Using the Zend Framework 1.8 Bootstrapper and Doctrine 1.1.0

Daff — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:59:19 +0000

I think that by now, the Zend Framework is one of the most sophisticated PHP frameworks available.
Additionally I really like the idea of Object Relational Mapper tools. Unfortunately the Zend Frameworks DB and ORM capabilities didn’t convince me yet. That’s where the powerful ORM tool for PHP named Doctrine comes into play.
It is fairly easy to get Doctrine and the Zend Framework (here I’m usually referring to the MVC part) working together,
but in my opinion that might not use the full potential of these two Frameworks put together.
So I started developing a wrapper Framework which I named – in the lack of a better name – Cuckoo.
At this point in developmnent it only offers ZF 1.8 bootstrap classes for Doctrine and an application wrapper which makes using Doctrine and ZF together easier. A sample application is included as well, I hope it works more or less out of the box.

The next steps will be a Zend Form derivate that can generate forms by using the meta information from your doctrine
model but stays fully customizable as well as cool Ajax/ExtJs support.

Download 0.001 PreAlpha

Zend Framework Book: Surviving The Deep End

stevie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:17:39 +0000

For all those who always wanted to try out Zend’s Framework for PHP or just struggle with the usage of it, Pádraic Brady published an Open Book about that topic named “Surviving The Deep End“.

Maybe it’ll help you through the hard time figuring out the basics or solving specific issues.

Link: Zend Framework Book: Surviving The Deep End.

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Using the Zend Framework 1.8 Bootstrapper and Doctrine 1.1.0

Zend Framework Book: Surviving The Deep End