bootstrapping - How to indicate zend framework where my custom classes are

Question

I have a folder with custom classes in a ZF 1.10 application. The folder is located in /library. How can I tell ZF where they are? Both application.ini and index.php set the path to the library but then ZF can't find the files.

Thank you

Answer 1

We often come across a problem of writing our own custom functions or classes and where to place them.

So to add custom class (or custom library) one can use zend framework's autoloader namespaces.

Add the below line in application.ini file

autoloaderNamespaces.custom = "Custom_"

OR

autoloaderNamespaces[] = "Custom_"

All the custom classes will be kept under library directory. Create a folder name 'Custom' (which is defined in application.ini) in the library directory.

Classes will be prefixed with 'Custom_' at declaration in the file (e.g. Custom_Test)

Now we can use this class as $test = new Custom_Test(), in our application.