Zend Project Structure

Zend Project Structure

Understanding the structure of a Zend Framework application is crucial to effective development. Here's a breakdown of the standard Zend MVC (Model-View-Controller) project structure:

/myproject/
│
├── config/         # Global application configuration
│  ├── application.config.php
│  └── autoload/
│    └── global.php
│
├── data/          # Application-specific data (caches, logs, etc.)
│
├── module/         # Modules (each a mini-MVC app)
│  └── Application/
│    ├── config/
│    │  └── module.config.php
│    ├── src/
│    │  └── Controller/
│    │  └── Model/
│    ├── view/
│      └── application/
│        └── index/
│          └── index.phtml
│
├── public/         # Publicly accessible directory (index.php, assets)
│  ├── index.php
│  └── .htaccess
│
├── vendor/         # Composer-managed libraries
│
└── composer.json      # Composer dependencies

Explanation of Key Folders

• config/ – Holds configuration for the whole application (e.g., module loading, service manager).
• module/ – Each module is self-contained with its own controllers, models, views, and configs.
• public/ – The web server’s root. index.php is the front controller.
• vendor/ – Contains third-party libraries managed by Composer.