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This tutorial demonstrates how to approach storing Zend_Acl roles and resources in a database instead of creating them in code as shown in most other tutorials.

The Zend Framework is written entirely in PHP 5 Object Oriented conventions and is currently versioned at 0.9.3 Beta, with a full Release Candidate coming in the immediate future. PHP 5 is a major upgrade over previous incarnations of Object Oriented programming in PHP, and its one of the main reasons I choose the Zend Framework.
The framework is built around modular components that can be used as standalone solutions or in conjunction with other components. In this respect they went to great lengths to make the different components very extendable and portable through the creation of interfaces (another PHP 5 caveat) and making sure the components stay as loosely coupled as possible.

Zend framework provides powerful data abastraction and here are a few controller methods that work for any data model. A foundation for scaffolding, CRUD , BREAD development or AJAX request handling.

When working with views in the Zend Framework, you normally have a view for each action in your controllers. Each of the views run a view script, which then include header and footer views in them. This may lead to some repetitive code and may cause a problem if you want to modify the way the header and footer are included in your views.

A better approach could be to use a "layout". A layour is a master view, perhaps similar to the master page in ASP.NET - it has the header, footer and all other code except the content. It effectively replaces the header and footer and is used to include the content (the action view script) inside itself instead of the action view script including the header and footer.

Zend_Db_Adapter is the database API abstraction layer for the Zend Framework. Based on PDO, you can use Zend_Db_Adapter to connect to and work with any of the supported SQL database systems using the same API. These include Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and others.

Recently I put together a reusable Ajax form validation component that I'd like to share. It is a JavaScript object that collects the values of all of the elements in a form, sends it for processing to the server, and displays any errors. If there are no errors it submits the form.

... a quick example how to implement Zend_Captcha into a Zend_Form, may be useful for someone ...

This article continues from the first part, and introduces ways of dealing with multiple types of roles, such as users and usergroups, and resources, like pages and files.

Building a CMS system looks like a big task to most. Especially when the CMS has to be a custom job. The Zend PHP Framework will make things a lot easier to code and to maintain.

As of version 1.6.0, Zend Framework ships Dojo Toolkit to support out-of-the-box rich internet application development. Integration points with Dojo include:

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JSON-RPC support
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dojo.data compatibility
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View helper to help setup the Dojo environment
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Dijit-specific Zend_View helpers
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Dijit-specific Zend_Form elements and decorators

The Dojo distribution itself may be found in the externals/dojo/ directory of the Zend Framework distribution. This is a source distribution, which includes Dojo's full javascript source, unit tests, and build tools. You can symlink this into your javascript directory, copy it, or use the build tool to create your own custom build to include in your project. Alternately, you can use one of the Content Delivery Networks that offer Dojo (ZF supports both the official AOL CDN as well as the Google CDN).