It’s happened! PHP 5.3 has been released. This version was a long time coming and as such has lots of new features and bug fixes.
The key new features for me are:
There is a migration guide available, but you should also check out Cal Evans’ migration notes over at TechPortal too.
You can download it directly now, or wait for your favourite distribution to package it for you soon!
Wenbert Del Rosario has posted an article on how to register a front controller plugin using Zend Framework 1.8.
With ZF 1.8, we can now use the application.ini file and he shows the format of the lines required, along with setting it up so that you use your own name space.
Jeroen-Keppens has written a good article on how to create a modular application with Zend Framework:
I like my code nicely seperated in manageable blocks, that I can reuse whenever I want. Needless to say, I’m a big fan of the modules in Zend Framework. It isn’t always very easy to set it up though.
He covers how to set up modules using the zf command line tool along with a module bootstrap, before covering views and models. Reading this article will certainly help you understand how to use modules in your apps.
Greg, over at threadaffinity has written the first in a series of articles about creating a todo list application using Zend Framework:
A while back we posted a blog entry on a simple Zend Framework example using Zend_Auth. The example consisted of a basic website that re-directed the user to a login page when they tried to access a restricted area of the site (eg. their Account page). Well some time passed and we got a little older and wiser in terms of using Zend Framework so we decided to try again – this time with a little more ambitious goals.
There’s already a demo site up, where you can download the source code.
Ryan Mauger has produced a simple tutorial showing how to implement the basic CRUD operations using Zend Framwork.
Creating a nice, easy to maintain form, starts with a form class. Creating your forms procedurally in your controller/actions is horrid. please don’t do it.
