How to set up ZfcUser with Doctrine ORM on Zend Framework 2

Question

How can I set up ZfcUser module with Skeleton Application on ZF2, the first time, while using recommended practices?

Answer 1

So, basically ...

cd (main workspace)

Install latest composer from the get go

curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php --

Download latest ZendSkeletonApplication

php composer.phar create-project -sdev --repository-url="https://packages.zendframework.com" zendframework/skeleton-application MyGreatApp

Move latest composer into the tree (overwriting one that was there)

mv composer.phar ./MyGreatApp
cd MyGreatApp

Check/Modify your existing .gitignore file within MyGreatApp

• remove composer.lock (why)
• add vendor (why)

Remove git submodules (why)

git rm .gitsubmodules

Initialize repository:

git init
git add .
git commit –m “my initial commit of ZendSkeletonApplication”

Take a breather.

Now then, install your modules

This one won't hurt during development (optional):

php composer.phar require zendframework/zend-developer-tools:dev-master
cp vendor/zendframework/zend-developer-tools/config/zenddevelopertools.local.php.dist config/autoload/zdt.local.php

Install Doctrine: (note on composer versioning)

php composer.phar require doctrine/doctrine-orm-module:~0.7

Set up Database Connection Settings for Doctrine ORM:

Namely, go to Doctrine Connection Settings, and copy/paste/modify the example configuration file content into your config/autoload/doctrine.orm.local.php file within MyGreatApp folder.

*.local.php files will not be tracked by git as per ZF2, and will remain local to your personal repo. In this case, it is so DB-specific data is not copied to the main repo. You will have to recreate those files for any new repo you create.

Install Yer Zfc Components:

php composer.phar require zf-commons/zfc-user:~0.1
php composer.phar require zf-commons/zfc-user-doctrine-orm:~0.1

You do not need to create custom configuration files for the above two modules to work. (ref)

It is time:

Set up your Modules in config/application/application.config.php, something like

'modules' => array(
    'ZendDeveloperTools',
    'DoctrineModule',
    'DoctrineORMModule',
    'ZfcBase',
    'ZfcUser',
    'ZfcUserDoctrineORM',
    'Application',
),

Try using Doctrine to set up your schema:

vendor/bin/doctrine-module orm:schema-tool:update --dump-sql

You may want to set up your database and users accordingly for this. And if that looks okay, do:

vendor/bin/doctrine-module orm:schema-tool:update --force

Now, go set up your localhost stuff and VirtualHost settings and go to http://localhost/MyGreatApp /user and it should just work.

Proceed as normal. Comment, if it worked for you.