Because plugins are supposed to act independently and not rely on
other model/controller/views of the application.

On Oct 10, 10:24 am, mark_story <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why is one question.  Another is why not use plugins?
>
> -Mark
>
> On Oct 10, 12:24 am, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Let me just update that bootstrap code. I got rid of the extra loop:
>
> > if ($handle = opendir(ROOT.DS.APP_DIR.DS.'modules')) {
> >     while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
> >         if ($file != "." && $file != "..")
> >                 {
> >             if (is_dir(ROOT.DS.APP_DIR.DS.'modules'.DS.$file))
> >                         {
> >                                 $module = 
> > ROOT.DS.APP_DIR.DS.'modules'.DS.$file;
> >                                 $modelPaths[] = $module;
> >                                 $controllerPaths[] = $module;
> >                                 $viewPaths[] = $module;
> >                         }
> >         }
> >     }
> >     closedir($handle);
>
> > }
>
> > So again, are there any potential problems with doing this?
>
> > On Oct 10, 12:19 am, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Hello,
>
> > > I'm thinking of grouping "modules" together for the purpose of keeping
> > > things separate not only by MVC but also by module. So I was thinking
> > > of having my directory structure look like the following:
>
> > > - /config
> > > - /modules
> > >    - /post
> > >       - /models
> > >       - /controllers
> > >       - /views
> > >    - /user
> > >       - /models
> > >       - /controllers
> > >       - /views
> > > - /plugins
> > > - /tests
> > > - /helpers
> > > - /themes
> > >    - /default
> > >       - /errors
> > >       - /layout
> > > - /tmp
> > > - /vendors
>
> > > Obviously this is quite a substantial change from the original
> > > structure. Now, the only way for me to get this to work is if I modify
> > > the path variables in bootstrap.php.
>
> > > What I've done was add the following:
>
> > > if ($handle = opendir(ROOT.DS.APP_DIR.DS.'modules')) {
> > >     while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
> > >         if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
> > >             if (is_dir(ROOT.DS.APP_DIR.DS.'modules'.DS.$file))
> > > $modules[] = ROOT.DS.APP_DIR.DS.'modules'.DS.$file;
> > >         }
> > >     }
> > >     closedir($handle);
>
> > > }
>
> > > foreach ($modules as $module) {
> > >         $modelPaths[] = $module;
> > >         $controllerPaths[] = $module;
> > >         $viewPaths[] = $module;
>
> > > }
>
> > > Essentially, every "module" folder is added to model, controller, and
> > > view paths. Is this fine or am I doing something horribly wrong here.
> > > It seems to work, but I just want to make sure I'm doing this
> > > properly.
>
> > > Thanks
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