Question

I have a Zend Framework modular application set up. One of my modules is called ‘frontend’ and it is the default module (resources.frontController.defaultModule = "frontend" is in my config file).

I have a form, Frontend_Form_PropertySearch located at /application/modules/frontend/forms/PropertySearch.php and attempting to use it in my controller as follows:

public function searchAction()
{
    $form = new Frontend_Form_PropertySearch();

    $form->submit->setLabel('Search');
    $this->view->form = $form;
}

However, I’m getting the following error:

Fatal error: Class ‘Frontend_Form_PropertySearch’ not found in /Users/Martin/Dropbox/Repositories/realestatecms/application/modules/frontend/controllers/PropertiesController.php on line 17

Where am I going wrong?

Answer 1

One of solutions could be adding file application/modules/frontend/Bootstrap.php and put this (similar working on one of my projects):

<?php
class Frontend_Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Module_Bootstrap
{
    protected function _initAutoload()
    {
        $autoloader = new Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader(array(
            'namespace' => 'Frontend_',
            'basePath'  => APPLICATION_PATH .'/modules/frontend',
            'resourceTypes' => array (
                'form' => array(
                    'path' => 'forms',
                    'namespace' => 'Form',
                ),
                'model' => array(
                    'path' => 'models',
                    'namespace' => 'Model',
                ),
            )
        ));
        return $autoloader;
    }
}

Another solution, as described by akrabat: http://akrabat.com/zend-framework/bootstrapping-modules-in-zf-1-8/

// file application.ini
resources.frontController.moduleDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/modules"
resources.modules[] = ""

File: /application/modules/frontend/Bootstrap.php

<?php
class Frontend_Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Module_Bootstrap
{

}

Second one uses default resource autoloader as described in documentation: http://framework.zend.com/manual/zh/zend.loader.autoloader-resource.html#zend.loader.autoloader-resource.module