Jeroen Keppens wrote a very good article about using multiple databases that I defenitely found very useful; A while ago I wrote about a custom application resource for loading multiple DBs. I received a lot of questions and decided it was time for a follow-up on how to use multiple DBs in ZF. One of the […]
Benjamin Eberlei writes; Hello everyone, I completed a first version of Zend + Doctrine 1 integration today and want to share it with all you. Since currently the status on a 1.11 release is unclear I contacted all the contributors to various Doctrine-related components and combined them into a single release and wrote some documentation […]
Jon Lebensold post yet another excellent screen cast; This little video tutorial should set you up for building your own custom Zend_Form decorators in 15 minutes. I’ll show you how you can make the necessary class and have it easily added to your existing Zend_Form_Decorator configuration. Grab a copy of the project or browse the […]
David Caunt wrote up a useful article on command line scripting; As PHP developers, it is convenient to be able to write command line scripts in PHP. In doing so, you will almost certainly want access to Zend Framework components and their configurations as if you are writing a normal MVC app, but without invoking […]
Jon Lebensold posts another great screen cast about one of the most confusing parts of Zend Framework ever created ; One of the pain points for folks who are starting to work with the Zend Framework is the Decorating functionality found in the depths of Zend_Form. I’ve witnessed countless instances when a developer becomes excited […]
Jon Lebensold publishes another screen cast on the Doctrine topic; This short video is going to be the last in my 2009–2010 series on Doctrine 1.2. I’m wrapping it up with a little example of adding timestamps, logging and using Doctrine’s event listener architecture. Grab a copy of the project or browse the repository. view screencast; […]
Take a peak at Web Developer Juice’s writeup on how to configure and use ActiveMQ (Message Queues), defenitely worth the read. Apache ActiveMQ is one good option for implementing message queue in your PHP application. It can be easily installed on your server and it’s web accessible admin interface really makes administrator’s life easy. It can […]
A big thank you to Ryan Horn for putting together this great screencast about Zend_Mail. Ryan took the time to talk about how to setup a dev environment that uses a gmail account. This is perfect for folks like myself who work in a development environment that’s behind an annoying ISP firewall on SMTP (port […]