Include a module with a ZendFramework library

Question

I'd like to setup a profiler for my company's ZendFramework and Doctrine installation. Right now I have a bar at the bottom that shows up when on a dev environment that gives some basic timing and query counts (much like the Symfony profiler bar). What I'd like to do, is store all of that information and more in a SQLite database and allow viewing of that information in a profiler like Symfony allows.

Is there a way that allows me to include a module with my company's library where all of the code for this profiler can sit? Ideally, I'd want it setup so that a developer could type in "domainname.com/CompanyProfiler" and it would show them the full screen profiler. It doesn't seem like there currently is a way for me to make that routing possible without a new module.

Edit: After seeing the answer about setControllerDirectory, I looked into the front controller methods and found addModuleDirectory, which sounds like exactly what I need. But I can't get it to work.

$frontController->addModuleDirectory(APPLICATION_PATH . '/../library/Company/modules');

If I do a getControllerDirectory after that, I see:

'profiler' => '{really long correct path}../library/Company/modules\profiler\controllers'

In the "controllers" folder, I have IndexController.php with a class name of:

class Profiler_IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action

But if I try to go to the URL "/profiler", I get a controller not found error. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?

If I var_dump the errors in my error controller, I can see that it is clearly trying to access the default module.

Answer 1

Try adding a direct route to the module by placing the following in your bootstrap:

protected function _initRoutes()
{
    $router = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getRouter();

    // Route for profiler
    $route = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route(
        'profiler/:controller/:action/*',
        array(
            'module'     => 'profiler',
            'controller' => 'index',
            'action'     => 'index'
        )
    );
    $router->addRoute('profiler', $route);
}