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Yet another demonstration of the power of the Zend Framework. This works with ZF Version 0.8 as well as the recent release of 0.9.(x?) This time we’re going to create dynamic breadcrumbs that might look like this: Home / Article / Editing: My Post Title Utilizing view helpers, all we need to do is do a little prep work; in my case, I use a bootstrap controller that all my controllers extend.

One could tweak Zend Framework's Router_Route to meet almost all your routing needs. But what if you want something beyond what that package can offer? You can make your routing dreams come true with making your own custom router, all you need to do is implement Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Interface (that's a mouth full).

This tutorial describes how to use the Smarty templating engine and the Zend Framework in order to create easily portable widgets.

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.

In parts 1, 2 and 3 I've been taking a look at the Zend Framework and putting together a broad picture of a potential implementation to add support for complex multi-part web pages. This refers to the practice of building a web page in an application from a number of common reusable elements. An example of such elements include header sections, footers, menu bars, widgets, etc, which surround the main content returned by any client request. In Parts 2 and 3, I introduced two useful design patterns for this purpose: Composite View and View Helper.

The ext js framework has a great grid component. In this tutorial I explain how you can provide it with data from a zend framework application

Ce tutorial a pour vocation de donner un avant goût du framework. De nombreuses fonctions ne sont pas décrites (de nouveaux tutoriaux devraient suivre celui là). J'espère qu'il sera suffisamment simple et pragmatique pour vous aider à démarrer rapidement.

I’m a great fan of using “decent” template engines, and try to avoid writing views in php. I don’t want to discuss the reasons behind this in detail right now. I just believe that limiting yourself to a small set of template tags makes you think more about structuring your output and separating logic from design. Which is a good thing.

It's been a long, and hopefully interesting, road to Part 7. In this concluding entry to the long running, and oft delayed, "Complex Views with the Zend Framework" series I introduce the Zend_View Enhanced Proposal for the Zend Framework, elaborate on its operation, and provide some opinions on the ongoing debate over its implementation. So sit back, relax, here's another long (be patient ;-)) blog entry.

Zend_Db_Table does a great job of abstracting database tables, but it's really intended to hit one database per application. This tutorial demonstrates a method of using as many databases as you want by simply specifying them in your config file.