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Monthly Archives: May 2009

Zend Framework: Making the Built-in Breadcrumb Helper Work

In the latest release of Zend Framework (1.8.1 as of this writing), there is a new built-in view helper to render your breadcrumb needs. There is a section in the documentation that tells us how to use it. But I … Continue reading

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How to Build a Facebook App using Zend Framework

Here is a quick tutorial on how to create a Facebook App using Zend Framework. I am just going to link directly to the post. Click Here.

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Zend Framework: Zend_Soap / Create a Web Service

Here is a quick tutorial on how to create your own web service using Zend Framework. Web services are software systems designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. Nowadays if you want to connect external systems, you probably … Continue reading

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Zend Framework: Adding Javascript files depending on Controller

I had similar instances on where I had to do this on my application. To add a Javascript depending on what Controller is loaded, you do this: <?php   class ReportController extends Zend_Controller_Action { public function init() { $this->view->headScript()->appendFile(’path/to/the/javascript/file’); } … Continue reading

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Office Sharing for Startups in Manila (Philippines)

This is interesting news. Similar stuff I get to read on HN but way closer to where I am at. I have been following the Pinoy Webstartup Blog for a while now and I found this. We’re back!!!! And I … Continue reading

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Making Zend_Tool work…

Try this: -bash-3.00$ ls -la /usr/local/lib | grep php drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 May 13 10:17 php -rw-r–r– 1 root root 44292 May 12 16:51 php.ini Note that /usr/local/lib/ will vary on different systems. But I found my php … Continue reading

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Zend Framework Quickstart Problem

I am not sure if I am the only person in this world who could not make the Quickstart run! But I am having problems setting things up. Every time I do this, I get an error: -bash-3.00$ zf show … Continue reading

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Zend Framework: Akrabat’s Quick Start Tutorial

I got my first Zend Framework application working using Akrabat’s Tutorials. Today, I just found out that he has updated his Quickstart Tutorial — using ZF 1.8. The PDF can be downloaded here directly. And you can find some notes … Continue reading

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