Here is how to do an AJAX “save” using jQuery and Django.

My Javascript would look something like this:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#save_button").click(function(){
        if(save_data()) {
            alert('Saved!');
        } else {
            alert('Failed!');
        }
    });
    function save_data() {
        $.post("/business/add/", { 
            csrfmiddlewaretoken: $("input[name='id_csrfmiddlewaretoken").val(),
            name: $("#id_name").val(),
            website: $("#id_website").val()
        },
        function(data) {
                data = json_parse(data); //You must get this file: http://www.JSON.org/json_parse.js
                if(data.status=="success") {
                    return true;
                } else {
                    console.log("status: "+data.status)
                    console.log("error: "+data.error)
                    console.log("POST DATA: "+data.data)
                    $.each(data.data, function(i, n){
                        console.log(">"+i+": "+n);
                    });
                    return false;
                }
        });
    }
});

And my views.py is like this:

@login_required
@transaction.commit_manually
def business_add(request):
    success = False
    error = None
    if request.method == 'POST':
        business_form       = BusinessForm(request.POST)
        if (business_form.is_valid()):
            business_name   = business_form.cleaned_data['name']
            business_website  = business_form.cleaned_data['website']
 
            try:
                business = Business(name=business_name,website=business_website)
                business.save()
            except IntegrityError, e:
                transaction.rollback()
                success = False
                error = e
            else:
                transaction.commit()
                success = True
    else:
        business_form   = BusinessForm()
 
    data = {
        "business_form": business_form,
        "success": success,
        "error": error
    }
 
    if(success):
        if request.is_ajax():
            results = {"status":"success", "message":"Business saved."}
            data = json.dumps(results)
            return HttpResponse(data)
        else:
            return render_to_response("business/business_add.html",
                              data, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
    else:
        if request.is_ajax():
            data = json.dumps({"status":"failed", "error":error, "data":request.POST})
            return HttpResponse(data)
        else:
            return render_to_response("business/business_add.html",
                              data, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

And last but not the least, my template file:

More HTML here...
<div id="add_business_container" title="Add a business">
    <form id="add_business_form">
        {% csrf_token %}
        <h2>Business info</h2>
        {{ business_form.as_p }}
        <input id="save_button" class="submit" type="submit" value="SAVE"/>
    </form>
</div>
More HTML here...

It is basically just like \doing it in any web framework (Zend Framework). But with Django, everything is so easy to understand — you have built-in methods like request.is_ajax()

... rest of PHP and HTML code in your here ...
<div id="sidebar">
    <ul>
        <?php if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'primary-widget-area' ) ) : ?>
            <li> id="gray_box">
                <?php get_search_form(); ?>
            </li>
        <?php endif; ?>
    </ul>
</div>

After doing that, go to your WP-Admin page and drag-and-drop widgets. The widgets page is found in Appearance > Widgets .

Symfony is a full-stack framework, a library of cohesive classes written in PHP.

It provides an architecture, components and tools for developers to build complex web applications faster. Choosing symfony allows you to release your applications earlier, host and scale them without problem, and maintain them over time with no surprise.

Symfony is based on experience. It does not reinvent the wheel: it uses most of the best practices of web development and integrates some great third-party libraries.

I have spent a few hours today reading their tutorials and books. The learning curve isn’t that hard if you know Zend Framework or Code Igniter. That is why I made notes in my Wiki — containing the important stuff that will guide me while I am building my application.

It has a robust CLI commands to build and reload your database. Using doctrine needs a little getting used to but the documentation for it is really good. If all goes well, I plan to use Symfony on my succeeding applications.

My notes can be found here: http://wiki.ekini.net/main/Symfony

1. Login to Linode Members Area
2. Go to the DNS Manager tab.
3. Click the domain name you want to put the sub-domain to.
4. Scroll to the middle of the page and look for the A/AAAA Records.
5. Click on Add a new A/AAAA Record
6. In the Hostname input box, input the sub-domain you want. For example, if you want blog.mydomain.com, enter “blog” in the input box.
7. For the IP Address, input the IP address of your server.
8. Click Save.

