September 3, 2009, 13:33
Here is another situation I have run into while trying to build a modular application: sometimes you need to run a frontcontroller plugin ONLY when a specific module is requested. An example could be authentication. Say I have a public site and an admin section. The most obvious solution is to enable the authentication plugin only when the admin section is requested. This is something that is not possible with Zend_Application and the frontcontroller resource. So, as I did for loading module specific layouts, I wrote a frontcontroller plugin for registering module specific frontcontroller plugins: the Rexus_Controller_Plugin_RequestedModulePluginLoader. It works together with a Zend_Application resource called Rexus_Application_Resource_Moduleplugins. Let’s get started.
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July 19, 2009, 16:30
In this article I will show you how set up module specific layouts. Many people find it confusing that module resources like layouts are always loaded, regardless of the module requested. The reason for this is that at the time of bootstrap, the request is not yet determined and the application does not know what module was requested. To set up resources like layouts, databases, translations etc. for specific modules ONLY when that module is requested, your best bet is a front controller plugin or action helper.
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July 7, 2009, 00:11
Zend Framework supports modules, but in my opinion, not in a modular way. I have been trying to set up self-containing modules with their own configuration. The objective is to have an architecture where I can just drop a module in the modules directory, and it will work immediately without further configuration.
Now that there is Zend Application with the Modules Resource, that is almost possible. There is one problem. The module specific config still has to be put in application.ini. On the Zend Framework mailinglists, many people are clamoring for module specific configuration files. In this article I will explain how to set up modules with their own config files.
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