Asking this because I've researched for a week but remain unclear. I need to know not only for projects but to help newcomers in a book chapter currently under authorship. Before asking I have set up a test project having access to two modules (default and admin) with a personalised library and two ZF libraries (ZF1.0 and ZF 1.12) in a "libraries" folder (both ZF libraries have a subdirectory "Zend" to conform) so a quick switch between versions can be made in the application.php which calls Zend_Application and Bootstrap.php.
In all cases, an application.php "start up" file works fine in one environment but will not transpose to another, especially Ubuntu (v9.10). There are problems with autoloading unless I change the file to suit a particular operating environment. This suggests there is something lacking in the ZF approach to loader/autoloader methods. I mention this last point on the basis that a stable framework should work across all intended platforms once the environment is set up. I've seen lots of references, tutorials and forum posts displaying problems with setting up a modular ZF project before asking. I recognise that servers can be set up in different ways but surely ZF should work in a shared hosting environment with web root (htdocs) for public access and none-public folders for processing - and be capable of moving from one host to another without needing to change paths if the directory structure is kept intact. 1. Is there a tutorial/reference that some kind soul somewhere can point me to which explains setting up a ZF project in the context mentioned? References in ZF manual are somewhat basic/raw. 2. Are there plans to simplify manual set-up and autoloading processes (ie, without using Zend Tool)? If so, references/when? 3. Appreciating always that I am/was not privy to the mindset and in-house discussions bearing upon the mode of configuring paths and choice of autoloading, can someone briefly describe the problems/issues leading to adopting system path methods that do not work across platforms?* 4. Is ZF development currently in a phase bridging <v1.10 with forthcoming v2.0 and thus exposing a few niggles, like that of autoloading? If so, are there other basic areas of the framework undergoing change that will expose cross-platform configuration issues. I am striving to find a solution to the same old set-up questions that seem to have been around for over three years. Apologies for long post and disjointed questions - I am quite keen to write easily understandable, well referenced, material particularly capable of helping those new to ZF but it's late O'clock in the morning here: tiredness may have taken over. TIA... Mike A. *Ubuntu seems especially weak. It seems to need a different way of defining paths. -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/ZF-1-10-paths-installs-and-autoloading-tp1594403p1594403.html Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