SSH to your server

1. SSH to your server.
2. Once you are logged in as root, create a user called “shop” (same as your sub-domain name).
3. Go to: /etc/apache2/sites-available OR enter this command:

   cd /etc/apache2/sites-available

4. If you do an

   ls -la

   you should see something like this:

   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   385 Apr 24 02:21 default
   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7364 Mar  9 21:19 default-ssl
   

5. Copy the default file into your new sub-domain file. You can issue this command:

   cp default shop.mydomain.com
   

6. Open up shop.mydomain.com in VI.
7. Make the new file look like this:

   
        ServerAdmin admin@mydomain.com
        ServerName shop.mydomain.com
        ServerAlias www.mydomain.com
        DocumentRoot /home/shop/public_html/
        ErrorLog /home/shop/logs/error.log
        CustomLog /home/shop/logs/access.log combined
   
   

8. The next obvious thing to do is to create the directory structure found above. So just do something like this:

   mkdir /home/shop/public_html/
   

9. Enable the site by issuing this command:

   a2ensite shop.mydomain.com

10. Then refresh Apache by using this command:

    /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

That’s about it.

FYI: My Linode is using Ubuntu 9.10.

What is OpenX Ad Server? OpenX is a platform where you can manage your ads across different websites. It is written in PHP and uses MySQL. The book from Packt Publishing was written by Murat Yilmaz. He is from Russia and obviously has a lot of experience. He is a software developer and runs his own blog and online advertising network.

The book he has written is very detailed. What I mean by details is that a lot of screenshots are provided to guide the reader. Anyone who knows how to create a website will understand the book by scanning the pages. It is a very good guide if you want to get your hands dirty right away with OpenX Ad Server. The author even included screenshots for the installation. I have been doing some tutorials over the past few years, and I tell you, that is a lot of work. The author even goes through an extra step by giving an explaination at the end of each topic.

The book is for beginners, so you won’t find advanced topics. But it is good enough to introduce the new comers to the Ad serving community. It also includes chapters on how to use OpenX with WordPress.

In the end, the book convinced me to look into the “Ad Serving” part of the internet. I have dealt with other systems and web applications but none of this kind. So if you own a lot of websites and want to run advertisements, I suggest that you get a copy of this book. It will probably make your life easier.

You can find out more about this book by clicking HERE. And yes, that is an affiliate link. So if you are going to buy the book, use the link. ;)

In all honesty, I have not even tried to use OpenX Ad Server yet. Still, I am interested in this book because I also serve ads on this blog; too bad though that the ads on the sides are not enough to pay for the hosting :P

I will have another update for this book once I have read it. I got a free ebook so I will have something to read on my 14-hour flight back home. :D

Here is the book in detail:

• Learn the essentials of online advertising from the advertiser and publisher points of view
• Install and utilize OpenX Ad Server effectively to make your business run faster
• Get to know the usage of all the campaign and banner types
• Manage ad campaigns and banners on multiple web sites from a centralized platform
• Display ads according to their importance and alter the under-performing ads easily and swiftly
• Learn the most effective way to work with web site ad zones
• Maximize your profits by selling your ad space on your blogs and web sites effectively
• Take full advantage of GeoTargeting for generating maximum revenue by showing ads according to visitor origin
• Utilize the channels to show relevant ads based on the content of web sites
• Integrate Google AdSense and Amazon ads with your web sites using OpenX
• Convert OpenX Ad Server into a multi-user ad management platform for advertisers, publishers, and ad agencies
• Track the success of any ad campaign, banner or web site zone using detailed statistics, and reports

Go to your functions.php file. If it doesn’t exist, then create it.

wp-content/themes/theme_name/functions.php

Then add this inside the functions.php file.

function the_breadcrumb($post_ancestors) {
    if (!is_home()) {
        echo '<a href="';
        echo get_option('home');
        echo '">';
        echo 'Home';
        echo "</a> &gt; ";
        if (is_category() || is_single()) {
            the_category('title_li=');
            if (is_single()) {
                echo " &gt; ";
                the_title();
            }
         } elseif (is_page()) {
            foreach($post_ancestors AS $value) {
                echo "<a href='".get_permalink($value)."'>".get_the_title($value)."</a> &gt; ";
            }
            echo the_title();
        }
    }
}

Then in your wp-content/themes/theme_name/index.php or anywhere in your template files, you can do this:

<?php global $post; ?>
<div class="breadcrumbs"><?php the_breadcrumb(get_post_ancestors($post)); ?></div>

That should display something like this:
Home > A Sample Page > Sub for the Sample Page

* Most of the source code is from here Catswhocode.com. I edited it so that you can get the “parents” for the pages. Thanks to for the kick-start!

