Is it possible in the current stable version of the Zend Framework (1.11), to work with application classes using PHP namespaces?
Application\Form\Abc instead of Application_Form_Abc
Application\Model\Xyz instead of Application_Model_Xyz
etc.
Starting from v1.10, ZF supports autoloading namespaces, and it's working fine when including namespaced libraries, but I was unsuccessful when trying to do the same job with application classes.
Actually there is a simple workaround suggested by Dmitry on the ZF issue tracker:
class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
{
protected function _initAutoloader()
{
$loader = function($className) {
$className = str_replace('\\', '_', $className);
Zend_Loader_Autoloader::autoload($className);
};
$autoloader = Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
$autoloader->pushAutoloader($loader, 'Application\\');
}
}
Works like a charm for me!
The standard autloader introduced in 1.12 allows you to use namespaces with minimal effort:
require 'Zend/Loader/AutoloaderFactory.php';
Zend_Loader_AutoloaderFactory::factory([
'Zend_Loader_StandardAutoloader' => [
'autoregister_zf' => true,
'namespaces' => [
'Application' => '/path/to/Application/src',
]
]
]);
Now you can use Application\Form\Abc
instead of Application_Form_Abc
& Application\Model\Xyz
instead of Application_Model_Xyz
etc.
Directory/File structure examples:
path/to/Application/src/Form/Abc.php
<?php
namespace Application/Form;
class Abc {}
path/to/Application/src/Model/Xyz.php
<?php
namespace Application/Model;
class Xyz {}