Registering Zend Database Adapter in Registry

Question

I am looking to register a reference to the main Database Adapter in the Registry during Bootstrapping so it can be used elsewhere in my site (specifically the Authorisation action).

I have implemented an ugly fix where i create a Database Table object and call the getAdapter() method on it and pass through that. However, this is a bad way of doing it and I would like it to be available via the registry.

Does anyone know how to do this? Any help or pointers in the right direction are appreciated!

Cheers Stuart

Ps. Im using Zend Framework 1.8.

Answer 1

If you're using Zend Framework 1.8+, and created your project with the command line tool, then it's as simple as registering your database settings in your application.ini config file.

resources.db.adapter = "PDO_MYSQL"
resources.db.params.host = "your.database.host"
resources.db.params.dbname = "database_name"
resources.db.params.username = "username"
resources.db.params.password = "password"
resources.db.isDefaultTableAdapter = true

If your database settings are preceded by resources.db you won't even need to do anything in your Bootstrap.php file because it will do it for you. Also, by setting the isDefaultTableAdapter setting to true, you can get an instance of your database adapter anywhere in your application.

$dbAdapter = Zend_Db_Table::getDefaultAdapter();
$authAdapter = new Zend_Auth_Adapter_DbTable($dbAdapter);