Migrating to BitBucket from Subversion

I've recently started the process of moving all of my Subversion repositories to BitBucket. BitBucket is my preferred git hosting supplier as its pricing structure suits me much better; that is, I have lots of private repositories and GitHub is too expensive for my case! As I needed to migrate over one hundred repositories from Subversion to BitBucket, I automated it via a simple shell script. Rather usefully, BitBucket has an API that let me… continue reading.

Posted on 26 November 2012 in Computing

Using ZendSession

This is a quick note on how to use ZendSession. Although the component name is ZendSession, you actually interact with ZendSessionContainer to store and retrieve session data: use ZendSessionContainer; $session = new Container('SomeKeyName'); ZendSessionContainer's constructor takes a string argument which is the name for this container ('SomeKeyName' in this case). It's optional and if you don't set it, then it is set to 'Default'. The name allows you to use the same session keys in… continue reading.

Posted on 22 November 2012 in Zend Framework, Zend Framework 2

Integrating BjyAuthorize with ZendNavigation

If you are using BjyAuthorize for ACL configuration and want to use ZendNavigation's ZendAcl integration features, then you need to set the Acl and Role information into ZendNavigation. The easiest way to do this is to add the following to ApplicationModule::onBoostrap(): $sm = $e->getApplication()->getServiceManager(); // Add ACL information to the Navigation view helper $authorize = $sm->get('BjyAuthorizeServiceAuthorize'); $acl = $authorize->getAcl(); $role = $authorize->getIdentity(); ZendViewHelperNavigation::setDefaultAcl($acl); ZendViewHelperNavigation::setDefaultRole($role); This assumes that you've set up BjyAuthorize with some resources and… continue reading.

Posted on 19 November 2012 in Zend Framework, Zend Framework 2

Introducing AkrabatSession

One of the requirements for a new app that I'm writing is that it has a specific session name. In Zend Framework 2, this is done by creating a SessionManager with the correct configuration and then setting the default manager on the Session Container: use ZendSessionConfigSessionConfig; use ZendSessionSessionManager; use ZendSessionContainer; $sessionConfig = new SessionConfig(); $sessionConfig->setOptions(array('name'=>'MY_SESSION_NAME'); $sessionManager = new SessionManager($config); Container::setDefaultManager($sessionManager); Obviously, I need to be able to configure the name (and potentially other session configuration… continue reading.

Posted on 15 November 2012 in Zend Framework, Zend Framework 2

Zend Framework 1 or 2 training in Belgium in January 2013?

I will be in Belgium in the last week of January (from the 28th). If your company could benefit from one or two days training or consultancy in Zend Framework 1 or 2, get in touch and let's see if we can make it happen. I'm able to provide training on ZF1/ZF2 to small groups of developers at your offices and can customise the course to suit your needs and the experience of your team.… continue reading.

Posted on 14 November 2012 in Training

Martin Shwalbe: Getting Started with REST and Zend Framework 2

Martin Shwalbe: has posted Getting Started with REST and Zend Framework 2 Today i want to show you how to build a rest application. This tutorials assume you have completed the Getting Started. I will be repeating lot of the steps already explained in there. As the title of the article suggests, this is a good article on how to get started with REST and ZF2.

Posted on 13 November 2012 in Around the web

Zend\ServiceManager configuration keys

Zend\ServiceManager is usually configured in two places: an array in a config file or a method within your Module class. In either case, you provide a nested array of configuration information. For example, in a config file: return array( 'service_manager' => array( 'invokables' => array( 'session' => 'ZendSessionStorageSessionStorage', ), 'factories' => array( 'db' => 'ZendDbAdapterAdapterServiceFactory', ), ) ); Within the service_manager array, there are a set of nested arrays which are generally used to configure… continue reading.

Posted on 12 November 2012 in Zend Framework, Zend Framework 2

Sending an HTML with text alternative email with Zend\Mail

Sending a multi-part email with Zend\Mail is easy enough, but if you want to send an HTML email with a text alternative, you need to remember to set the content-type in the headers to multipart/alternative. As this is the second time I had to work this out, I'm noting it here for the next time I forget! use Zend\Mail; use Zend\Mime\Message as MimeMessage; use Zend\Mime\Part as MimePart; function sendMail($htmlBody, $textBody, $subject, $from, $to) { $htmlPart… continue reading.

Posted on 2 November 2012 in Zend Framework, Zend Framework 2

PHPNW12: Some photos

PHPNW12 was excellent. I gave a tutorial with Evan Coury and also talk on ZendForm, both of which seemed to be appreciated. I also took some photos! Tutorial day: Paul at the hackathon: Keynote speaker Ade Oshineye: Hacking in the bar: Michelangelo's closing keynote: All in all, it was an excellent conference and I recommend that you read Rafael's write up to get a feel for what it was like.

Posted on 10 October 2012 in Conferences

Jurian Sluiman: Using Zend Framework service managers in your application

Jurian Sluiman has posted Using Zend Framework service managers in your application Many people still have problems to tune the SM to their needs. In this post I will try to explain the reason why the framework uses multiple service managers and how you can use these. I address the following topics: What are the different service managers? For what reason are different managers used? How does the service locator relate to the service manager?… continue reading.

Posted on 3 October 2012 in Around the web