Catching early exceptions

Bootstrap.php

<?php
/* APPLICATION_PATH/Bootstrap.php */

class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
{
    protected $_appNamespace = 'Application_';

    protected function _initFoo()
    {
        throw new BadMethodCallException('foo!');
    }

    protected function _bootstrap($resource = null)
    {
        try {
            parent::_bootstrap($resource);
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            parent::_bootstrap('frontController');
            $front = $this->getResource('frontController');
            $front->registerPlugin(new Application_Plugin_BootstrapError($e));
        }
    }
}

BootstrapError.php

<?php
/* APPLICATION_PATH/plugins/BootstrapError.php */

class Application_Plugin_BootstrapError extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract
{
    protected $_exception;

    public function __construct(Exception $exception)
    {
        $this->_exception = $exception;
    }

    public function routeStartup($request)
    {
        throw $this->_exception;
    }
    
}