# Yaf_Application::bootstrap

(Yaf >=1.0.0)

Yaf_Application::bootstrap — Call bootstrap

### Description

public Yaf_Application::bootstrap ([ Yaf_Bootstrap_Abstract `$bootstrap` ] ) : void

Run a Bootstrap, all the methods defined in the Bootstrap and named with prefix "_init" will be called according to their declaration order, if the parameter bootstrap is not supplied, Yaf will look for a Bootstrap under application.directory.

### Parameters

`bootstrap`

  A Yaf_Bootstrap_Abstract instance

### Return Values

Yaf_Application instance

### Examples

Example #1 A Bootstrap()example

`<?php
/**
* This file should be under the APPLICATION_PATH . "/application/"(which was defined in the config passed to Yaf_Application).
* and named Bootstrap.php, so the Yaf_Application can find it
*/
class Bootstrap extends Yaf_Bootstrap_Abstract {
function _initConfig(Yaf_Dispatcher $dispatcher) {
echo "1st called\n";
}
function _initPlugin($dispatcher) {
echo "2nd called\n";
}
}
?>`

Example #2 Yaf_Application::bootstrap()example

`<?php
defined('APPLICATION_PATH') // APPLICATION_PATH will be used in the ini config file
|| define('APPLICATION_PATH', __DIR__)); //__DIR__ was introduced after PHP 5.3
$application = new Yaf_Application(APPLICATION_PATH.'/conf/application.ini');
$application->bootstrap();
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    1st called
    2nd called

### See Also

- Yaf_Bootstrap_Abstract