CodeIgniter 2 + Zend 2 library barcode - php

Question

Problem: rendering barcodes in CodeIgniter via Zend library barcode.
I googled, and also tried all tutorials on first 2 pages. I stackoverflowed and found quiet a few topics on my problem, even few are marked as answered but no luck.
Finally I tried this https://stackoverflow.com/a/15480779/1564365 but yet another error message.
error:
Fatal error: Class 'Zend\Barcode\ObjectPluginManager' not found
that means it is actually loading Barcode library but with error.
sidenote: ZF 2.2 fresh download (today), CI 2.1.3 fresh download (today)

Answer 1

To solve this, I am forced to use ZF1.
step by step:
Download (Zend Framework 1.12.3 Full) from here
Unzip files and locate folder Zend in ./libraries folder copy it to CI application/libraries
Create new file inside (CI) application/libraries/Zend.php "loader for ZF"
with code as follows
<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) {exit('No direct script access allowed');}
/**
* Zend Framework Loader
*
* Put the 'Zend' folder (unpacked from the Zend Framework package, under 'Library')
* in CI installation's 'application/libraries' folder
* You can put it elsewhere but remember to alter the script accordingly
*
* Usage:
* 1) $this->load->library('zend', 'Zend/Package/Name');
* or
* 2) $this->load->library('zend');
* then $this->zend->load('Zend/Package/Name');
*
* * the second usage is useful for autoloading the Zend Framework library
* * Zend/Package/Name does not need the '.php' at the end
*/
class CI_Zend
{
/**
* Constructor
*
* #param string $class class name
*/
function __construct($class = NULL)
{
// include path for Zend Framework
// alter it accordingly if you have put the 'Zend' folder elsewhere
ini_set('include_path',
ini_get('include_path') . PATH_SEPARATOR . APPPATH . 'libraries');
if ($class)
{
require_once (string) $class . EXT;
log_message('debug', "Zend Class $class Loaded");
}
else
{
log_message('debug', "Zend Class Initialized");
}
}
/**
* Zend Class Loader
*
* #param string $class class name
*/
function load($class)
{
require_once (string) $class . EXT;
log_message('debug', "Zend Class $class Loaded");
}
}
and controllers method should be as follows
function barcode() {
$this->load->library('zend');
$this->zend->load('Zend/Barcode');
$test = Zend_Barcode::draw('ean8', 'image', array('text' => '1234565'), array());
var_dump($test);
imagejpeg($test, 'barcode.jpg', 100);
}