Question

i want to create a module for my running application. I chose module, so that it can be added optionally to the application.

I want to create the following. When the module is installed (module subfolder is placed in /application/modules/) i want to add a new button/function to my application.

I want to check for this installed module in a controller action.

Is there a way to do this?

Regards,
Max

Answer 1

This should help:

$modules = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getControllerDirectory();

The modules are then given by the keys of the array that is returned:

array(
    'default' => '../application/controllers',
    'blog'    => '../modules/blog/controllers',
    'news'    => '../modules/news/controllers',
)

You can then perform the check in your action:

if (array_key_exists('myModule', $modules)) {
    // do something
}