I am currently working on an application suite based on ZF. The plan is to have core set of functions to provide ACL, Auth, Installation, and Template functions.

I am new to ACL, and have been trying to find the best way the handle creating a easy system to manage it. My idea is this. I will use a database to store roles, resources, permissions, and access rules. Once all the information is in the database, I will have a function to built and access list. This access list will then be cached. I hope the cache will make it so that I will not have to recreate the access list on every call to the suite. As far as updateing the cache, that will only need to be done when new information is added.

I am not sure if the is a viable concept. I was hoping to get some ideas on this concept. Be gentle, as I program as a hobby and sometimes I find the worst way to get something to work.

Regards,
Troy