Zend Framework 2 is getting close to release, and among the changes are new ways to handle dependency injection, and new ways to work with third-party code as modules. Rob "Akrabat" Allen has updated his iconic Getting Started with Zend Framework tutorial for ZF2, and it's a great place to start. After working through that tutorial, the next thing I wanted to do was figure out how to get the Doctrine 2 ORM up and running. This article shows how to set up and use Doctrine 2 in Zend Framework 2, by extending Rob's Getting Started tutorial to use Doctrine instead of Zend_Db.

Using Rob's example as a starting point, he shows how to install the Doctrine modules, update the "Album" model and controller to use Doctrine instead of Zend_Db and create the entity for the Albums.

The symfony 1.3 and 1.4 final releases are just around the corner, and will probably be published next Monday. As you might have noticed, the symfony documentation have also been updated to take into account the changes made in those two new versions.

They mention the books "Getting Started with Symfony 1.3 & 1.4", the "Symfony 1.3 & 1.4 Reference Guide" and "Practical symfony 1.3 & 1.4". You can either read the contents of them online or you can order them directly from Amazon as a published book.

This new tutorial aims to become the definitive place to find all information related to the symfony installation process. It describes in great details everything you need to know to install symfony correctly. The goal is to also provide a single resource for people wanting to try out the framework and avoid discouraging them with a bad installation experience.

You can find the new tutorial and a newly rewritten installation guide on the cleaned up symfony homepage.

• Solar CLI: Make-model - a look at the auto-generation feature of the Solar command-line tool to create model classes based on your database tables.
• A more in-depth look at the solar configuration file
• And, for those new to the framework, a Getting Started guide.

You can find out more about the Solar framework on the project's website including documentation, a current bugs list and a link to the community wiki.

• A howto on download and installation
• Creating a workspace
• Making an application inside it
• Working with your first model
• Combining the model and app.

You can find out more about this PHP MVC framework on its site - SolarPHP.com.

There are a number of situations where matchers are invaluble, such as UI validation, or data filtering, but it is in the area of writing flexible tests that matchers are most commonly used.

His example that checks to see if one object is equal to another object. The Hamcrest matcher allows for a "assertThat" method making it easier to create and use pre-existing unit testing assertions.

He also includes a list of some of the most common matchers broken up into groups of core, logical, object, number and text.

• The team at developpez.com have created a French version of his Zend_Auth tutorial - Débutez avec le Zend Framework
• A link to some handy tips on combining the Getting Started tutorial with Oracle.

Both of these tutorials are found on Rob's site - Getting Started with the Zend Framework and Getting Started with Zend_Auth.

My tutorial is now available in French thanks to Guillaume Rossolini!

Speaking of course of his Getting Started guide to the Zend Framework. The guide walks you through the installation, structure, setup, and creation of a simple application within the framework (displaying/updating/adding to an album listing).

A few people have asked about updating my Getting Started tutorial for version 0.8 of the Zend Framework. I finally had a chance to check the code and it worked fine with no changes (as expected!)

The tutorial covers all of the "get you up and working" aspects of getting into the Zend Framework including download, setup, bootstrapping, and a simple application to get you familiar with how to develop in it and where to put everything.