Set "site_url" Config Variable in index.php

Question

I'm upgrading a multi-language site from EE1 to EE2, and it's using the technique of duplicating index.php and path.php inside subdirectories named for each language, and defining global language variables inside path.php.

So I upgraded the site to EE2, ditched the path.php files from the subdirectories, updated the index.php files to the new EE2 versions, and added these configuration variables:

$assign_to_config['site_url'] = (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 'on') ? 'https://' : 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/en/';

$assign_to_config['global_vars'] = array(
    'country_code' => 'en',
    'language' => 'english'
);  

The global variables seem to be working, but site_url is not. I tried:

• $config['site_url'] = '...'

• $site_url = '...'

I'm also using Focus Lab Master Config, and I made sure to comment out the $env_config['site_url'] variable inside config.master.php. I also double-checked that it's not being defined inside system/expressionengine/config/config.php.

What am I doing wrong here?

UPDATE: The site_url global variable works when used in templates, but it isn't applied in the control panel, in Admin > General Configuration, for example.

I'm using FocusLab Master Config, and assigning site_url from within config.master.php does update the control panel. So there must be something getting in the way somewhere between index.php and config.master.php.

Answer 1

Does it work when you hard code the site URL?

How about:

$assign_to_config['site_url'] = getenv('HTTP_HOST');

Have you ensured your system path has been altered in index.php?

$system_path = '../system';

Notice the extra leading dot.