Hello,

 

How simple can the boot strap be, at the moment I moving from procedural scripting to OOP scripting and for this reason my projects will start to use the Zend Framework, however I unsure as to what the bootstrap file is, or what it must contain. An explanation or helpful links would be very useful, but please bare in mind that I have never used Zend before so I may be a bit slow on the up take.

 

Thanks

The bootstrap is the first file which is hit when accessing any page on the site. It is in the web-facing directory (usually root/www) and is normally called index.php. It sets up anything you need, and starts the dispatch procedure for calling the correct controller/action and so on.

 

It can be very simple, only a few lines. There are plenty of Zend framework tutorials and guides which will help. Be aware that many people do the bootstrap differently - there is no particular need or convention to do it a certain way.

 

A good ZF 1.5 guide