CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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pia-sophie
pia-sophie

Reputation: 505

Understanding bootstrap, config.php, application.ini

I´m still beginner with Zend Framework. If I read different articles I wonder which are the differences between the three configuration files, bootstrap.php, config.php and application.ini.

I only use the application.ini, my bootstrap so far ist empty (of course it is called in my index.php), at the moment I don´t have a config.php. If I would have started with different tutorials it could have been different, I guess. Is there a tutorial for better understanding when to use which possibility? Is the using only feeling based or can somebody explain the advantages?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 204

Answers (1)

Kevin Nagurski
Kevin Nagurski

Reputation: 1889

Well, bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap and gives you the opportunity to add in any functionality you might need for the application during its startup phase (e.g. registering plugins etc).

config.php and application.ini are essentially the same thing, just different formats. You could also do config.xml if you prefer. application.ini is the default when creating a new ZendFramework 1 application using the zf command line tool.

config.php is essentially just a flat PHP file that returns an array that Zend_Config then uses. application.ini allows for the same thing but with the INI config format. It's consumed with Zend_Config_Ini.

Upvotes: 1

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