Here is a preview of the CSV file:

"id","country","major_area","zip_code","city"
"1","PH","Abra","2800","Bangued"
"2","PH","Abra","2801","Dolores"
"3","PH","Abra","2802","Lagangilang"
"4","PH","Abra","2803","Tayum"
"5","PH","Abra","2804","Peñarrubia"
"6","PH","Abra","2805","Bucay"
"7","PH","Abra","2806","Pidigan"
"8","PH","Abra","2807","Langiden"
"9","PH","Abra","2808","San Quintin"
"10","PH","Abra","2809","San Isidro"
"11","PH","Abra","2810","Manabo"
"12","PH","Abra","2811","Villaviciosa"
"13","PH","Abra","2812","Pilar"
"14","PH","Abra","2813","Luba"
...
...
...
"462","PH","Cebu","6000","Cebu City"
"463","PH","Cebu","6003","Compostela"
"464","PH","Cebu","6001","Consolacion"
"465","PH","Cebu","6017","Cordova"
"466","PH","Cebu","6013","Daanbantayan"
"467","PH","Cebu","6022","Dalaguete"
"468","PH","Cebu","6004","Danao City"
"469","PH","Cebu","6035","Dumanjug"
"470","PH","Cebu","6028","Ginatilan"
"471","PH","Cebu","6015","Lapu-Lapu City (Opon)"
"472","PH","Cebu","6002","Liloan"
"473","PH","Cebu","6016","Mactan Airport"

The MySQL Table is like this:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `zipcodes` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `country` char(2) NOT NULL,
  `major_area` varchar(300) NOT NULL,
  `zip_code` varchar(25) NOT NULL,
  `city` varchar(300) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  KEY `major_area` (`major_area`),
  KEY `zip_code` (`zip_code`),
  KEY `city` (`city`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM

Updated: March 13, 2010 (2,270 zip codes)

Download the files below:

• CSV File
• MySQL Dump File

Corrections, suggestions, etc. just leave a comment below.

Enjoy!

My HTML would look something like this:

<div id="navbar">
    <ul>
        <li class="first"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Projects</a></li>
        <li class="last"><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

And my CSS would look something like this:

#navbar {
    background-color: #d90000;
}
 
#navbar ul {
    margin: 0; 
    padding: 0;
    float: left;
}
 
#navbar ul li {
    display: inline;
    list-style-type: none;
    padding-right: 20px;
}
 
#navbar ul li a{
    float: left; 
    text-decoration: none;
    color: white;
    padding: 10.5px 11px;
}
 
#navbar ul li a:visited {
    color: white;
}
 
#navbar ul li a:hover, #navbar ul li .current{
    color: #fff;
    background-color:#bf0000;
}
 
#navbar .first  {
    /*You can put stuff here for the first item in the navbar*/
}
 
#navbar .last  {
    /*You can put stuff here for the last item in the navbar*/
}

Comments or suggestions please ;-)

His solution:

The Solution
Disclaimer: This solution is adapted from the extended Pdo_MySql adapter in Varien’s Magento e-commerce product. A similar approach is adopted by Bryce Lohr’s Nested Table Support for Zend_Db proposal. You should read Bill Karwin’s comments about that proposal and understand the limitations of this method before implementing it. That said, I still believe this is a useful and practical way of simulating nested transactions and I have used it a number of times.

A simple solution to the problem is to keep track of the “depth” of the transaction, that is, how many times the beginTransaction() method has been called. That way, we can hold off committing the changes to the database until we are certain that all the save operations have completed successfully.

