# How to get the current environement in which app is running

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 29, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-current-environement-in-which-app-is-running/174611 "2009-08-29T20:13:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-current-environement-in-which-app-is-running/174611/1 "2009-08-29T20:13:17Z")

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Hi,

From within my rails app code, is it possible to get the current  
environment in which it is running? Such as development / production.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fipa)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-current-environement-in-which-app-is-running/174611/2 "2009-08-29T20:26:02Z")

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Fernando P. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> From within my rails app code, is it possible to get the current  
> environment in which it is running? Such as development / production.
> 
> Regards,

use \<%=RAILS\_ENV%\>

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**Author:** ![fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fipa)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-current-environement-in-which-app-is-running/174611/3 "2009-08-29T20:29:40Z")

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> use \<%=RAILS\_ENV%\>

Thanks! 🙂

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**Author:** ![fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fipa)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-current-environement-in-which-app-is-running/174611/4 "2009-08-29T20:46:40Z")

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or you can do Rails.env.production?

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**Author:** ![fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fipa)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-the-current-environement-in-which-app-is-running/174611/5 "2009-08-30T01:34:05Z")

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On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Fernando  
Perez[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> From within my rails app code, is it possible to get the current  
> environment in which it is running? Such as development / production.

ENV[‘RAILS\_ENV’]

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