The quickest way to start using Zend_Application is to use
Zend_Tool to generate your project. This will also create
your Bootstrap class and file.
To create a project, execute the zf command (on *nix systems):
% zf create project newproject
Or the Windows zf.bat command:
C:> zf.bat create project newproject
Both will create a project structure that looks like the following:
newproject
|-- application
| |-- Bootstrap.php
| |-- configs
| | `-- application.ini
| |-- controllers
| | |-- ErrorController.php
| | `-- IndexController.php
| |-- models
| `-- views
| |-- helpers
| `-- scripts
| |-- error
| | `-- error.phtml
| `-- index
| `-- index.phtml
|-- library
|-- public
| `-- index.php
`-- tests
|-- application
| `-- bootstrap.php
|-- library
| `-- bootstrap.php
`-- phpunit.xml
In the above diagram, your bootstrap is in
newproject/application/Bootstrap.php, and looks like
the following at first:
<?php
class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
{
}
You'll also note that a configuration file,
newproject/application/configs/application.ini, is
created. It has the following contents:
[production] phpSettings.display_startup_errors = 0 phpSettings.display_errors = 0 includePaths.library = APPLICATION_PATH "/../library" bootstrap.path = APPLICATION_PATH "/Bootstrap.php" bootstrap.class = "Bootstrap" resources.frontController.controllerDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/controllers" [staging : production] [testing : production] phpSettings.display_startup_errors = 1 phpSettings.display_errors = 1 [development : production] phpSettings.display_startup_errors = 1 phpSettings.display_errors = 1
All settings in this configuration file are for use with
Zend_Application and your bootstrap.
Another file of interest is the
newproject/public/index.php file, which invokes
Zend_Application and dispatches it.
<?php
// Define path to application directory
defined('APPLICATION_PATH')
|| define('APPLICATION_PATH',
realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../application'));
// Define application environment
defined('APPLICATION_ENV')
|| define('APPLICATION_ENV',
(getenv('APPLICATION_ENV') ? getenv('APPLICATION_ENV')
: 'production'));
/** Zend_Application */
require_once 'Zend/Application.php';
// Create application, bootstrap, and run
$application = new Zend_Application(
APPLICATION_ENV,
APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/application.ini'
);
$application->bootstrap()
->run();
To continue the quick start, please skip to the Resources section.