Knowledge Base

Recommended Project Structure in Zend Framework

1.Application/

configs/

application.ini

controllers/

forms/

layouts/

filters/

helpers/

scripts/

models/

modules/

services/

views/

filters/

helpers/

scripts/

bootstrap.php

2. data/

cache/

indexes/

Locales/

logs/

Sessions/

uploads/

3. docs/

4. library/

5. Public/

css/

images/

js/

.htaccess

index.php

6.temp/

7. tests/

application: This directory contains our application. All type of configuration, services, mvc system, bootstrap file exist here.

configs: The application-wide configuration directory.

controllers, models, and views: These directories serve as the default controller, model or view directories. Having these three directories inside the application directory provides the best layout for starting a simple project as well as starting a modular project that has global controllers/models/views.

layouts: This layout directory is for MVC-based layouts.

modules: Modules allow a developer to group a set of related controllers into a logically organized group.

Bootstrap.php: This file is the entry point for your application, and should implement Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrapper. The purpose for this file is to bootstrap the application and make components available to the application by initializing them.

data: This directory provides a place to store application data that is volatile and possibly temporary.

docs: This directory is for documentation.

library: This directory contain common libraries on which application depends.

public: This directory contains all public files for your application that are directly accessible from http

scripts: This directory contains maintenance and/or build scripts. Such scripts might include command line, cron etc

temp: The temp/ folder is set aside for transient application data.

tests: This directory contains application tests. These could be hand-written, PHPUnit tests, Selenium-RC based tests.