Issue with Zend framework controller - php

Question

I am a newbie to the Zend framework.
I am getting an error while loading my index controller:
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:
<?php
class Places extends Zend_Db_Table
{
protected $_name = 'places'; //table name
function fetchLatest($count = 10)
{
return $this->fetchAll(null,'date_created DESC', $count);
}
}
My index controller code 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

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.