Could i add layout configuration in application.ini during run time in Zend framework

Question

We are using Zend framework. We are creating module from Admin Panel or during Run time, but its layout is not working because we need to define following code in the application.ini

pizzahut.resources.layout.layout = "layout"
pizzahut.resources.layout.layoutPath = APPLICATION_PATH "/modules/pizzahut/layouts/scripts/"

Is this possible that we can edit our application.ini during run time using PHP, or could we add new layout configuration in application.ini using PHP?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 15 '16 at 16:12

After doing some googling, I have found that we can edit our application.ini with PHP.

Here is the code:

$config = parse_ini_file(
    APPLICATION_PATH . "/configs/application.ini", 
    TRUE, 
    INI_SCANNER_RAW
);

$config["production"]["$store.resources.layout.layout"] = "layout";

$layoutPath = 'APPLICATION_PATH "/modules/' . $store . '/layouts/scripts/"';
$config["production"]["$store.resources.layout.layoutPath"] = $layoutPath;

$result = Helper_common::write_ini_file(
    $config,
    APPLICATION_PATH . "/configs/application.ini", 
    TRUE
);

Here parse_ini_file is used to retrieve content from the application.ini file with constants.

write_ini_file is the function that I am calling to rewrite the application.ini file.

Here is the write_ini_file function:

public static function write_ini_file($assoc_arr, $path, $has_sections=FALSE) { 
    $content = ""; 
    if ($has_sections) { 
        foreach ($assoc_arr as $key=>$elem) { 
            $content .= "[".$key."]\n"; 
            foreach ($elem as $key2=>$elem2) { 
                if(is_array($elem2)) 
                { 
                    for($i=0;$i<count($elem2);$i++) 
                    { 
                        $content .= $key2."[] = ".$elem2[$i]."\n"; 
                    } 
                } 
                else if($elem2=="") $content .= $key2." = \n"; 
                else $content .= $key2." = ".$elem2."\n"; 
            } 
        } 
    } 
    else { 
        foreach ($assoc_arr as $key=>$elem) { 
            if(is_array($elem)) 
            { 
                for($i=0;$i<count($elem);$i++) 
                { 
                    $content .= $key2."[] = ".$elem[$i]."\n"; 
                } 
            } 
            else if($elem=="") $content .= $key2." = \n"; 
            else $content .= $key2." = ".$elem."\n"; 
        } 
    } 

    if (!$handle = fopen($path, 'w')) { 
        return false; 
    } 
    if (!fwrite($handle, $content)) { 
        return false; 
    } 
    fclose($handle); 
    return true; 
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

ini files are loaded when the application starts running, before bootstrap , so no you can't.

check these out to see how to change layout dynamically at run-time:

http://vandenbos.org/zend-framework-module-specific-layout/

Change Layout in Bootstrap

http://forums.zend.com/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=2466&start=0

Setting up Zend Layout from Bootstrap

setting layout file for module inside bootstrap in zend

Could i add layout configuration in application.ini during run time in Zend framework

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