Zend Autoload of Model in PHPUnit - php

Question

I'm trying to write some test cases for a ZF application I'm writing but I can't seem get past this point.
I have extended the Zend_Test_PHPUnit_ControllerTestCase, adding the following:
public function setUp() {
$this->bootstrap = new Zend_Application('testing',
APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/application.ini');
parent::setUp();
}
It works, and it initializes the Zend Autoloader, allowing me to load other classes inside my library as well as Zend classes. So I setup a test:
public function testUserUnauthorized() {
$this->dispatch('/api/user');
//Assertions...
}
Sadly, the test never gets past the dispatch. Instead, it gives me an error:
Fatal error: Class 'App_Model_User' not found in ....Action.php
Action.php is a class extending Zend_Controller_Action. In it, there is a function that uses App_Model_User to authenticate the logged in user. I never had to add a require_once since the Autoloader works. That's the strange part: it works through my browser. Just not in PHPUnit.
So I dumped the Autoloaders registered with the Zend Autoloader:
public function testUserUnauthorized() {
print_r(Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance()->getAutoloaders());
exit;
$this->dispatch('/api/user');
}
It shows all my modules, as well as the namespaces for views, controllers, models, etc. I did the same through my browser and the dumps matched.

Answer 1

Zend Autoloader needs App_ added as an autoload prefix for this to work as you expect, something like this:
$autoloader = Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
$autoloader->registerNamespace("App_");