Bug filed. Thank you for your assistance. Jonathan Maron
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney <matt...@zend.com> wrote: > -- 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/ >
