I am having this same issue in a very simple local utility tool.
My Bootstrap:
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
set_include_path('.' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path() . '/ZendFramework-1.0.3'
. PATH_SEPARATOR . '../library'
. PATH_SEPARATOR . '../application/models');
include "Zend/Loader.php";
function __autoload($class)
{
Zend_Loader::loadClass($class);
}
//setup session
Zend_Session::start();
// load configuration
$config = new Zend_Config_Xml('../application/data/config.xml', 'DSF');
//get an instance of the registry
$registry = Zend_Registry::getInstance();
//save the config information into the registry
$registry->set('config', $config);
$registry->set('post',$_POST);
// setup controller
$frontController = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$frontController->throwExceptions(true);
$frontController->setControllerDirectory('../application/controllers');
// run!
$frontController->dispatch();
