Easy PHP Websites with the Zend Framework
Recently revised for Zend Framework 1.9!, and combining 14 chapters containing 300 pages of instruction with access to almost 5 hours of online video, Easy PHP Websites with the Zend Framework is the ultimate learning guide to building powerful websites with the world's most popular Web development language.
All readers are provided with a special registration code granting them access to the EasyPHPWebsites.com website! All registered readers are able to watch almost five hours of online video, benefit from direct communication with the author, forum access, and a regularly updated DRM-Free PDF!
Written by popular author W. Jason Gilmore, you'll master the Zend Framework by following along with the creation of a community website for video gamers. Among other topics, you'll learn how to:
* Install and Configure the Zend Framework: You'll learn how to download and install the Zend Framework, and create new projects using the Zend_Tool component.
* Talk to the Database: The Zend_Db component gives you tremendous control over your database and the various table relationships. You'll learn all about this fantastic component in Chapter 6.
* Manage Your Web Site Layout: Using the Zend Framework's powerful layout capabilities, you'll learn how to create global layouts, and eliminate redundant code using view helpers and partials.
* Manage Web Forms: Create web forms, and validate user-provided data using the Zend Framework's validation component.
* Send E-mails: Send unformatted and HTML e-mails through your website using the Zend_Mail component.
* Create Community Features: Register users, manage logins, and recover forgotten passwords using the Zend_Auth component.
* Extend Your Network: Integrate with popular online services such as Google Maps, Amazon Web Services, the Facebook Platform, and PayPal.
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Pro Zend Framework Techniques: Build a Full CMS Project
The Zend Framework is a truly amazing PHP–based web application development framework and platform that is breathing new life into PHP development. One of the most common uses for a framework such as this is to build content driven web sites.
Pro Zend Framework CMS offers
- A structured guide for PHP developers, ultimately helping you to create more flexible software much more quickly
- Clear guidance through the entire process of building a custom CMS with the Zend Framework
- The ideal example project, building a CMS, to illustrate how to use the many different aspects of the framework
What you'll learn
- How to structure a real Zend Framework application top to bottom using a CMS (content management system) application
- How to work with abstract (flexible) data structures
- How to add security, access control, and authentication with the Zend Framework
- How to build a custom, modular CMS
- How to integrate web services and RSS with a Zend Framework application
- And how to do performance tuning, graceful error handling, internationalization, and moreÐ’…
Who is this book for?
This book is for intermediate level PHP developers who want to build custom content–driven web sites. Secondly, this book serves as a very readable reference with real world examples of many of the core Zend FW components.
About the Apress Pro Series
The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.
You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.
Beginning Zend Framework
The Zend Framework is one of today’s most popular PHP–based web application development frameworks. Beginning Zend Framework is a beginner’s guide to learning and using the Zend Framework. It covers everything from the installation to the various features of the framework to get the reader up and running quickly.
What you’ll learn
- Install and configure the Zend Framework.
- Create your first Zend Framework web application.
- Explore controllers and actions, views, form creation, validation, and filtering.
- Build and access the database layer with Zend_Db.
- Develop a Send/Receive e–mail application using Zend_Mail.
- Integrate web services and feeds, and create and incorporate a search engine.
- Complete your web application by looking at performance optimization.
Who is this book for?
This book is for the beginning to intermediate Web developer who primarily uses PHP.
About the Apress Beginning Series
The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry–level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to know—but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there—it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!
About the Author
Armando Padilla has over 10 years in the PHP community, and has contributed PHP development of asset management tools to both Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Saturday Night Live, and recently contributed to the Zend Frameworkâ€"powered Dundermifflininfinity.com social networking web site, an NBC.com project for The Office. He is currently an active PHP developer at Yahoo!, and is working on his MS in the computer science, semantic web, and data mining fields.
Zend Framework 1.8 Web Application Development
The Zend Framework has a flexible architecture that lets you build modern web applications and web services easily. The MVC components make the maintenance and testing of your applications easier. However, it is not only an MVC framework for developers. It also provides an easy-to-use high-quality component library that is designed to be used the way you want, picking up specific components without requiring the use of whole framework.
It's easy to get started and produce a powerful and professional looking web site when you've got this book to hand. Taking you through a real-life application, it covers the major Zend Framework components, as well as throwing light on the best practices and design issues faced when building complex MVC applications.
This book takes you through detailed examples as well as covering the foundations you will need to get the most out of the Zend Framework. From humble beginnings you will progress through the book and slowly build upon what you have learned previously. By the end, you should have a good understanding of the Zend Framework, its components, and the issues involved in implementing a Zend Framework based application.
What you will learn from this book?
- Explore the features of Zend Framework's MVC architecture
- Learn about designing and implementing an MVC application
- Avoid common mistakes made when first learning an MVC framework
- Test your applications with the popular PHPUnit framework
- Interact with a database using Zend_Db and Zend_Db_Table
- Secure your application using Zend_Acl and Zend_Auth
- Optimize your application using caching and other performance tips
- Add administrative functionality to your applications
Approach
This book is an example-driven tutorial that takes you through the process of building Model-View-Controller-based web applications. You will create and develop a storefront application. It also covers common mistakes and best practices that will be helpful for developers.
Who this book is written for?
This book is for PHP web developers who want to get started with Zend Framework. If you are already using this framework, you will learn how to use it in the best way and produce better applications.
Basic knowledge of Object Oriented design will be helpful.
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