Question

I have come across a strange problem with Zend_Framework, I can not load forms or models from any module other than default.

I have the following line of code in my controller (in the user module)

$myAccountModel = new User_Model_MyAccount();

However all i get is the error

Fatal error: Class 'User_Model_MyAccount' not found in F:\My Webs\freedate\application\modules\user\controllers\MyAccountController.php on line 13

I have checked the files path and class name and all is correct, I have this project setup similar to other ZF projects I have done in the past, the only difference is that this is on a WAMP server rather than a LAMP server.

If I try to load a model or form from the default module it loads fine, these line of code produce no errors and the classes load fine.

$loginForm = new Form_Login();
$loginModel = new Model_Login();

If someone can shed some light as to what is going on here it would be most helpful as I have now hit a brick wall!!

I am using ZF 1.11.11 btw.

Many thanks

Garry

[EDIT]

This is definatly a probelm with ZF autoloader, if I add the following line the error goes away.

require_once(APPLICATION_PATH . '/modules/user/models/MyAccount.php');

In my application.ini i have

; modules
resources.frontController.moduleDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/modules"
resources.modules[] =

and in my bootstrap.php I have

/**  * Initialize autoloader  
 * @return Zend_Loader_Autoloader  
 */     
protected function _initAutoload() {    
    return Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance(); 
}

/**  * Initialize module autoloader  
 * @return Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader  
 */ 
protected function _initModuleAutoload() {
    $modelLoader = new Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader(array(
            'namespace' => '',
            'basePath' => APPLICATION_PATH . '/modules/default'));

    return $modelLoader; 
}

Answer 1

Have you tried to add an empty Module_Bootstrap to the specific module? Like so:

<?php

class User_Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Module_Bootstrap 
{// nothing in here except you really want to do anything here ;)}

Once you do this, you can remove the _initAutoload() and _initModuleAutoload() methods from your bootstrap. When you create a module bootstrap, the Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader is automatically created by default for that module.

See The Module Resource Autoloader