-- Jason DeBord <[email protected]> wrote
(on Friday, 13 February 2009, 07:06 PM +0100):
> Directory Structure
>
> Project
>
> Application
> controllers
> views
> models
> layouts
> forms
>
> Library
> symlink to Zend
>
> public_html
>
> So I set my include path to Project/library so The Framework is
> included. I am thinking that it makes sense to put classes for the
> database or other "model" type stuff into the models directory and
> classes for forms in the "forms" directory.
>
> Questions
>
> 1) Does this file structure make sense?
> 2) How are you guys setting up your directory structures?
Please see the recommended directory structure proposal (which has been
accepted):
http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFPROP/Zend+Framework+Default+Project+Structure+-+Wil+Sinclair
It's not much different from yours. One note is that all directories are
lowercase typically; additionally, we call the directory simply
"public", not "public_html".
> 3) Is it correct that I will have to add include paths for any
> directories I want to put classes in? ( models and forms in my
> structure above )
> 4) I don't want any more include paths than absolutely necessary,
> right? So what is the most logical / efficient way to set this up?
For now, yes, adding include_paths is the way to do this if you want to
do autoloading. However, there's a couple new tools in the incubator
that will be included in 1.8 which will make this easier,
Zend_Loader_Autoloader and Zend_Loader_Autoloader_Resource. The latter
class has a variant in Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader, which follows
the recommended directory structure above, and allows you to simply
specify a namespace prefix and base path, and automatically load
resources as long as they follow specific conventions.
You can find more information on these proposal pages:
http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFPROP/Zend_Loader_Autoloader+-+Ralph+Schindler
http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFPROP/Zend_Loader_Autoloader_Resource+-+Matthew+Weier+O'Phinney
Code for both proposals is complete and tested in the incubator at this
time.
--
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
Software Architect | [email protected]
Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
