Question

All the classes under a default namespace Application_ is autoloaded by default. When you are creating more modules, the classes under that module is not autoloaded.

I tried setting the extra module’s namespace on the application.ini like

autoloaderNamespaces[] = “EXTRA_”

but since the folder structure of the extra modules lies inside the Application it cannot find it.

How to set this correctly?

Answer 1

In the Bootstrap class for each module, create a new module resource autloloader:

protected function _initResourceAutoloader()
{
    $resourceAutoloader = new Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader(array(
        'namespace' => 'Mymodule',
        'basePath'  => dirname(__FILE__),
    ));
}

Then, you can use the “standard” folder structure for module-specific classes. For example, a form named Mymodule_Form_Edit would reside in the file modules/mymodule/forms/Edit.php

UPDATE

As noted by @Xerkus and others, a module Bootstrap extending Zend_Application_Module_Bootstrap will automatically register some standard namespace/path mappings, so no need to manually instantiate a Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader.