One of the new features to hit the Zend Framework since 0.7 is Zend_Controller_ModuleRouter and its sibling Zend_Controller_ModuleRewriteRouter. This allows for separating out sets of controlers, models and views into their own modules. The directory structure then looks like: application/ controllers/ IndexController.php ArticleController.php blog/ controllers/ IndexController.php models/ views/ news/ controllers/ IndexController.php ListController.php models/ views/ models/ views/ lib/ Zend/ webroot/ css/ img/ js/ index.php To set this up, you use this code in index.php: $frontController->setControllerDirectory(array( 'default'… continue reading.

Posted on 3 February 2007 in Zend Framework 1

Not only has Jason Qi found a lot of typographical and lexical errors in my tutorial (I know, I know.. you'd think by now I'd have found them all!) but he's also translated it into Simplified Chinese! Download the PDF from his site now! Thanks very much Jason.

Posted on 26 December 2006 in Zend Framework 1

Zend Framwork v0.6 has introduced new MVC code and one of the changes is that Zend_View_Interface now exists to allow for easy implementation of other templating engines other than PHP based ones like Zend_View or Savant. We use Smarty at work and when we migrate our content management framework to Zend Framework, we intend to continue using Smarty. Hence, I've created AkCom_View_Smarty to play with how we are going to use Smarty within the Zend… continue reading.

Posted on 23 December 2006 in Zend Framework 1

Now that work's finished for the year, I've finally had time to update my tutorial so that it works with 0.6 of the Zend Framework. There are lots of changes this time to accomodate the new MVC code that Matthew Weier O'Phinney has written. The new MVC system is very simple to use and also very powerful, so I feel that it definitely fits with the stated goals for the Zend Framework.

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Just a quick note to let you know that I've updated my tutorial to version 1.1.2. This version fixes the include path and a slew of typos that have been found by Brendon Kozlowski. Thanks Brendon! Isn't it amazing that even after all the reading that's been done of this tutorial that there are still typos to be found?!

Posted on 28 November 2006 in Zend Framework 1

Hot on the heels of the Polish translation, Fabrizio Frosali has released an Italian version! Thank you very much Fabrizio!

Posted on 24 November 2006 in Zend Framework 1

I'm still in shock that I've won! I never expected to be in a position where I could afford to get Zend Certification. I'm gonna have to read the book very carefully though as I have no intention of failing!

Posted on 14 November 2006 in Zend Framework 1

I'm extremely pleased to announce that there is now a Polish translation of my Zend Framework Tutorial. The PHP.pl team did the hard work and I'm very grateful to them. Thanks guys! They are hosting it on their site, so head on over to: Pierwsze kroki z Zend Framework

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