Pragmatism in today's world
I know everyone else is already doing it, but I've only just got around to working out how svn externals works and why it's quite cool. I've got a Zend Framework application that I'm working on in subversion and it has a lib directory which contains a zf directory. The zf directory is a checkout of the latest trunk version of the framework. Up to to now, I've been doing this manually. Today I sat… continue reading.
Thought, I'd have a go at understanding WordPress themes! The image at the top is an actual road sign on my way to work, which has unfortunately been removed by the council. If you see anything broken, let me know please as I've only actually tested this in Firefox! (I know it's broken in IE…)
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.
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.
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.
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?!
Hot on the heels of the Polish translation, Fabrizio Frosali has released an Italian version! Thank you very much Fabrizio!
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!
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
A question came up on a mailing list that I subscribe to that I thought interesting. Consider this code: <?php $result = preg_match("/href='(.*)", 'blah'); $error = preg_last_error(); if($error === PREG_NO_ERROR) { echo "No Error\n"; } else { echo "An Error Occurred\n"; } var_dump($result); The output is: Warning: preg_match(): No ending delimiter '/' found in /var/www/preg_test.php on line 2 No Error bool(false) As you can see the pattern passed to preg_match is invalid as it is… continue reading.
