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How to create your own global settings in Rails
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load_config.rb
# directory: config/initializers/
# only loads the values of the current environment
GLOBAL_VAR = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/settings.yml")[Rails.env]
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my_controller.rb
# directory: app/controllers/
# usage in your controllers (or wherever you like)
puts GLOBAL_VAR['myKey1']
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settings.yml
# directory: config/
# settings for every environment
development:
myKey1: Value1
myKey2: Value2
test:
myKey1: Value1
myKey2: Value2
production:
myKey1: Value1
myKey2: Value2
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