Typical Zend App
Typically you’ve one module in your Zend App – the default one. In the basic installation of the framework, you put all the controllers, models and views directly in the application folder, as described below.
/application - /controllers - /IndexController.php - /models - /MyModel.php - /views - /scripts - /index/index.phtml /library - /Zend /public_html - /images - /scripts |
Bigger Apps – More Code
When the application becomes bigger and bigger the controller, models and views/scripts directories contain more and more files. That’s a bit odd, because it becomes difficult to maintain, and than the modules come in hand.
Modules in a Zend App
When it comes to setting up modular Zend App there are tons of articles in the web, but let me show you a simple directory layout and … sample code that sets up the framework.
/application - /modules + /admin - /controllers - /IndexController.php - /views - /scripts - /index/index.phtml + /default - /controllers - /IndexController.php - /views - /scripts - /index/index.phtml - /models /library - /Zend /public_html - /images - /scripts |
Source
Simply add this into the bootstrap:
$frontController->addModuleDirectory(APPLICATION_PATH . '/modules'); |