Since transactions apply to the whole database connection, the most logical place to manage this process is in the DB adapter class. To do this, we extend our adapter class like so:

App_Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli extends Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli
{
    /**
     * Current Transaction Level
     *
     * @var int
     */
    protected $_transactionLevel = 0;
 
    /**
     * Begin new DB transaction for connection
     *
     * @return App_Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli
     */
    public function beginTransaction()
    {
        if ( $this->_transactionLevel === 0 ) {
            parent::beginTransaction();
        }
        $this->_transactionLevel++;
 
	return $this;
    }
 
    /**
     * Commit DB transaction
     *
     * @return App_Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli
     */
    public function commit()
    {
        if ( $this->_transactionLevel === 1 ) {
            parent::commit();
        }
        $this->_transactionLevel--;
 
        return $this;
    }
 
    /**
     * Rollback DB transaction
     *
     * @return App_Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli
     */
    public function rollback()
    {
        if ( $this->_transactionLevel === 1 ) {
            parent::rollback();
        }
        $this->_transactionLevel--;
 
        return $this;
    }
 
    /**
     * Get adapter transaction level state. Return 0 if all transactions are complete
     *
     * @return int
     */
    public function getTransactionLevel()
    {
        return $this->_transactionLevel;
    }
}

Update your bootstrap to use the extended class et voila – a single START TRANSACTION and COMMIT or ROLLBACK is sent to MySQL, regardless of how many levels of nested pseudo-transactions have been created.

Please Note:

1. It’s important that each child save() method re-throws the exception so that transaction depth is reduced by successive calls to rollBack(). The end result is that the originally called save() method then performs the actual rollback.
2. All the tables used in the transaction must use a storage engine that supports transactions. For MySQL, this will most likely mean using InnoDB. To convert a MyISAM or other table type to InnoDB, use “ALTER TABLE table ENGINE = InnoDB”. It could take some time to rebuild the indexes on large tables. There are other considerations about the use of InnoDB – please consult the MySQL manual.
3. If the tables used don’t support transactions, it’ll just fail silently. Bad times. I highly recommend using Firebug and Zend_Db_Profiler to monitor database queries during development (see http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.db.profiler.html);

And of course, the source can be found here: http://www.stevehollis.com/2010/03/practical-nested-transactions-with-zend_db-and-mysql/

The article shows us how to create command line scripts using Zend Framework components. This is very useful especially with the database stuff.

<?php
 
// Define path to application directory
defined('APPLICATION_PATH')
    || define('APPLICATION_PATH',
              realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../application'));
 
// Define application environment
defined('APPLICATION_ENV')
    || define('APPLICATION_ENV',
              (getenv('APPLICATION_ENV') ? getenv('APPLICATION_ENV')
                                         : 'production'));
 
require_once 'Zend/Application.php';
$application = new Zend_Application(
    APPLICATION_ENV,
    APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/config.php'
);
 
//only load resources we need for script, in this case db and mail
$application->bootstrap(array('db', 'mail'));

Using it would be something like this:

$db = $application->getBootstrap()->getResource('db');
 
//do something!
$row = $db->fetchRow('SELECT * FROM something');

The source can be found here. Sorry for the copy-paste. This is so useful that I want to see the code every time I forget.

Thanks to Rob Allen for directing me to David Caunt.

The tests are found in: http://github.com/wenbert/lyzend/tree/master/tests/ I have follwed Matthew Weier O’phinney’s method of setting up the tests.

lyzend / tests / TestHelper.php

<?php
require_once 'TestConfig.php';
 
/*
 * Start output buffering
 */
ob_start();
 
/*
 * Set error reporting to the level to which Zend Framework code must comply.
 */
error_reporting( E_ALL | E_STRICT );
 
/*
 * Set default timezone
 */
date_default_timezone_set('GMT');
 
/*
 * Determine the root, library, tests, and models directories
 */
$root        = realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../');
$library     = $root . '/library';
$tests       = $root . '/tests';
$models      = $root . '/application/models';
$controllers = $root . '/application/controllers';
 
/*
 * Prepend the library/, tests/, and models/ directories to the
 * include_path. This allows the tests to run out of the box.
 */
$path = array(
    $models,
    $library,
    $tests,
    get_include_path()
    );
set_include_path(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, $path));
 
/**
 * Register autoloader
 */
require_once 'Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php';
//Zend_Loader::registerAutoload();
Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
 
