Question

I have a project that uses Zend Framework and Zend_Translate.

I had to alter the standard CSV Adapter to Zend_Translate slightly. Now I’m confronted with the question where to put this altered adapter.

By default, adapters are stored in

/Library/Zend/Translate/Adapter/Adaptername.php

This is where I’ve put the new adapter as well.

However, I wouldn’t like to “pollute” the Zend library with my custom extensions: I would like to stay able to update ZF without having to worry about losing files; I want to remain able to use a centrally installed version of ZF; and the custom adapter is part of the project I’m working on, really.

Is there a Zend Framework way of dealing with this, or specifying an alternative loading location?

Language adapters are loaded using

$this->_adapter = new $adapter($data, $locale, $options); 

(Where $adapter will be Zend_Translate_Adapter_Adaptername)

so standard autoloading rules apply. Is there a simple way to tell the Zend Autoloader to look in a second location?

Answer 1

You can add it to the lib folder

/lib
 /Zend
  /Translate
   /Adapter
    /Csv.php
 /My
  /Translate
   /Adapter
    /Csv.php

Depending on how your autoloader is setup, you have to setup the “namespace” with it:

$autoloader->registerNamespace('My_');

Or, if you dont like this, put it into your models folder. Basically, it doesnt matter where you put it, as long as it is accessible somehow by the autoloader. The Zend_Autoloader can register arbitrary autoloader callbacks, so it’s really up to you.