DEV and Production Environments Settings

Application Configuration

• /_config/app_config.php
• IS_DEV constant
  • All definitions that are specific to an environment should be wrapped in an if...else... block using this value.
  • (It's not possible to put the Const keyword within a conditional block in a PHP class.)
  • An alternative to relying on a PHP class constant would be to return a value from a public static function. The conditional block would be placed within the function. Not pretty, but more reliable than remembering to edit the class for a production environment.

Authorize.net

The only setting necessary to submit test transactions is x_test_request within the post data sent to the Authorize.net payment gateway.

Luzern Labs

• /_classes/cart/cart_order_class.php
  • cart_order_class::ORDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS()
    Static function that returns a testing email address when IS_DEV is TRUE. Returns production email address otherwise.
  • cart_order_class::execute_payment_transation()
    • "x_test_request" value within post values sent to Authorize.net. Set to FALSE for real transactions. TRUE for test transactions.
    • The x_test_request assignment is wrapped in an IS_DEV conditional statement and should always be TRUE in development and FALSE in production.