Question

Currently I am loading multiple config files containing PHP native arrays, within my bootstrap.

require "app/configuration/config-global.php";
require "app/configuration/config-other.php";

With this setup "config-other.php" is overwriting the $settings array of "config-global.php".

Could I please get some advice on the best way to append the array within my bootstrap please.

Tim

Update

Here is a cut down version of my bootstap file setup attempting to implement Nikolaos’s suggestion.

class Application extends \Phalcon\Mvc\Application
{

    /**
     * Register the services here to make them general or register in the ModuleDefinition to make them module-specific
     */
    public function _registerServices()
    {

        //Define constants
        $di = new \Phalcon\DI\FactoryDefault();

        $loader = new \Phalcon\Loader();

        $di->set('registry', function () {
            return new ArrayObject(array(), ArrayObject::ARRAY_AS_PROPS);
        });

        //load our config into the registry
        //$di->set('config', $config);

        $this->setDI($di);
    }

    public function _loadConfig()
    {

        $di = \Phalcon\DI::getDefault();

        $this->processConfig('appConfig1');
        $this->processConfig('globalConfig');

        // Remember config_array is the merged array in the DI container
        $new_array = $di->registry->offsetGet('config_array');

        // Optional, store the config in your DI container for easier use
        $di->set('config', function () use ($new_array) {
                return new \Phalcon\Config($config);
            }
        );

    }

    public function main()
    {

        $this->_registerServices();
        $this->_loadConfig();

        echo $this->handle()->getContent();
    }

    public function processConfig($name)
    {

    $config = array();
    $di     = \Phalcon\DI::getDefault();

    if ($di->registry->offsetExists('config_array'))
    {
        $config = $di->registry->offsetGet('config_array');
    }

    // Now get the file from the config
    require "/config/{$name}.php";

    // $settings came from the previous require
    $new_config = array_merge($config, $settings);

    // Store it in the DI container
    $di->registry->offsetSet('config_array', $new_config);

    }

}

$application = new Application();
$application->main();

With the above config I get:

[02-Dec-2012 09:10:43] PHP Notice: Undefined property:
Phalcon\DI\FactoryDefault::$registry in /public/frontend/index.php on
line 127

[02-Dec-2012 09:10:43] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member
function offsetExists() on a non-object in /public/frontend/index.php
on line 127

Answer 1

Try this:

Register a new service in the DI container

// Get the DI container
$di = \Phalcon\DI::getDefault();

$di->set(
    'registry', 
    function ()
    {
        return new ArrayObject(array(), ArrayObject::ARRAY_AS_PROPS);
    }
);

The above will be the “registry” that we will store the configuration files.

public function processConfig($name)
{
    $config = array();
    $di     = \Phalcon\DI::getDefault();

    if ($di->registry->offsetExists('config_array'))
    {
        $config = $di->registry->offsetGet('config_array');
    }

    // Now get the file from the config
    require ROOT_PATH . "app/configuration/{$name}.php";

    // $settings came from the previous require
    $new_config = array_merge($config, $settings);

    // Store it in the DI container
    $di->registry->offsetSet('config_array', $new_config);
}

And as usage you can do this:

processConfig('config-global');
processConfig('config-other');

// Remember config_array is the merged array in the DI container
$di = \Phalcon\DI::getDefault();

// Remember config_array is the merged array in the DI container
$new_array = $di->registry->offsetGet('config_array');

// Optional, store the config in your DI container for easier use
$di->set(
    'config', 
    function () use ($new_array)
    {
        return new \Phalcon\Config($config);
    }
};

The config array in the container now has the merged data.

You can also create a class that would encapsulate that functionality and have other helper functions in there to clear the DI container reference, to load the base array (global) all the time etc.

EDIT: Modified it slightly after comments