How to set TYPO3_CONTEXT in ddev

Question

My ddev environment always runs in production mode. How to change that?

SetEnv TYPO3_CONTEXT Development

The Question is ddev specific > https://github.com/drud/ddev — bschauer, Apr 24 '18 at 09:24

rfay · Accepted Answer · 2023-04-25T13:35:05.443

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Edit 2023-04-25: There are now many ways to set environment variables that don't require any of this. You can use a .ddev/.env, or add an environment variable to web_environment, etc. See https://ddev.readthedocs.io/en/latest/users/extend/customization-extendibility/#providing-custom-environment-variables-to-a-container

The answer by @marcel is better these days.

Original answer:

There's an easier way that doesn't involve such complexity.

Create a .ddev/docker-compose.typo3.yaml with these contents:

    services:
      web:
        environment:
          - TYPO3_CONTEXT=Development

This does nothing beyond adding that environment variable in the web container. Note that the name of the docker-compose file is not important, it could be docker-compose.envstuff.yaml

edited Apr 25 '23 at 13:35

answered Apr 30 '18 at 22:17

rfay

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Despite my optimism, this didn't work in ddev v0.18.0, but does work in v0.19.0 – rfay Jun 01 '18 at 03:19
is the `version: '3.6'` important? what does this version relate to? – David Apr 25 '23 at 05:39
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`version: 3.6` is obsolete for some time now. It's ignored, but not necessary. – rfay Apr 25 '23 at 13:33
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Also, I updated because this was hopelessly out of date – rfay Apr 25 '23 at 13:36
so it's related to the ddev version? – David Apr 25 '23 at 15:03
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No, docker-compose used to have a `version` tag like this. It no longer does. But regardless, you don't need to be doing this. See the other answer or this updated answer. – rfay Apr 25 '23 at 19:43
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ok, thanks for the clarification and your patience with me ;-) – David Apr 26 '23 at 05:27

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 09 '21 at 09:57

Just for those who stumble upon this question here. In newer versions of ddev (I have v1.17.5), you have to edit the file .ddev/config.yml with nano o.e. You can just replace the line

web_environment: []

by

web_environment:
 - TYPO3_CONTEXT=Development

Afterwards you have to restart the environment via ddev restart

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 25 '18 at 11:32

you have to setup an individual nginx configuration. To do so:

start up ddev
ssh into machine with ddev ssh
copy the contents of typo3 config within /etc/nginx/nginx-site-typo3.conf
create nginx-site.conf file within the .ddev directory of your project
copy the standard configuration in that file
Look for "location ~ .php$ { .... }" within the newly created config file
Add the line fastcgi_param TYPO3_CONTEXT YOURCONTEXT;
save the file
do ddev restart

that's it

Thank you for the detailed answer – bschauer Apr 25 '18 at 11:35 — bschauer, Apr 25 '18 at 11:35

ca1zr · Answer 4 · 2023-02-03T10:55:47.847

I found the official ddev documentation page for this topic:

https://ddev.readthedocs.io/en/latest/users/usage/cms-settings/#setup-a-base-variant-since-typo3-95

I applied this in a local TYPO3 v12 project and it worked perfectly. So go to your .ddev folder and change the value for web_environment, like so:

web_environment:
- TYPO3_CONTEXT=Development/DDEV

After this change you need to restart your project:

ddev restart

How to set TYPO3_CONTEXT in ddev

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