Thread: Module controllers extending default controllers

Hi,

I'm trying to set up a project as outlined in the zend framework documentation here: Zend Framework: Documentation

Code:

application/
    default/
        controllers/
            IndexController.php
            FooController.php
        models/
        views/
            scripts/
                index/
                foo/
            helpers/
            filters/
    blog/
        controllers/
            IndexController.php
            FooController.php
        models/
        views/
            scripts/
                index/
            helpers/
            filters/

My problem is that, my Blog_Controller_FooController class extends the default FooController.

default/controllers/FooController.php:

Code:

Class FooController extends Default_Controller_Base
{ ...
}

blog/controllers/FooController.php:

Code:

require_once(APPLICATION_PATH . '/default/controllers/FooController.php');
Class Blog_FooController extends FooController
{ ...
}

I need to put require_once or else the application cannot find class FooController. I can't change the class name FooController to Default_Controller_FooController either, as it would not recognize when I try to call its methods.
Is there any other way I can solve this without using require_once? I'd sincerely appreciate if you could offer any suggestion.

Thanks,
EC