How to add your own library to Zend Framework - zend-framework

Question

So i have been designig an application to run on the Zend Framework 1.11 And as any programmer would do when he sees repeated functionalities i wanted to go build a base class with said functionalities.
Now my plan is to build a library 'My' so i made a folder in the library directory in the application. So it looks like this
Project
Application
docs
library
My
public
test
So i created a BaseController class in the My folder and then decided to have the IndexController in my application extend the BaseController.
The Basecontroller looks like this :
class My_BaseController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
public function indexAction()
{
$this->view->test = 'Hallo Wereld!';
}
}
And the IndexController looks like this :
class WMSController extends My_BaseController
{
public function indexAction()
{
parent::indexAction();
}
}
As adviced by a number of resources i tried adding the namespace for the library in the application.ini using the line
autoloadernamespaces.my = “My_”
But when i try to run this application i recieve the following error
Fatal error: Class 'My_BaseController' not found in
C:\wamp\www\ZendTest\application\controllers\IndexController.php
Am i missing something here? Or am i just being a muppet and should try a different approach?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Your original approach will work for you in application.ini, you just had a couple of problems with your set up.
Your application.ini should have this line:-
autoloadernamespaces[] = "My_"
Also, you have to be careful with your class names, taking your base controller as an example, it should be in library/My/Controller/Base.php and should look like this:-
class My_Controller_Base extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
public function indexAction()
{
$this->view->test = 'Hello World!';
}
}
You can then use it like this:-
class WMSController extends My_Controller_Base
{
public function indexAction()
{
parent::indexAction();
}
}
So, you had it almost right, but were missing just a couple of details. It is worth getting to know how autoloading works in Zend Framework and learning to use the class naming conventions

Answer 2

I don't know about .ini configuration, but I add customer libraries like this (index.php):
require_once 'Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php';
Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance()->registerNamespace('My_');