Putting models in library directory in Zend Framework

Question

I want to put models outside module directory in Zend Framework. To be precise, in /library folder

library/
  models/
    actors/
      ActorsMapper.php
      Actor.php
    books/
      BooksMapper.php
      Book.php

INSTEAD OF

application/
modules/
   models/
    actors/
      ActorsMapper.php
      Actor.php
    books/
      BooksMapper.php
      Book.php

This is done so that I don't have to create separate model for each of the module I create. What configurations will I have to change? If you need more details, please ask.

Thank you :)

Answer 1

First answer works, but I will give you another answer in case if you want to register autoload in bootstrap.

1) put 'models' folder into library with all Table.php files.

Every model/class should have:

class Model_Table extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract{ ... }

2) In bootstrap.php put:

protected function _initAutoLoad() {
    // Add autoloader empty namespace
    $autoLoader = Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
    $resourceLoader = new Zend_Loader_Autoloader_Resource(
            array(
                'basePath'      => APPLICATION_PATH,
                'namespace'     => '',
                'resourceTypes' => array(
                'model'         => array(
                        'path'      => '../library/models/',
                        'namespace' => 'Model_'
                    ),
                ),
            )
    );
    return $resourceLoader;
}

That's it. Now you can use your models in controllers like this:

$model = new Model_Table();