An question about iteration, arrays and Zend_Config was posted to the Zend Framework's mailing list by Troy Marker. I thought I'd repeat it here as the solution shows how flexible Zend_Config can be. The post was: … First off I am using an XML file for the data: < ?xml version="1.0"?> <config> <lists> <root> <line1> <link>/index/show/gallery/cars/</link> <text>Cars</text> </line1> </root> </lists> </config> I am trying to iterate the file above to create a list in an… continue reading.

Posted on 2 July 2006 in Zend Framework 1

Just in case anyone missed it, Zend Framework 0.1.4 is now out! This is an important release as it has Zend_Config in it, along with a host of other stuff :)

Posted on 1 July 2006 in Zend Framework 1

When casting around for another file format for Zend Config, I came up with XML or YAML. Obviously I posted to the mailing list for thoughts and Paul Jones suggested the completely obvious: PHP arrays! Another one, perhaps so obvious it is invisible, is a PHP array. Simple, straightforward, fast, no parser needed, open to programmatic manipulation. If it has not already been implemented, it would be trivial to do so. And he's right. One… continue reading.

Posted on 4 June 2006 in Zend Framework 1

In case you missed it, the Zend Framework Subversion revision 532 is important as Darby has put in place the test harness fiiles required for testing the incubator code. Thanks Darby! For the tests to pass you must have the following on your include path: /path/to/PEAR /path/to/zend_framework/library /path/to/zend_framework/incubator /path/to/zend_framework/tests You can then run the tests from the incubator/tests directory using php -f AllTests.php. If you don't want to change your php.ini file, then php -d… continue reading.

Posted on 1 June 2006 in Zend Framework 1

There's an interesting thread on the ZF mailing list called Default Dirs which deals with where to put your code. It's well worth a read. I've touched on this before, but thought I'd update my half a dozen readers on my current thinking :) The manual suggests: /application /models /views /controllers /document_root /images /styles .htaccess index.php /library /Zend My current directory stucture currently looks like: /application /models /views /controllers /schemas /tests config.ini /scripts /www /img… continue reading.

Posted on 31 May 2006 in Zend Framework 1

Just a quick note that the Zend_Config work I've been doing is now in the incubator within the official svn tree! (Trac link: http://framework.zend.com/developer/browser/trunk/incubator/library/Zend/Config) Thanks to Darby for sorting this out! Now everyone needs to go and bash on it and report bugs :)

Posted on 24 May 2006 in Zend Framework 1

After discussion with Jayson on the Zend Framework's fw-general list and dealing with some excellent bug reports by Richard (aka OpenMacNews), I've come to the conclusion that the implementation of Akrabat_Config is wrong. I've redone it as two separate classes with no base class. We now have: Akrabat_Config Akrabat_Config_ini Akrabat_Config takes an associative array and provides read only access to it as properties properties . It also implements Countable and Iterator to make life easier.… continue reading.

Posted on 21 May 2006 in Zend Framework 1

There's been quite a lot of interesting discussion about my Zend_Config proposal this week. As a result it became clear that the method of extension to multiple sections that I chose in Akrabat_Config v0.6 was not what was envisaged. I wrote up the four choices that I could see for doing inheritence into a post: Of course, it all depends on what is meant by "nesting" in the comment I've quoted :) It's likely that… continue reading.

Posted on 18 May 2006 in Zend Framework 1