Re: Question about setControllerDirectory

-- David G. <allenskd-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
(on Friday, 18 July 2008, 04:48 PM -0700):
> 
> I didn't quite understand that (well, actually I did but, models = modules?)

No, models != modules. Modules are standalone functionality that include
their own controllers and view scripts (and, potentially, models).
Models are your business processes and data access layers. You define a
module when you add a controller directory to the front controller. If
you have only one controller directory, which is typical, that is the
"default" module.

> anyway, after reading the manual I ran
> Zend_Controller_Front::run('application/CMS/controllers') and it started
> working again. Yet I will try setting the module to that one and see what
> happens. 
> 
> I read the manual that it goes like this:
> 1) getInstance
> 2) setController
> 3) Use ::run to run default controller

No.

Standard workflow is:

    * get front controller instance
    * configure front controller instance
      * including setting any controller directories (modules)
    * dispatch() the front controller instance

run() is used when you have only a single module, and can be used as a
shortcut to set the controller directory and dispatch() in a single
line.

So, it's the difference between:

    $front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
    $front->setControllerDirectory('application/controllers/');
    $front->dispatch();

and:

    Zend_Controller_Front::run('application/controllers/');

I believe the OP has figured out their issue, which involves having
multiple modules, but none of them defined as the default, fallback
module.


> Nguyen Kha wrote:
> > 
> > I think you must special one of two module's name is 'default' or use
> > 'setDefaultModule' method to set ImageHost is default module :-)
> > 
> > 
> > David G. wrote:
> >> 
> >> Well, I wanted to separate the administration controllers from the main
> >> site logical code. This is my first time doing it and thought I would
> >> give it a try for the sake of not overcomplicating my life.
> >> 
> >> Here's the code
> >> 
> >> <?php
> >> /** 
> >>   * CMS Skeleton
> >>   * 
> >>   * #@author: David Gonzalez
> >>   */ 
> >>   
> >> error_reporting(E_ALL|E_STRICT);
> >> 
> >> ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
> >> ini_set('display_errors',1);
> >> 
> >> set_include_path('./library' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
> >> 
> >> require_once 'Zend/Loader.php';
> >> 
> >> Zend_Loader::registerAutoload();
> >> 
> >> 
> >> $frontier = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance(); 
> >> $frontier->throwExceptions(1);
> >> 
> >> $frontier->setControllerDirectory(
> >>   array('ImageHost' => 'application/CMS/controllers',
> >>         'ImageHostAdmin' => 'application/CMSAdmin/controllers')
> >>         ); 
> >>         
> >> var_dump($frontier->getModuleControllerDirectoryName());
> >> 
> >> $frontier->dispatch();
> >> 
> >> ?>
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Can someone explain why ZF is throwing this message at me? 
> >> 
> >> Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Zend_Controller_Exception' with message
> >> 'No default module defined for this application' in
> >> C:\WebServer\Apache2\htdocs\CMS\library\Zend\Controller\Dispatcher\Standard.php:392
> >> Stack trace: #0
> >> C:\WebServer\Apache2\htdocs\CMS\library\Zend\Controller\Dispatcher\Standard.php(211):
> >> Zend_Controller_Dispatcher_Standard->getControllerClass(Object(Zend_Controller_Request_Http))
> >> #1
> >> C:\WebServer\Apache2\htdocs\CMS\library\Zend\Controller\Dispatcher\Standard.php(245):
> >> Zend_Controller_Dispatcher_Standard->isDispatchable(Object(Zend_Controller_Request_Http))
> >> #2
> >> C:\WebServer\Apache2\htdocs\CMS\library\Zend\Controller\Front.php(914):
> >> Zend_Controller_Dispatcher_Standard->dispatch(Object(Zend_Controller_Request_Http),
> >> Object(Zend_Controller_Response_Http)) #3
> >> C:\WebServer\Apache2\htdocs\CMS\index.php(29):
> >> Zend_Controller_Front->dispatch() #4 {main} thrown in
> >> C:\WebServer\Apache2\htdocs\CMS\library\Zend\Controller\Dispatcher\Standard.php
> >> on line 392
> >> 
> >> I checked the API Doc and the documentation but I didn't quite find a
> >> real answer to this, hope someone could explain this to me, I'd really
> >> appreciate it. I want to continue learning ZF.
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> David
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> 
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