-- Jonathan Maron <jonathan.a.ma...@gmail.com> wrote (on Thursday, 28 May 2009, 01:32 PM +0200): > Thank you for your kind reply. > > > At this point, you can't. > > I feel the documentation is a little misleading in this case: > > ---- > > 4.2.2. Adding Zend_Application to your application > > [...] > > For this tutorial, we will use an INI style configuration; you may, of > course, use an XML or PHP configuration file as well. > > http://www.zendframework.com/manual/en/zend.application.quick-start.html > > ---- > > The "tutorial" uses constants, which are currently not supported in > XML. In my opinion, the following should be appended to the above > sentence: > > "However, note that in the case that you choose the XML option, you > cannot use constants."
Please file an issue in the tracker. > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney > <matt...@zend.com> wrote: > > -- Jonathan Maron <jonathan.a.ma...@gmail.com> wrote > > (on Thursday, 28 May 2009, 11:19 AM +0200): > >> For a number of reasons, I prefer to store configuration options in > >> XML files and not INI files. > >> > >> In "application.ini", it is possible to specify constants in the values: > >> > >> [production] > >> bootstrap.path = APPLICATION_PATH "/Bootstrap.php" > >> bootstrap.class = "Bootstrap" > >> resources.frontController.controllerDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH > >> "/controllers" > >> > >> The structure of the above in XML would be: > >> > >> <production> > >> <bootstrap> > >> <path></path> > >> <class></class> > >> </bootstrap> > >> <resources> > >> <frontController> > >> <controllerDirectory></controllerDirectory> > >> </frontController> > >> </resources> > >> </production> > >> > >> How can I use constants in the XML? > > > > > > At this point, you can't. It has to do with differences between how PHP > > handles INI files and how it handles XML. I believe there's an issue in > > the tracker already regarding this, but the solution to it looks to be > > fairly tricky. > > > > > >> For example, I would like to specify: > >> > >> <production> > >> <bootstrap> > >> <path>APPLICATION_PATH . /Bootstrap.php</path> > >> </bootstrap> > >> </production> > >> > >> But this does not work. The value production->bootstrap->path is > >> treated as a string: > >> > >> "Warning: require_once(APPLICATION_PATH . /application/Bootstrap.php) > >> [...]" > >> > >> Similarly, I would like to set the error_reporting level: > >> > >> <production> > >> <phpSettings> > >> <error_reporting>E_ALL|E_STRICT</error_reporting> > >> </phpSettings> > >> </production> > >> > >> But again, the constants are treated as strings and consequently are not > >> set. > >> > >> Is it at all possible to work around these issues but still use XML to > >> store application settings? > >> > >> I am using Zend Framework 1.8.2 (same behavior in 1.8.1). > >> > >> Thank you in advance. > >> > >> Jonathan Maron > >> > > > > -- > > Matthew Weier O'Phinney > > Project Lead | matt...@zend.com > > Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/ > > > -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney Project Lead | matt...@zend.com Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
