From 258e8f36c46618badac6388ec06b6e9a09a3d467 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CHIEFSOFT\\ameye" <ameye@chiefsfot.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 14:26:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] environment fix

---
 README.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a23783a..6931b16 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,40 @@
-# CodeIgniter 4 Framework
+# MERMS Media Render
+## Important for environment switching to work 
+app/Config/Database.php
+public function __construct()
+{
+parent::__construct();
+
+        // Ensure that we always set the database group to 'tests' if
+        // we are currently running an automated test suite, so that
+        // we don't overwrite live data on accident.
+        if (ENVIRONMENT === 'testing') {
+            $this->defaultGroup = 'tests';
+        }
+
+        if(ENVIRONMENT == 'production'){
+            $this->defaultGroup ='production';
+        }
+    }
+
+system/Boot.php
+
+    protected static function loadDotEnv(Paths $paths): void
+    {
+        require_once $paths->systemDirectory . '/Config/DotEnv.php';
+        $env = $_ENV['CI_ENVIRONMENT'] ?? $_SERVER['CI_ENVIRONMENT']
+            ?? getenv('CI_ENVIRONMENT')
+            ?: 'production';
+
+        $env_file  =  '.env';  // default file
+        if ($env == 'production'){{
+            $env_file = '.env.live';
+        }}
+        (new DotEnv($paths->appDirectory . '/../', $env_file))->load();
+    }
+
+
+## CodeIgniter 4 Framework
 
 ## What is CodeIgniter?