Question

I’m noticing that $config = $this->getOptions(); gets only the settings of the default application.ini file. If I have additional ini files, how can I tell getOptions about them?

Answer 1

You can merge new options read from some custom ini file into existing options in your Bootstrap.php as follows:

    $newOptions = new Zend_Config_Ini(APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/newoptions.ini');        
    $this->setOptions($newOptions->toArray());

However, if you want to just read a custom file and have access to it through your application I would recommend storing it in a Zend_Registry:

$newOptions = new Zend_Config_Ini(APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/newoptions.ini');
Zend_Registry::set('newoptions', $newOptions);

When they are in the registry you can always get them (e.g. in your actions) simply by calling get method:

$newOptions = Zend_Registry::get('newoptions');