/*
 * Add library/ and models/ directory to the PHPUnit code coverage
 * whitelist. This has the effect that only production code source files appear
 * in the code coverage report and that all production code source files, even
 * those that are not covered by a test yet, are processed.
 */
if (defined('TESTS_GENERATE_REPORT') && TESTS_GENERATE_REPORT === true &&
    version_compare(PHPUnit_Runner_Version::id(), '3.1.6', '>=')) {
    PHPUnit_Util_Filter::addDirectoryToWhitelist($library);
    PHPUnit_Util_Filter::addDirectoryToWhitelist($models);
    PHPUnit_Util_Filter::addDirectoryToWhitelist($controllers);
}
 
 
/**
 * Setup default DB adapter
 */
/*
$db = Zend_Db::factory('pdo_sqlite', array(
    'dbname' => $root . '/data/db/bugs.db',
));
Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultAdapter($db);
*/
 
 
/*
 * Unset global variables that are no longer needed.
 */
unset($root, $library, $models, $controllers, $tests, $path);

You might noticed that I included a TestConfig.php file above. Here is the file:

<?php
 
// Define path to application directory
defined('APPLICATION_PATH')
    || define('APPLICATION_PATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../application'));
 
// Define application environment
defined('APPLICATION_ENV')
    || define('APPLICATION_ENV', (getenv('APPLICATION_ENV') ? getenv('APPLICATION_ENV') : 'testing'));
 
// Ensure library/ is on include_path
set_include_path(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array(
    realpath(APPLICATION_PATH . '/../library'),
    get_include_path(),
)));

Here is a sample test for my Artist Model.
lyzend / tests / application / models / ArtistTest.php

<?php
// Call Model_ArtistTest::main() if this source file is executed directly.
if (!defined("PHPUnit_MAIN_METHOD")) {
    define("PHPUnit_MAIN_METHOD", "Model_ArtistTest::main");
}
 
require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../TestHelper.php';
 
/** Model_Artist */
require_once 'Artist.php';
require_once 'ArtistMapper.php';
require_once 'DbTable/Artist.php';
 
/**
 * Test class for Model_Artist.
 *
 * @group Models
 */
class Model_ArtistTest extends Zend_Test_PHPUnit_ControllerTestCase 
{
    /**
     * Runs the test methods of this class.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public static function main()
    {
        $suite  = new PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite("Model_ArtistTest");
        $result = PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner::run($suite);
    }
 
    /**
     * Sets up the fixture, for example, open a network connection.
     * This method is called before a test is executed.
     *
     * @return void
     */
 
    public function setUp()
    {
        $this->bootstrap = new Zend_Application(
            APPLICATION_ENV,
            APPLICATION_PATH . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'configs' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'application.ini'
        );
        parent::setUp();
 
    }
 
    /**
     * Tears down the fixture, for example, close a network connection.
     * This method is called after a test is executed.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function tearDown()
    {
    }
 
    public function testCanTest()
    {
        //this is a sample test
    }
}

The XML file is like this:

<phpunit>
    <testsuite name="Ly Test Suite">
        <directory>./</directory>
    </testsuite>
 
    <php>
        <!-- <ini name="include_path" value="../library"/> -->
    </php>
 
    <filter>
        <whitelist>
            <directory suffix=".php">../library/</directory>
            <directory suffix=".php">../application/</directory>
            <exclude>
                <directory suffix=".phtml">../application/</directory>
                <file>../application/Bootstrap.php</file>
                <file>../application/controllers/ErrorController.php</file>
            </exclude>
        </whitelist>
    </filter>
 
    <logging>
        <log type="coverage-html" target="./log/report" charset="UTF-8"
            yui="true" highlight="true"
            lowUpperBound="50" highLowerBound="80"/>
        <log type="testdox-html" target="./log/testdox.html" />
    </logging>
</phpunit>

Running the test would be something like this:

phpunit --configuration phpunit.xml

Matthew did not provide sample test for Mappers. So I created one something like this:

$mapper = new Ly_Model_ArtistMapper();
$this->assertTrue($mapper instanceof Ly_Model_ArtistMapper);

My process was like:

1. Setup Unit Testing in Zend Framework
2. Create tests (let’s say for Artist Model).
3. Make code in my model to pass the tests.
4. Repeat step 2 and then go to next model if satisfied.

FYI: I am not so sure about my Model. I am not sure if I am breaking any rules when I created them. It would be cool if you could check them out (http://github.com/wenbert/lyzend/tree/master/application/models/) and discuss my mistakes below.

