define('ENVIRONMENT', 'development');

default:   exit('The application environment is not set correctly.');

if ( ! defined('ENVIRONMENT') OR ! file_exists($file_path = APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/config.php'))
{
  $file_path = APPPATH.'config/config.php';
}

$system_path = 'system';
$application_folder = 'application';

if (defined('STDIN'))
{
   chdir(dirname(__FILE__));
}

if (realpath($system_path) !== FALSE)
{
  $system_path = realpath($system_path).'/';
}
$system_path = rtrim($system_path, '/').'/';
if ( ! is_dir($system_path))
{ 
  exit("xxxxxxxx");
}

Print_r(get_defined_constants());

if (is_dir($application_folder))
{
  define('APPPATH', $application_folder.'/');
}
else
{
  if ( ! is_dir(BASEPATH.$application_folder.'/'))
  {
    exit("Your application folder path does not appear to be set correctly. Please open the following file and correct this: ".SELF);
  }

  define('APPPATH', BASEPATH.$application_folder.'/');
}

require_once BASEPATH.'core/CodeIgniter.php';

<?php

define('ENVIRONMENT', 'development');

if (defined('ENVIRONMENT'))
{
  switch (ENVIRONMENT)
  {
    case 'development':
      error_reporting(E_ALL);
    break;
  
    case 'testing':
    case 'production':
      error_reporting(0);
    break;

    default:
      exit('The application environment is not set correctly.');
  }
}

/*
 * SYSTEM FOLDER NAME
 */
$system_path = 'system';

/*
 * APPLICATION FOLDER NAME
 */
$application_folder = 'application';

/*
 * Resolve the system path for increased reliability
 */
if (defined('STDIN'))
{
  chdir(dirname(__FILE__));
}

if (realpath($system_path) !== FALSE)
{
  $system_path = realpath($system_path).'/';
}

$system_path = rtrim($system_path, '/').'/';

if ( ! is_dir($system_path))
{
  exit("xxxxxxxx");
}

/*
 * set the main path constants
 */
// The name of THIS file
define('SELF', pathinfo(__FILE__, PATHINFO_BASENAME));

// this global constant is deprecataaed.
define('EXT', '.php');

// Path to the system folder
define('BASEPATH', str_replace("\\", "/", $system_path));

// Path to the front controller (this file)
define('FCPATH', str_replace(SELF, '', __FILE__));

// Name of the "system folder"
define('SYSDIR', trim(strrchr(trim(BASEPATH, '/'), '/'), '/'));

// The path to the "application" folder
if (is_dir($application_folder))
{
  define('APPPATH', $application_folder.'/');
}
else
{
  if ( ! is_dir(BASEPATH.$application_folder.'/'))
  {
    exit("Your application folder path does not appear to be set correctly. Please open the following file and correct this: ".SELF);
  }

  define('APPPATH', BASEPATH.$application_folder.'/');
}

require_once BASEPATH.'core/CodeIgniter.php';