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What do you guys think of Zend_Validate? I haven't looked at Zend_Validate much, but I'm not really a fan of complex interfaces either. I like your idea to validate all that needs validated in one go, but I don't like your interface for adding validators.

I'm trying to use the Zend Framework version 0.9.1. Problem is that any controller other than index gives me a message in firefox saying that the page isn't redirecting properly. I'm using the .htaccess redirect from the ZF manual and there are no header or other redirects in the code. I'm really stumped by this. Any ideas ? Thanks in advance

This is split from this thread with the goal to talk though the design concepts and tradeoffs necessary to build an application using the Zend Framework. I believe that it was dreamscape that suggested that implementing the Java Pet Store might be a good idea.

Can anybody point me to a project that is: * Written with the Zend Framework * Open source * Well written * A database application I already tried SourceForge. It seems as though everyone has gone framework mental and forgotten to actually write any applications with them.

I am thinking on moving to Zend due to fact is better on security side, SQL inject, forms inject, aso... The thing is... I am wondering if for such sites as mine there is no big problem related to performance for Zend_DB... I mean i don't know what to expect in terms of performance over CPU mainly, will be a significant increase of CPU hammering ? There are a lot of classes, so a lot of processing needed for running database related objects... Also, i am concerned about pdo_ drivers performance over normal db drivers performance... Has anyone experience on porting Zend DB for sites with lot of traffic ?

I have been digging further into the Zend Framework and although they are not too version 1.0 yet it still feels pretty mature. I have been working on a admin interface for the ACL (Access Control List) and the cache mechanisms they supply. The ACL is initially confusing and overly complicated especially when you are trying to hand building rules.

This article is meant to followup sfZendPlugin where we learn a newer way of obtaining the Zend Framework. In this tutorial weÂ’re going to delve into the Lucene index. Zend Search Lucene relies on building a Lucene index. This is a directory that contains files that can be indexed and queried by Lucene or other ports. In our example weÂ’ll be creating a search for user profiles.

Continuing from my post last week of notes on the Zend Framework, I’d like to provide some pointers on using helpers with views in a much more automated way. Just as views can be automated—that is, you don’t have to instantiate a Zend_View object; the controller does it all for you when you call $this->render() from any controller action—you do not have to explicitly tell Zend_View where your helpers reside, as the manual suggests. Instead, place your helpers in a special “helpers” folder where the Zend_Controller_Action’s initView() can find them.

Recently I've been involved in a long discussion about the Zend Framework on the PHP Developers' Network forum. Our approach was to pick a simple application (we decided to borrow the Java BluePrints Pet Shop for J2EE) and starting from a basic "Hello World!" example for the Zend Framework work towards a fully functional example. Of course, one of our goals wasn't just to "do it", we wanted to explore the framework in greater detail, and identify how best to use, misuse, subclass, and where it was logical to even replace components should they prove deficient for our needs.

Part two of my ongoing look at the View layer of the Zend Framework turns its attention to the topic of View Helpers. The Zend Framework manual provides a fairly narrow definition of its helpers which indicates they enable complex tasks, like generating form elements, to be extracted out of views into dedicated helpers. Here I'll try to explain in greater depth the View Helper pattern which is another of those patterns in the J2EE catalog, and which adds to the range of tasks View Helpers are capable of performing.