Question

This is probably the most frustrating part for newbies learning about zend.

Where do I create my new class’ file?

There’s an exemple here:
http://forums.zend.com/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=4988

or another one here:
http://framework.zend.com/manual/1.11/en/zend.controller.plugins.html

But none of them mention where this plugin should be created?

Answer 1

The best idea is to put your classes where the autoloader can find them. It’s also a pseudo-convention to mimic the Zend class name structure.

For example, say you’ve made a controller plugin named “Foo”. Name the class

class My_Controller_Plugin_Foo extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract

and save the file at library/My/Controller/Plugin/Foo.php.

To have the autoloader pick up your “My” namespace (note, this isn’t a PHP 5.3 namespace), simply add this to your application.ini file

autoloaderNamespaces.My = "My_"

The only restriction here is that your “My” folder must be in the include path. Putting it in the “library” folder solves this.