issue in zend framwork controller

Question

Hello

I am a new bie to zend framework

I am getting an error while loading my index controller as

Fatal error: Class 'Places' not found in C:\xampp\htdocs\zend\book\application\controllers\IndexController.php on line 36

my bootstrapper code is

<?php
class Bootstrap
{
    public function __construct($configSection)
    {
        $rootDir = dirname(dirname(__FILE__));
        define('ROOT_DIR', $rootDir);
        set_include_path(get_include_path(). PATH_SEPARATOR . ROOT_DIR . '/library/'. PATH_SEPARATOR . ROOT_DIR .
        '/application/models/');

        require_once 'Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php';
        $loader = Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
        // Load configuration
        Zend_Registry::set('configSection',$configSection);
        $config = new Zend_Config_Ini(ROOT_DIR.'/application/config.ini',$configSection);
        Zend_Registry::set('config', $config);
        date_default_timezone_set($config->date_default_timezone);
        // configure database and store to the registry
        $db = Zend_Db::factory($config->db);
        Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultAdapter($db);
        Zend_Registry::set('db', $db);
    }

    public function configureFrontController()
    {
        $frontController = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
        $frontController->setControllerDirectory(ROOT_DIR .'/application/controllers');
    }

    public function runApp()
    {
        $this->configureFrontController();
        // run!
        $frontController = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
        $frontController->dispatch();
    }
}

I have a model as

<?php
class Places extends Zend_Db_Table
{
    protected $_name = 'places'; //table name
    function fetchLatest($count = 10)
    {
        return $this->fetchAll(null,'date_created DESC', $count);
    }   
}

and my index controller is

class IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
        $this->view->title = 'Welcome';
        $placesFinder = new Places();
        $this->view->places = $places->fetchLatest();
    }
}

I am using ZF version 1.10.4 what should I updated to make it work

Thanks a lot

Answer 1

There is a good chance you are missing somethign in your class declaration try:

   <?php
class Models_Places extends Zend_Db_Table
{
    protected $_name = 'places'; //table name
    function fetchLatest($count = 10)
    {
        return $this->fetchAll(null,'date_created DESC', $count);
    }   
}

The Zend autoloader class will look into Models/places.php for your class.

Also you could initialise the models and default module in bootstrap with:

protected function _initAutoload() {

        $autoloader = new Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader(array(
                    'namespace' => '',
                    'basePath' => dirname(__FILE__),
                ));
        $autoloader->addResourceType('models', 'models/', 'Models');
        return $autoloader;
    }

After having done that your class should be named Models_Places.

Check out the docs about autoloading.

Answer 2

Well, personally, I use extended controllers which contain few util methods I use very often. Here is a snippet of my extended controller:

<?php
class My_MyController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    protected $_tables = array();

    protected function _getTable($table)
    {
        if (false === array_key_exists($table, $this->_tables)) {
            include APPLICATION_PATH . '/modules/'
            . $this->_request->getModuleName() . '/models/' . $table . '.php';
            $this->_tables[$table] = new $table();
        }
        return $this->_tables[$table];
    }
}

You just need to define the APPLICATION_PATH in index.php. Then your controller could look like this:

<?php
class IndexController extends My_MyController
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
        // get model
        $model = $this->_getTable('ModelName');
    }
}

Path where you store the My_Controller must also be in your include path.