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A number of components sometimes accept strings or arrays as parameter. Developers coming from statically typed languages might cringe a bit, but this is really just about taking advantage of the flexibility of the language. With flexibility comes freedom and complexity, so having an established convention helps quite a bit.
One component that makes extensive use […]

This is really something I've been wanting to point out because, for one, I very much like and agree with the approach, and second, it's something that any developer using the Zend Framework should digest and take into consideration when writing their own code.
There are numerous components that will accept configuration options, and usually that […]

Since short URLs are all the rage these days, I wanted to outfit one of my websites with its own short URL capability.
A simple way to accomplish this is to base62 encode a numeric identifier (the database table's primary key). In order to identify a URL as a short URL, it will be prefixed with […]

Zend_Acl is an excellent component that provides Access Control List (ACL) functionality. In most cases the goal is to manage user access to resources. access to to manage all things related to user access. In a nutshell, a role
to any kind of resource. But unfortunate it doesn't quite live up to its full […]

Twitter is all the rage these days. Every site out there has some kind of "Tweet This" link or "Follow us on Twitter" button. Some sites have even deeper integration and tweet events on your behalf. In most cases, those sites are asking you for your Twitter username and password. What? Even scarier, many people […]