bootstrap.php

<?php

set_include_path('.' . PATH_SEPARATOR .
                 'WEB-INF/library' . PATH_SEPARATOR .
                 'WEB-INF/cms/portal/models/' . PATH_SEPARATOR .
                 get_include_path()
                 );

require_once 'Initializer.php';

// Prepare the front controller.
$frontController = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();

// Change to 'production' parameter under production environemtn
$frontController->registerPlugin(new Initializer('dev'));

$frontController->throwExceptions(false);

// Dispatch the request using the front controller.
$frontController->dispatch();

index.php

<?php

require 'WEB-INF/cms/bootstrap.php';

Initializer.php

<?php

require_once 'Zend/Controller/Plugin/Abstract.php';
require_once 'Zend/Controller/Front.php';
require_once 'Zend/Controller/Request/Abstract.php';
require_once 'Zend/Controller/Action/HelperBroker.php';
require_once "Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php";
require_once "Zend/Config.php";
require_once "Zend/Db.php";

require_once 'functions.php';
require_once 'CMS.php';
/**
 *
 * Initializes configuration depndeing on the type of environment
 * (test, development, production, etc.)
 *
 * This can be used to configure environment variables, databases,
 * layouts, routers, helpers and more
 *
 */
class Initializer extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract
{
    /**
     * @var Zend_Config
     */
    protected static $_config;

    /**
     * @var string Current environment
     */
    protected $_env;

    /**
     * @var Zend_Controller_Front
     */
    protected $_front;

    /**
     * @var string Path to application root
     */
    protected $_root;

    /**
     * Constructor
     *
     * Initialize environment, root path, and configuration.
     *
     * @param  string $env
     * @param  string|null $root
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct($env, $root = null)
    {
        $this->_setEnv($env);
        if (null === $root) {
            $root = realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../..');
        }
        $this->_root = $root;

        $this->initConfig();

        $this->_front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();

        // set the test environment parameters
        if ($env == 'dev') {
			// Enable all errors so we'll know when something goes wrong.
			error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
			ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
			ini_set('display_errors', 1);

			$this->_front->throwExceptions(true);
        }
		// Set up autoload.
		Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance()
		  ->registerNamespace('CMS')
		  ->setFallbackAutoloader(true);
    }

    /**
     * Initialize environment
     *
     * @param  string $env
     * @return void
     */
    protected function _setEnv($env)
    {
		$this->_env = $env;
    }


    /**
     * Initialize Config
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function initConfig()
    {
    	//todo: cache config in APC if necessary
    	self::$_config =  include 'WEB-INF/config/config.php';
    	CMS::init($this->_root, self::$_config);
    }

    /**
     * Route startup
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function routeStartup(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request)
    {
       	$this->initDb();
        $this->initHelpers();
        $this->initView();
        $this->initPlugins();
        $this->initRoutes();
        $this->initControllers();
    }

    /**
     * Initialize data bases
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function initDb()
    {
    	CMS::initDb();
    }

    /**
     * Initialize action helpers
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function initHelpers()
    {
    	// register the default action helpers
    	Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addPath('../cms/portal/helpers', 'Zend_Controller_Action_Helper');
        Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::addHelper(new CMS_Helper_ViewRenderer());
    }

    /**
     * Initialize view
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function initView()
    {
		// Bootstrap layouts
		$options = self::$_config->layouts->options->toArray();
		Zend_Layout::startMvc($options);
    }

    /**
     * Initialize plugins
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function initPlugins()
    {

    }

    /**
     * Initialize routes
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function initRoutes()
    {
        $this->_front->getRouter()->addConfig(self::$_config, 'routes');
    }

    /**
     * Initialize Controller paths
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function initControllers()
    {
    	$this->_front->setControllerDirectory(self::$_config->controllers->toArray());
    	$this->_front->setDefaultModule(self::$_config->default_module);
    }
}
?>