Forms not found by autoloader in Zend module?

Question

I'm getting pretty fed up with Zend's autoloader.

I'm trying to load EditPassword from within PasswordController in the module structure as shown below.

project structure

application.ini

includePaths.library = APPLICATION_PATH "/../library"
bootstrap.path = APPLICATION_PATH "/Bootstrap.php"
bootstrap.class = "Bootstrap"
appnamespace = "Application"
resources.frontController.controllerDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/controllers"
resources.frontController.params.displayExceptions = 0
resources.frontController.baseUrl = "/"
resources.frontController.moduleDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/modules"
resources.layout.layoutPath = APPLICATION_PATH "/layouts/scripts/"  
phpSettings.date.timezone = "Europe/London"

Bootstrap.php:

public function init() {
    $config = new Zend_Config_Ini(APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/application.ini', APPLICATION_ENV);
    $baseUrl = $config->baseHttp;
    define('BASE_URL', $baseUrl);
}

protected function _initAutoload() {
    $autoLoader = Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
    $autoLoader->registerNamespace('App_');
    //
    $moduleLoader = new Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader(array(
            'namespace' => '',
            'basePath' => APPLICATION_PATH . 'modules/account',
            'resourceTypes' => array(
                    'form' => array(
                            'path' => 'forms',
                            'namespace' => 'Form'))));
    $autoLoader->pushAutoloader($moduleLoader);
    //
    return $autoLoader;
}

I'm loading the form in the controller like this:

$form = new Account_Form_EditPassword();
$this->view->form = $form;

The error itself is:

Fatal error: Class 'Account_Form_EditPassword' not found in 
Z:\dat\docs\workspace\metamusic\application\modules\account\controllers\PasswordController.php
on line 7

What am I doing wrong? Everything else in Zend seems to run off fairly sane defaults - do I really have to declare all the paths to forms/models/viewhelpers for each module, given that they're following the default Zend structure, and in the default modules directory?

Update your question with how you load the form in your controller — Adrian World, Aug 12 '11 at 23:00
Have done. Pretty sure that's OK though, I'm using the command line tool to create form templates, and auto-complete fills in the correct name. — , Aug 12 '11 at 23:17
That looks good. Sorry, but then what is the exact error you get? — Adrian World, Aug 12 '11 at 23:19
I've updated the question, but the error's not very descriptive, I'm afraid. — , Aug 12 '11 at 23:29
spelling of 'account' is misspelled in bootstraper its 'acount' one 'c' is missing . — Mr Coder, Aug 13 '11 at 01:14
Thanks. Not the cause of the error apparently, so I've modified to question to clarify. — , Aug 13 '11 at 01:25
What David Weinraub said is correct and should solve your problem. The convention is to setup module autoloaders in the *module* bootstrap, and Zend_Application_Module_Bootstrap does this by default. So all you need to do is create a bootstrap class for your account module and then you can remove the $moduleLoader stuff from your main bootstrap. — Tim Fountain, Aug 13 '11 at 12:15

David Weinraub · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-13T19:49:32.810

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I would remove all the module autoloading code from the app Bootstrap and then implement an empty module bootstrap in application/modules/account/Bootstrap.php:

class Account_Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Module_Bootstrap
{
}

Then in application/configs/application.ini, add the following:

resources.modules[] =

The idea here is that Zend_Application_Module_Bootstrap automatically registers a resource autoloader with bunch of common path/namespace mappings, including the one for forms that you are using.

edited Aug 13 '11 at 19:49

answered Aug 13 '11 at 02:25

David Weinraub

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Do I have to declare that bootstrap somewhere? I've tried as you suggest, but the initSomething() functions within it are not getting called, as if Zend is unaware of its presence. – Aug 13 '11 at 19:01
Aaah, you probably have to enable the modules in `application.ini`. Updating the answer. – David Weinraub Aug 13 '11 at 19:37
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Hey make sure you have both of the following lines `resources.frontController.moduleDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/modules"` and `resources.modules[] = ` in your application.ini, I had to add the frontController line to get this to work. – Danuofr Apr 10 '13 at 21:17
Very helpful! I'm amazed that zendtool doesn't automatically create a bootstrap file. I was scratching my head for hours as to why I could load controllers/views but not models/forms etc. – Richard Nov 13 '13 at 07:24

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 12 '11 at 23:41

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In Bootstrap.php

'basePath' => APPLICATION_PATH . 'modules/acount'

Should be:

'basePath' => APPLICATION_PATH . 'modules/account'

Everything else looks ok

answered Aug 12 '11 at 23:41

adlawson

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 12 '11 at 23:41

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If this a copy/paste from your actual config then you have a typo in 'modules/acount'

'basePath' => APPLICATION_PATH . 'modules/acount',

Depending on your ZF version you don't even need the autoloader in the bootstrap. You can remove it. The following in your ini does the same.

resources.frontController.moduleDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/modules"

answered Aug 12 '11 at 23:41

Adrian World

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Thanks for the continued input. I've fixed that, but to no avail. I'm using the latest stable (1.11), so presumably that line in the ini was counteracting my typo. – Aug 13 '11 at 00:53
@danH I'd say it's the other way around your initAutoload() is counteraction the iniconfig. Have you removed the autoloader in the bootstrap? – Adrian World Aug 13 '11 at 00:58
Yep, no luck. Removed absolutely everything else in the bootloader just to be sure, but no change. Thank you for your help by the way, it's much appreciated. – Aug 13 '11 at 01:10

Forms not found by autoloader in Zend module?

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