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With the release of Zend Framework 1.5, the Zend_View component received a long overdue boost in its functionality. It is now no longer a simple template engine, but a powerhouse of features intent on making the dynamic generation of a View as simple and as flexible as possible. This update introduced a few new concepts [...]

There’s nothing quite like having a functioning application emerge out of the controlled chaos we know as The Development Process. In Part 8 of the ongoing saga describing how to build a real world blog application using the Zend Framework we finally reach the point at which we concentrate on blog entries. At the end [...]

This entry concerns authorization. We previously covered how to authenticate an author to the blog, but we still have nothing ensuring only authenticated authors can access the new Administration Module. This is the domain of Zend_Acl, an implementation of an Access Control List system which limits access to resources by the roles assigned to a [...]

In the previous entry, we created a new Administration Module to hold blog management functionality, added a Module specific layout for it, and discussed the upcoming need to ensure this is only accessible by authorised Authors. In this entry I’ll unravel some of Zend_Form’s mysteries in adding a login form, before using Zend_Auth to implement [...]

Step 1: Creating a Database Schema The schema for our blog’s database will be aimed at MySQL. We’re only starting with two tables to hold entries and authors, which may appear a little suspicious. The suspicion of course is due to the lack of two elements: Authentication and Authorisation. We’ll cover both in Part 6 [...]

Step 1: Adding Blueprint to the Project You can download the Blueprint CSS framework from http://code.google.com/p/blueprintcss/. It is released under a dual licensing system using a Modified MIT License, or the GNU General Public License. Decompress the archive of the latest 0.7 release (as at time of writing) and return to our current project’s public [...]

Step 1: Creating A New Application Before we jump into programming with the Zend Framework there are a few setup tasks. We need to install the Zend Framework, get a virtual domain running, and have a basic collection of directories and emtpy files created to hold our source code. You’ll need to download the Zend [...]

After speaking with any number of users about getting started with a framework, I find many do not have an advanced understanding of the corner stone of a current day web application framework: the Model-View-Controller Design Pattern. So let’s get over that hill right now, and before we start looking at PHP! As a bit [...]

This is it. The Part 1 of Astrum Furtura ZFBlog Tutorial series. I did not change anything or add something of the tutorial. I just posting it here for the help of those who need it. All contents originally written by Padraic Brady of Astrum Futura. An Example Zend Framework Blog Application – Part 1: [...]

Blog.astrumfutura.com is one of my personal top visited site. I cant stop to visit it almost every 2 hours a day or much more often. Especially by the time when the author Padraic Brady featured a series of his Zend Framework Blog Tutorial. Its a very detailed tutorial about building a blog application from scratch [...]