htaccess SetEnv directive is not working in MAMP pro 6

I have a solution develop with PHP

1. Framework Phalcon 3.4.5
2. macOS 12.6
3. PHP 7.3.33
4. MAMP Pro 6

I have this .htaccess that is in my root folder:

A SetEnv directive is set like that:

<IfModule mod_env.c>
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV=development
</IfModule>

The right env module are loaded in Apache:

1. mod_env.so
2. mod_setenvif.so

My host config have AllowAoverride All My AccessFileName is set to htaccess

I use this code in my index file to read the environment variable and I can't get the value.

defined('ENVIRONMENT') || define('ENVIRONMENT', (getenv('APPLICATION_ENV') ? getenv('APPLICATION_ENV') : 'production'));

echo ENVIRONMENT . PHP_EOL;

Considering the SetEnv in the htaccess, should get development has a value, but I keep getting production.

I did test to be sure that mod_env and mod_setenvif are loaded. There is no error in my apache log and php log.

I have no clue why. Any help will be welcome here?

Thank you!

Environment variables set with SetEnv in an htaccess file are available in the Apache environment, so you should use apache_getenv() or the $_SERVER superglobal to access the variable rather than getenv().

You appear to be using SetEnv correctly, and the rest of your setup looks fine.

Perhaps you may be interested in a .env file instead in your root directory, and using vlucas/dotenv to load it in, and use Dotenv in your code instead.

Here's an example of using that package:

$dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__);
$dotenv->load();

It will look for an .env file in __DIR__ and load them into your environment, making them available via getenv()