Namespace / Prefix of Controller in Default Module

Question

In my zf application I have 3 modules:

• applicant
• company
• admin

And, in my application.ini I've picked a default module

resources.frontController.defaultModule = "applicant"

So, some of controllers classes are named like:

class IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action /* in Applicant Module */
class Company_IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action
class Admin_IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action

Since applicant is my default module, I don't need to use module name as prefix in class name.

How can I use the prefixed way to name classes in my default module?

I want to use these class names

class Applicant_IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action
class Company_IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action
class Admin_IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action

but I'm getting this error:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Zend_Controller_Dispatcher_Exception' with message 'Invalid controller specified (error)' in ZendFramework-1.11.6/library/Zend/Controller/Dispatcher/Standard.php on line 248

Answer 1

As you note, controller names in the default module do not require prefixing (Ex: SomeController), while controllers in non-default modules require prefixing (Ex: Admin_SomeController).

In module-based app, I personally find it more consistent to prefix all controllers with the module name. This was filed as an issue and fixed in apparently in version 1.5 by adding a front controller setting prefixDefaultModule.

So, in application/configs/application.ini, you could add:

resources.frontController.prefixDefaultModule = true

I use it all the time and think it's great. ;-)