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the directory structure I'm trying to achieve would be this:

application/default/views/layouts/layout.phtml
application/default/views/scripts/index/index.phtml
application/admin/views/layouts/layout.phtml
application/admin/views/scripts/index/index.phtml
library/Zend
config/config.ini
public/index.php (bootstrap)

but I can't figure out how to let Zend find my layout.phtml in each of my modules.

in my bootstrap I have:

define('APPLICATION_PATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../application/'));
define('APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT', 'testing');

//setup path to our library files
set_include_path( APPLICATION_PATH . '/../library' . PATH_SEPARATOR .
                  get_include_path() );

//register the autoloader
require_once 'Zend/Loader.php';
Zend_Loader::registerAutoload(); 

//set config in the registry
$config = new Zend_Config_Ini( APPLICATION_PATH . '/../config/config.ini', APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT ); 
Zend_Registry::set('config', $config);

//setup logging
$writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream(APPLICATION_PATH . '/../log/debug.log');
$logger = new Zend_Log($writer);
Zend_Registry::set('logger', $logger);

//run!
$frontController = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$frontController->addModuleDirectory(APPLICATION_PATH);
//initialize Zend_Layout's MVC helpers
Zend_Layout::startMvc();

$frontController->throwExceptions(true);

try {

    Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->dispatch();

} catch (Exception $exception) {

    echo '<html><body><center>'  . 'An exception occured while dispatching the front controller.'; 
    if (defined('APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT') && APPLICATION_ENVIRONMENT != 'production'  ) {
        echo '<br /><br />' . $exception->getMessage() . '<br />'  . '<div align="left">Stack Trace:' . '<pre>' . $exception->getTraceAsString() . '</pre></div>'; 
    }
    echo '</center></body></html>';
    exit(1);
}

Where am I going wrong?

Update:

I haven't looked at this in a long time, so the accepted solution may not be up-to-date. If anyone wants to post a more up-to-date solution to this question (i.e. ZF 1.8+), please do so! It would be helpful to others who are looking for a solution to this.

+3  A: 

You should check out Per Module Zend_Layout, in this article, the author covers exactly what you are trying to achieve. His methodology is to write a plugin for the front controller that handles layout registration.

J. Kenzal Hunter Sr.