I\'m trying to extend my controllers with a global base controller as such:
class BaseController extends Zend_Controller_Action {
// common controller actions
the quick solution that does not take advantage of the autoloader functionality is to require_once '/path/to/BaseController.php' in the index-controller file.
If you have set-up autocontroller, then it can not find it, so you should consider checking what's wrong. Try the previous approach and inform on results.