Zend Framework modular app, can't load models for each module, autoloading models?

Question

Is there a way to have models for each module? I have 3 modules, one is a "contacts" module. I created a model for it in modules/contacts/models/Codes.php Codes Controller

class Contacts_CodesController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{

    public function init()
    {
        /* Initialize action controller here */
    $this->view->messages = $this->_helper->flashMessenger->getMessages(); 

    }

    public function indexAction()
    {

    $codesTable = new Contacts_Model_Codes();

    }

Codes Model:

class Contacts_Model_Codes extends Zend_Db_Table
{
    protected $_name = 'codes';
}

The error I get: Fatal error: Class 'Contacts_Model_Codes' not found in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/zf_site/application/modules/contacts/controllers/CodesController.php on line 26

thanks

Answer 1

You have to register the 'Contacts_' namespace with the auto loader. You can use Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader for this.

$autoloader = new Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader(array(
        'namespace' => 'Contacts_',
        'basePath'  => dirname(__FILE__) . '/modules/cotacts',
    ));

This will create the following mappings for your module inside the basePath you provide.

api/         => Api
forms/       => Form
models/      => Model
    DbTable/ => Model_DbTable
plugins/     => Plugin

If you are using Zend_Application to boostrap your application and it' modules you should not need this because the docs say that:

When using module bootstraps with Zend_Application, an instance of Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader will be created by default for each discrete module, allowing you to autoload module resources.

Answer 2

I'm using version 1.9. This is part of my bootstrap:

protected function _initAutoload() {
    $modelLoader = new Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader(array(
                  'namespace' => '',
                   'basePath' => APPLICATION_PATH.'/modules/default')

        );
}

    protected function _initAutoloaders()
    {
        $this->getApplication()->setAutoloaderNamespaces(array('Eric_'));
        return $this;
    }

    protected function _initPlugins()
    {
        $this->bootstrap('autoloaders');
        $this->bootstrap('frontController');

        // register the plugin for setting layouts per module
        $plugin = new Eric_Plugin_Modularlayout();
        $this->frontController->registerPlugin($plugin);
            return $modelLoader;
    }

The plugin Eric_Plugin_Modularlayout sets the correct layout for each module.

I have 3 modules: default, ez, contacts. The funny thing is, In a contacts action I can call the models in the ez/models dir. without a problem.

Answer 3

I found the problem. I forgot to put a bootstrap file in with my contacts module. Now it all works and I can have my modules use their own models.

class Contacts_Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Module_Bootstrap
{

}

Answer 4

Thanks! It helped me a lot. I had Bootstrap file in my module, but mine extended Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap instead of Zend_Application_Module_Bootstrap

Answer 5

Oh, many thanks! I had the same problem like you. I forgot to create the module specific Bootstrap class. Creating the file solved my issue.

Answer 6

Have to tried with 1.10 ? Does not work anymore.

Answer 7

add

resources.modules[] =

To your config ini