CakePHP environment plugin doesn't work

I've made a CakePHP application and would like to integrate the environments concept. So my app should check the current domain name and then automatically determine if the environment is...

 1. Development: http://development.bellewaerdefun.be

 2. Staging: http://staging.bellewaerdefun.be

 3. Production: http://bellewaerdefun.be

After doing that, every environment should have it's own variables set. That's perfect to make a database connection without changing the variables when the development file is copied to staging and/or production.

So I decided to look for an existing environment plugin and I found this one:

https://github.com/josegonzalez/cakephp-environments

I manually copied and installed the needed folder and files, enabled the plugin in bootstrap.php and made a configuration file of every environment.

DEVELOPMENT

    <?php
   
    Environment::configure('development',
    array(
    'server' => array('development.bellewaerdefun.be')
    ),
    array(
            // Site specific items
           
    'Settings.FULL_BASE_URL' => 'http://development.bellewaerdefun.be',
   
    'Email.username' => 'email@example.com',
    'Email.password' => 'password',
    'Email.test' => 'email@example.com',
    'Email.from' => 'email@example.com',
   
    'logQueries' => true,
           
            // App Specific functions
           
    'debug' => 2,
           
            // Securty
           
    'Cache.disable' => true,
    'Security.salt' => 'SALT',
    'Security.cipherSeed' => 'CIPHERSEED',
           
            // Database
           
            'MYSQL_DB_HOST' => 'localhost',
            'MYSQL_USERNAME' => 'root',
            'MYSQL_PASSWORD' => '',
            'MYSQL_DB_NAME' => 'blwfun',
            'MYSQL_PREFIX' => ''
    ),
    function() {
    if (!defined('FULL_BASE_URL')) {
    define('FULL_BASE_URL', Configure::read('Settings.FULL_BASE_URL'));
    }
    }
    );
    ?>

STAGING

    <?php
   
    Environment::configure('production',
    array(
    'server' => array('bellewaerdefun.be')
    ),
    array(
            // Site specific items
           
    'Settings.FULL_BASE_URL' => 'http://bellewaerdefun.be',
   
    // Email settings (maybe deprecated in 2.x)
    'Email.username' => 'email@example.com',
    'Email.password' => 'password',
    'Email.test' => 'email@example.com',
    'Email.from' => 'email@example.com',
   
    // App Specific functions
           
    'debug' => 0,
   
    // Securty
    'Security.level' => 'medium',
    'Security.salt' => 'SALT',
    'Security.cipherSeed' => 'CIPHERSEED',
           
            // Database
           
            'MYSQL_DB_HOST' => 'localhost',
            'MYSQL_USERNAME' => 'xxx',
            'MYSQL_PASSWORD' => 'xxx',
            'MYSQL_DB_NAME' => 'xxx',
            'MYSQL_PREFIX' => ''
    )
    };
    ?>

After doing all of that, I thought my application would now automatically check the environment, but guess what: it doesn't! It keeps returning the default "development" environment. That's what happens in the Environment class (Plugin > Environments > Lib > Environment.php):

    class Environment {
   
    public $environments = array();
   
    protected static $_instance;
   
    protected $_configMap = array(
    'security' => 'Security.level'
    );
   
    public static function &getInstance() {
    if (! self::$_instance) {
    $Environment = 'Environment';
    if (config('app_environment')) {
    $Environment = 'App' . $Environment;
    }
   
    self::$_instance = new $Environment();
    Configure::write('Environment.initialized', true);
    }
   
    return self::$_instance;
    }
   
    public static function configure($name, $params, $config = null, $callable = null) {
    $_this = Environment::getInstance();
    $_this->environments[$name] = compact('name', 'params', 'config', 'callable');
    }
   
    public static function start($environment = null, $default = 'development') {
    $_this =& Environment::getInstance();
    return $_this->setup($environment, $default);
    }
    ...

Is there anyone who has the same problem as I have with this plugin? Or anyone who has a good solution to make my environments work?

Thanks a lot!

Additional info:

CakePHP version = 2.7.3

PHP version = 5.3.8

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