Question

How can I change the directory for the default module. I am using Zend Framework modular directory structure:

modules
    default
        controllers
            IndexController.php
        etc
    other-module

But how can I change the directory for the default module? I would like it to be called Api. So I would have:

modules
    Api
        controllers
            IndexController.php
    other-module

I want the URIs to stay the same so:

http://localhost

Will route to modules/Api/controllers/IndexController.php and run the indexAction.

This is what I have in the bootstrap

protected function _initFrontController()
{
    $front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
    $front->addModuleDirectory(APPLICATION_PATH.'/modules');
    return $front;
}

Answer 1

In application/config.ini:

# where to find modules
resources.frontController.moduleDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/modules"

# set the default module
resources.frontController.defaultModule = "api"

# which modules to activate
resources.modules.api   = "api"
resources.moduler.other = "other"

Then you can remove the _initFrontController() method from your Bootstrap.

Note the character case here. Typically module names (as referenced in the config file and in routes) are lower-case. Also, the file name of the module will be lower-case (Ex: application/modules/api). Module-specific class names (say, a controller within an admin module) will capitalize the first char of the module name as the class prefix (Ex: class Admin_ArticleController extends Zend_Controller_Action).

[For hyphenated and camelCase module names – like your ‘other-module’ example – I forget precisely how module-specific classes should be prefixed, but it’s easy enough to chase down if you really need it.]