for all environments
in config/settings.cfm so if will be available in all environments.
Byt thinking about it more, I wonder if it should go in app.cfm

[Per Djurner]

The app.cfm file is only for setting "this" variables.
this.scriptProtect and all those.

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[Mike Henke]

Thanks, I'll need to study that more.

[Mike Henke]

My final cleaner solution was:

config/settings.cfm
<!--- all environment application variables --->
<cfset loc.myapp = {}>
<cfset loc.myapp.homepagetitle = "My Page Title">
<cfset set(myapp = loc.myapp)>

config/production/settings.cfm (and other environment_folder/
settings.cfm)
<!--- specific environment application variables --->
<cfset loc.myapp = get("myapp") >
<cfset loc.myapp.base = "http://production.com/folder/">

<cfset loc.myapp.filepath = "C:\JRun4\servers\dev\cfusion.ear

\cfusion.war\production\">
<cfset set(myapp = loc.myapp)>