Thanks!

As a result, I have updated my Zend Framework tutorial so that it is completely current. The main change I made was to remove the _init methods in the Bootstrap as they are no longer needed. I also take advantage of the new features of the zf tool to enable layouts and create forms. It’s a shame that it gets the class name of the form wrong though!

Around the web, people are already talking about HTML5 and Canvas as a replacement for Flash. Click here to read the Canvas Tutorial.

What is an Object-relational Mapper?

Data management tasks in object-oriented (OO) programming are typically implemented by manipulating objects that are almost always non-scalar values. For example, consider an address book entry that represents a single person along with zero or more phone numbers and zero or more addresses. This could be modeled in an object-oriented implementation by a “person object” with “slots” to hold the data that comprise the entry: the person’s name, a list of phone numbers, and a list of addresses. The list of phone numbers would itself contain “phone number objects” and so on. The address book entry is treated as a single value by the programming language (it can be referenced by a single variable, for instance). Various methods can be associated with the object, such as a method to return the preferred phone number, the home address, and so on.

However, many popular database products such as structured query language database management systems (SQL DBMS) can only store and manipulate scalar values such as integers and strings organized within normalized tables. The programmer must either convert the object values into groups of simpler values for storage in the database (and convert them back upon retrieval), or only use simple scalar values within the program. Object-relational mapping is used to implement the first approach.

The heart of the problem is translating those objects to forms that can be stored in the database for easy retrieval, while preserving the properties of the objects and their relationships; these objects are then said to be persistent.

-Wikipedia

The full source code can be found in Github.

I’m sure this will come in handy as a reference in the future. Thanks to Dennis Hotson for sharing.

Right now, I am thinking of starting a new pet project. I have the initial specifications in my head and I will put it into writing when I have time.

I will have more updates and Zend Framework / jQuery / PHP / MySQL / web development related soon.

Thanks!

-wenbert

A short list of my favorite JavaScript grid components.
How many times did you hear users asking you: “something simple, a grid like excel”?

When I was a VB programmer, oh yes, I have this dark spot on my career, and it is not the only one… this request threw me in panic. Usually what your “killer” is asking you is not what you, programmer, are thinking of (namely the power of cell functions, programmability, graph etc., that probably your “killer” does not even imagine): what they are thinking about is the editor flexibility, the ability to add columns, rows, move cells blocks, copy and paste from different sources.

After the ritual pointing-out that your application is NOT Excel, the VB solution was to adopt the standard flexGrid or the mythical TrueDbGrid that made happy both the killer-user and the victim-programmer.

The source here: roberto.open-lab.com

Akra talks about how you can access your configuration that you have set in your application.ini file – your configuration file.

Since it is a short post, I will copy-paste everything here.

Zend_Application will read the data in your application.ini and make it available from your bootstrap’s getOptions() method. It then sets the bootstrap as a parameter in the front controller. Note that the top level keys are all normalised to lowercase too.

You can then retrieve the options in a number of ways.

In the controller you can do this:

    public function someAction()
    {
        $bootstrap = $this->getInvokeArg('bootstrap'); 
        $options = $bootstrap->getOptions();
    }

Outside of the controller you can do this:

    $bootstrap = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getParam('bootstrap');
    $options = $bootstrap->getOptions();

One downside is that $options is a nested array, and not a Zend_Config object. If you prefer to work with a Zend_Config object you need to create it yourself as Zend_Application discards the one it creates. The easiest way to do this is to create a new method in your bootstrap to create the Zend_Config object and store to the registry.

    protected function _initConfig()
    {
        $config = new Zend_Config($this->getOptions());
        Zend_Registry::set('config', $config);
        return $config;
    }

You can then get at your config data wherever you need it. Try not to depend too much on Zend_Registry keys though, as it can make testing harder.

Of course, the source is found here with all the comments from Akrabat’s readers.

You can download it here.

Nothing special except that I spent about 4 hours creating the header image for it. LOL :P

Also, I have not validated the HTML and CSS for this theme. I got tired and I need to do something else – um like play CounterStrike: Source (?). But seriously, I am starting to get busy and thought that I should finish and release this now.

And oh, by the way, Eddie Vedder is in the theme. Just wanted to share. Thanks!

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UPDATE:
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