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config/config.php

@@ -1,6 +1,67 @@
 <?php
-$env = getenv('APP_ENV') ?: 'staging';
-$env = strtolower($env);
-$path = __DIR__ . 'db.php';
+declare(strict_types=1);
 
-return require $path;
+// Basic error reporting (keep strict in dev)
+ini_set('display_errors', '1');
+ini_set('display_startup_errors', '1');
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+
+// Determine APP_ENV consistently:
+// 1) Prefer environment variable.
+// 2) If not set, try root config files to define APP_ENV.
+$appEnvFromEnv = getenv('APP_ENV');
+if (!$appEnvFromEnv) {
+    $rootDomain = __DIR__ . '/domaindata.php';
+    $rootSettings = __DIR__ . '/settings.php';
+    if (file_exists($rootDomain)) {
+        require_once $rootDomain;
+    }
+    if (file_exists($rootSettings)) {
+        require_once $rootSettings;
+    }
+}
+
+$appEnv = $appEnvFromEnv ?: (defined('APP_ENV') ? (string) APP_ENV : 'prod');
+$envDir = rtrim(__DIR__, '/\\') . '/' . $appEnv;
+
+foreach (['domaindata.php','settings.php'] as $cfgFile) {
+    $rootPath = __DIR__ . '/' . $cfgFile;
+    $envPath  = $envDir . '/' . $cfgFile;
+
+    if (file_exists($rootPath)) {
+        require_once $rootPath;
+    } elseif (file_exists($envPath)) {
+        require_once $envPath;
+    } else {
+        throw new \RuntimeException("Missing required config file: $cfgFile (looked for $rootPath or $envPath)");
+    }
+}
+
+
+// Environment: staging|prod|local (example)
+if (!defined('APP_ENV')) {
+    define('APP_ENV', 'local');
+}
+
+// Asset versioning
+if (!defined('ASSET_VERSION')) {
+    define('ASSET_VERSION', 'dev-' . date('Ymd-His'));
+}
+
+// Primary domain + URL
+if (!defined('APP_DOMAIN_PRIMARY')) {
+    define('APP_DOMAIN_PRIMARY', APP_DOMAIN_NAME);
+}
+if (!defined('APP_URL_PRIMARY')) {
+    define('APP_URL_PRIMARY', 'https://' . APP_DOMAIN_PRIMARY);
+}
+
+// API base (example)
+if (!defined('APP_API_BASE')) {
+    define('APP_API_BASE', 'https://api.' . APP_DOMAIN_PRIMARY);
+}
+
+// Feature toggles
+if (!defined('APP_DB_ENABLED')) {
+    define('APP_DB_ENABLED', false); // set true to enable DB connection
+}