On 19 Mar 2010 at 10:52, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > -- Jake McGraw <jmcgr...@gmail.com> wrote > (on Thursday, 18 March 2010, 07:02 PM -0400): > > I'd like to use Zend_Loader_Autoloader::setZfPath() and the > > autoloaderZfPath application.ini directive to select a ZF version > > based on Environment, exactly as described here: > > > > http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.loader.autoloader.html#zend.loader.autoloader.zf-version > > > > What the tutorial fails to cover is how does one introduce > > Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php into your executing code without knowing > > the desired ZF path/version before executing Zend_Application? It's a > > kind of chicken and egg problem. Also, I've noticed that if you don't > > use the same version of Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php as the one you > > define in your setZfPath, then you'll get a fatal error (duplicate > > class) as require_once('Zend/Loader.php') will execute because you're > > now operating in a different directory. The only way around this issue > > is to remove every instance of require_once from all ZF classes and > > rely on Zend_Loader_Autoloader for all file inclusions. > > > > So, my question is, how are we supposed to use > > Zend_Loader_Autoloader::setZfPath() and the autoloaderZf directives? > > I'd make the following recommendations: > > * Have a tree with just Zend/Exception.php, Zend/Loader.php, and the > Zend/Loader/ subtree. Stick that on your include_path. This should be > from 1.10.0 or later. > > * Then, in your index.php, setup autoloading and the ZF version. This > will ensure that Zend_Application comes from the version you've > selected, and should prevent any issues. > > * Optimally, on all versions of ZF, strip the require_once calls, per > the performance appendix.
Is this an argument for Zend shipping ZF with two installs? Part 1 the core and part 2 the bulk? IMHO, philosophically and from a business perspective, it treads on very dangerous ground for developers to move away from a framework library by splitting out components - unless that's the shipped method. Otherwise, what happens with version releases? Where's the framework integrity? (o)
