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php[architect]:
April 2014 Issue Released - Major Players
by Chris Cornutt April 24, 2014 @ 11:56:27

As is mentioned on the php[architect] site today, they've released their latest issue - the April 2014 edition, Major Players.

It's spring, and (here in the U.S.) the Majors are starting up! In sports, we all have our favorites- the ones we love, and the ones we love to hate. In PHP, we have the similar players- Drupal, WordPress, and Yii Framework (to name a few). Love them or hate them, you can't deny that they're Major Players!

Articles in this latest edition cover topics like:

  • Programmatically Control Drupal
  • Get Started with Joind.in
  • Advanced Authentication in Laravel
  • Fly with Phalcon

You can pick up your copy directly from the php[architect] website or you can always subscribe (with both digital and print options) for a full year.

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Link: http://www.phparch.com/2014/04/april-2014-phparchitect-magazine-released-major-players/

PHPMaster.com:
PHP News You May Have Missed
by Chris Cornutt April 24, 2014 @ 10:30:22

PHPMaster.com has posted some news you might have missed that's happened in the development and open source communities recently. In the post Bruno Skvorc covers updates to projects, resources and various online tools/environments related to PHP.

The last month or two have been chock full of small news and releases not warranting a full story in their own right but still interesting, I've decided to make a small compilation and direct your attention to the interesting developments around us. Just because we don't cover something immediately, doesn't mean we don't notice or care.

Included in the post are updates about:

  • Ubuntu 14.04. LTS
  • Google App Engine 1.9.1 - 1.9.3
  • Hack
  • Phalcon 2 beta 1
  • the Zend Framework 2 Certified Architect certification
  • Zend Framework 3 Progress

...and several more. Check out the full post for more information on these and several other recent happenings around the web.

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Link: http://www.sitepoint.com/news-may-missed

Master Zend Framework:
Running the ZF2Skeleton with PHP's Built-in Webserver
by Chris Cornutt April 24, 2014 @ 09:25:07

The Master Zend Framework site has posted the first in their screencast series with a look at running the ZF2Skeleton with PHP's built-in webserver.

In this screencast we'll go through the creating an application from the ZF2Skeleton project on Github and getting it up and running, using PHP's built-in web server. [It requires] PHP 5.4 or higher and Curl.

The screencast, coming in just over 3 minutes, briefly introduces you to the ZF2Skeleton project and shows you how to run it as a single process though PHP's own web server (useful for debugging). As a part of the installation, he also helps you get Composer installed as that's what Zend Framework 2 uses to install its packages correctly.

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Link: http://www.masterzendframework.com/casts/001

Community News:
Packagist Latest Releases for 04.24.2014
by Chris Cornutt April 24, 2014 @ 08:07:53
Recent releases from the Packagist:
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Site News:
Blast from the Past - One Year Ago in PHP
by Chris Cornutt April 24, 2014 @ 07:04:58
Here's what was popular in the PHP community one year ago today:
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Rob Allen:
Injecting dependencies into your ZF2 controllers
by Chris Cornutt April 23, 2014 @ 09:06:27

Rob Allen has a quick new post to his site showing you how to inject dependencies into controllers in a Zend Framework v2 based application.

When starting working with Zend Framework 2, it's common to copy the skeleton and put your controller definitions in module.config.php. The controllers keyword is picked up by the ControllerManager which is an instance of the ServiceManager which means that it creates the controller instance for you when the dispatcher needs it. As it's just a service manager, we configure it to inject the dependencies that the controller needs rather than having to go fishing for them later.

He shows how to write a "getControllerConfig" method to populate two items into the factory call for a "Blog" controller, blog mapper and content mapper classes. He also includes a reminder that ZF2 controllers have no constructor, so dependencies can be more easily injected and used directly in the class.

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Link: http://akrabat.com/zend-framework-2/injecting-dependencies-into-your-zf2-controllers/

Community News:
Packagist Latest Releases for 04.23.2014
by Chris Cornutt April 23, 2014 @ 08:09:51
Recent releases from the Packagist:
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Community News:
Recent posts from PHP Quickfix
by Chris Cornutt April 23, 2014 @ 07:07:10
Recent posts from the PHP Quickfix site:
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Master Zend Framework:
Howto Handle External Form Element Dependencies with FormElementManager
by Chris Cornutt April 22, 2014 @ 11:58:07

The Master Zend Framework site has posted a tutorial wanting to help you understand external form element dependencies with help from FormElementManager.

Zend Framework 2, like all great PHP frameworks, provides thorough infrastructure for creating forms in your application. Whether that's form objects, form elements, fieldsets, validation groups or that they interact with so many other components in the Zend Framework 2 default libraries. But how do you handle external dependencies? [...] So what if you need a custom form element in your application, one which will render a list of articles from a database table? [...] In today's post, we're going to look at how to create such a custom element, extending the existing select element.

He walks you through the steps you'll need to make the custom element and hook it into the FormElementManager for correct use:

  • Create a New Form Element
  • Implement the getFormElementConfig Method
  • Create a New Form Object
  • Instantiate the Form Via the FormElementManager

Code is included for each step of the way so you can ensure you end up with a working example.

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Link: http://www.masterzendframework.com/zend-form/handle-external-form-element-dependencies-with-formelementmanager

SitePoint PHP Blog:
Database Versioning with Ladder Migrations
by Chris Cornutt April 22, 2014 @ 10:48:41

The SitePoint PHP blog has posted another tutorial looking at database versioning (see this postfocusing on Ladder migrations. Ladder is a simple PHP-based way to write migrations with rollbacks in a clear, easy to read format.

Version control systems are invaluable for tracking changes in your code, particularly when you're working in a team. However, most applications don't consist solely of application code. Managing changes to the database has always been a little more challenging, particularly when you're adding new features which require changes to the schema. [...] One solution is to move responsibility for creating and modifying the database schema into code, using migrations. That way, changes can be managed along with the rest of your application, and features we take for granted in version control - such as being able to compare versions and keep an audit trail - can be used for database changes.

He introduces the Ladder tool briefly, shows how to get it installed/configured and gets into writing a first simple migration. It creates a "users" table with two columns and comes with both "up" and "down" methods to make rollbacks easier. Ladder also provides functionality for database seeding, pre-populating the database tables with sample data either from hard-coded values or from a CVS file.

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Link: http://www.sitepoint.com/database-versioning-ladder-migrations


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