Zend Framework in Action

With the release of Zend Framework 1.10.2, Matthew Weier O’Phinney announced the kick-off of Zend Framework 2.0 development:

we have branched for development of Zend Framework 2.0 this afternoon. Currently, the branch is intended for development of low-level infrastructure, and we ask that developers have patience; we may be reverting changes frequently as we experiment with some new approaches. I would actually recommend not tracking the branch for a few weeks

The first items to be looked at are:

• Stripping require_once calls
• Updating the test suite:
  • Removing the AllTests suites (no longer necessary)
  • Usage of TestHelper.php as a PHPUnit bootstrap
• Conversion to namespaces. This will be automated at first, but will then shift to manual changes
• Testing of alternate plugin systems. (To make more explicit for performance and understandability)

Exciting times are upon us!

Posted by Rob on 25th February 2010 under The Book | 2 Comments »

I’m transferring the domain name of this site to a new registrar, so there may be a bump or two when the DNS transfers.

Posted by Rob on 27th September 2009 under The Book | Comments Off

It turns out that Manning, the publisher of Zend Framework in Action is on Twitter!

It also turns out that they’ve put up a sample of the book on Scribed! Check out the book, then order it, remembering to use the coupon code scribd25…

Posted by Rob on 19th March 2009 under The Book | Comments Off

Zend Framework 1.7.5 as been released and there’s a security update in it.

The security announcement is:

The Zend Framework team has been notified of a potential Local File Inclusion (LFI) attack vector in Zend_View’s render() method. To address the issue, as of the 1.7.5 release the render() method no longer accepts paths that include parent directory traversal (e.g., “../” and “..\”) in the path argument. This introduces a regression in behavior which can be addressed by turning off the lfiProtectionOn flag. For more information, see:

http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.view.migration.html

If this advisory does not affect your applications, please disregard. We take security very seriously and will continue to notify all users when a security fault is discovered.

Matthew Weir O’Phinney has all the details about it if you are interested.

Download it now!

Posted by Rob on 19th February 2009 under The Book | Comments Off

It occurs to me that we haven’t publicised the Author Online forums recently!

If you need any support on Zend Framework in Action, then you should try posting on the Author Online forums that are hosted by Manning. I’m fairly active in there and try to help out. Also, other readers may be able to help you or have already discussed your issue.

Posted by Rob on 9th February 2009 under The Book | Comments Off

I’m pleased to be able to report that Zend Framework in Action is now available in print. I know this as my copies have arrived and here’s the picture to prove it:

Posted by Rob on 23rd December 2008 under The Book | 8 Comments »

The final e-book for Zend Framework in Action has been released to MEAP subscribers. You should have received an email with a download link.

I hope you like it !

Posted by Rob on 9th December 2008 under The Book | 26 Comments »

Zend has recently created a certification for Zend Framework. This is a way to show that you know and can use Zend Framework and as a result the exam is fairly tough. It covers the entirety of the framework, so in order to pass, you need more than a passing acquaintance with it. Of course, I’m slightly biased as I helped to write it

Posted by Rob on 3rd October 2008 under The Book | 2 Comments »

Guillaume Rossolini emailed me to let me know that the French PHP community site Developpez.com has published a review of the MEAP version of Zend Framework in Action.

The review is obviously all in French which unfortunately, I’m not a speaker of. Turning to Google Translate, I thought I’d see what the gist of it is and they are quite positive!

They conclude:

En conclusion, Zend Framework in Action est un bon livre pour découvrir l’ensemble des composants du framework et leur utilisation avancée. Pour les débutants, c’est un excellent complément aux tutoriels disponibles sur internet, permettant d’approfondir leur connaissance du Zend Framework.

which Google translates as:

In conclusion, Zend Framework in Action is a good book to discover all the components of the framework and use advanced. For beginners, this is an excellent complement to the tutorials available on the Internet, to deepen their knowledge of Zend Framework.

If you speak French then I highly recommend that you read the review and then stop by the rest of the site and see what they have to offer.

Posted by Rob on 31st August 2008 under Reviews & The Book | Comments Off

We’re currently hard at work on the final round of editing the manuscript. It’s amazing how many details the technical proof reader and our copy editor have found. The book is going to be so much better as a result. We need to go through each suggestion though and ensure that the meaning hasn’t changed and to implement the suggested technical changes.

Lots of chapters to go, but I think you’ll be impressed by the improvements from the last MEAP.

Posted by Rob on 4th August 2008 under The Book | Comments Off