19ft/nf-development-mode

ZF2 development mode module

NFDevelopmentMode

UPDATE: There is now an offical version of this module at
https://github.com/zfcampus/zf-development-mode, _(*1)

This ZF2 development mode module is an extraction of the Apigility Skeleton's Development Mode Controller to its own module for use in ZF2 applications., _(*2)

Installation with Composer

1. Add "19ft/nf-development-mode": "1.*" to the "require" section your composer.json file and run php composer.phar update.
2. Copy development.config.dist to config/development.config.dist and edit as required. Commit this file to your VCS.

3. Add any development modules to the "require-dev" section of your application's composer.json. e.g:, _(*3)

   "zendframework/zend-developer-tools": "dev-master",
   "zendframework/zftool": "dev-master"

   and run composer.update., _(*4)

4. If you're using Zend Developer Tools, Copy ./vendor/zendframework/zend-developer-tools/config/zenddevelopertools.local.php.dist to ./config/autoload/zenddevelopertools.local.php. Change any settings in it according to your needs.
5. Add 'NFDevelopmentMode' to the list of Modules in your config/application.config.php file.

6. In public/index.php, replace these lines:, _(*5)

   // Run the application!
   Zend\Mvc\Application::init(require 'config/application.config.php')->run();

   with, _(*6)

   // Config
   $appConfig = include APPLICATION_PATH . '/config/application.config.php';
   
   if (file_exists(APPLICATION_PATH . '/config/development.config.php')) {
       $appConfig = Zend\Stdlib\ArrayUtils::merge($appConfig, include APPLICATION_PATH . '/config/development.config.php');
   }
   
   // Run the application!
   Zend\Mvc\Application::init($appConfig)->run();

To enable development mode

cd path/to/install
php public/index.php development enable

To disable development mode

cd path/to/install
php public/index.php development disable

Note: Don't run development mode on your production server., _(*7)