"is_system_on" problem

Question

I am having a tough time getting "is_system_on" to work right in production. In the "General Config" page in the CP, neither the "yes" or "no" radio buttons are set. When I select one and click submit, they go blank again.

In 'config.php', I am seeing something like the following, with multiple "is_system_on" settings which looks suspicious. Any ideas?

$config['app_version'] = "253";
$config['install_lock'] = "";
$config['license_number'] = "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx";
$config['debug'] = "1";
$config['cp_url'] = "http://local.site.com/admin/index.php";
$config['doc_url'] = "http://expressionengine.com/user_guide/";
$config['is_system_on'] = "y";
$config['allow_extensions'] = 'y';
$config['site_label'] = 'My Site';
$config['cookie_prefix'] = '';
$config['is_system_on'] = "n";
$config['is_system_on'] = "n";

My config.php file is writeable (obviously, since the extra entries are showing up). I am using the focus labs config stuff, but removed the line hard-coding the is_system_on variable.

Answer 1

If you're using FocusLab's master config, just double-check that is_system_on isn't being set as an environment config somewhere else (e.g. config/config.prod.php).

Answer 2

The config var is being set 3 times. That said, based on that, the radio button should be showing as 'no' within the CP.

I would imagine in production (unless you're just about to put the site live and don't want anyone other than super admins accessing) you want to remove all but 1 instance of the variable, and set it to 'y'.