Question

I created a custom XML configuration file called config.xml and placed it in the configs directory in the Zend Framework. I want to use it in one of my controllers using Zend_Config_Xml. What I have is not working, and it says “An error occurred. Application error”. How do I read in a custom XML config file from a controller? This is what I have in my controller so far:

class IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function init()
    {
        /* Initialize action controller here */
    }

    public function indexAction()
    {
        // action body
        $config = new Zend_Config_Xml('config.xml', 'staging');
        echo $config->host;
    }
}

Answer 1

Probably just the path you need to fix:

$config = new Zend_Config_Xml(APPLICATION_PATH.'/configs/config.xml', 'staging');

if not, check the error log to see what the actual error message is.

Edit: To do this in the bootstrap, the easiest (although perhaps not best) way is to add a new resource method and store the config object in the registry. Add this to your bootstrap class:

protected function _initCustomConfig()
{
    $config = new Zend_Config_Xml('config.xml', 'staging');
    Zend_Registry::set('config', $config);

    return $config;
}

you can then access it later using:

$config = Zend_Registry::get('config');