Merci Matthew. I really appreciate the time you spend on this mailing list.
Jason DEBORD Limoges, France On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney <[email protected]> wrote: > -- 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/ >
