Integrating external scripts with Zend Framework ?

In your library directory you should have your own library next to the Zend library folder. Whatever you call it (Mylib, Project, ...) you should include it into the Zend Autoloader and that's done as follows:

require_once 'Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php';
$loader =Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
$loader->registerNamespace('Project_');
$loader->setFallbackAutoloader(true);if($configSection =='development'){
    $loader->suppressNotFoundWarnings(false);}

In order for you library to integrate nicely with ZF and the Autoloader you should stick to the ZF naming conventions. This means two things:

• if you extend an existing ZF class, replicate the ZF folder structure so that your file has the same path and name except for the library name. E.g. /library/Zend/Db/Abstract.php => /library/Project/Db/Abstract.php.
• if you write your own classes, still stick to the ZF naming conventions for the autoloader to find them.