Pro Zend Framework Techniques

The Zend Framework is a truly amazing PHP-based web application development framework and platform that is breathing new life into PHP development. One of the most common uses for a framework such as this is to build content-driven web sites.

Pro Zend Framework Techniques offers:

• A structured guide for PHP developers, ultimately helping you to create more flexible software much more quickly
• Clear guidance through the entire process of building a custom content management system (CMS) with the Zend Framework
• The ideal example project, building a CMS, to illustrate how to use the many different aspects of the framework

Autorentext

Forrest Lyman is a passionate PHP developer who concentrates on content management systems (CMS) development. He developed the Digitalus CMS on the Zend Framework, progressing from version 0.1 through 1.5. Once Zend Framework reached its production release (1.0), Forrest released Digitalus as an open source project. Over the course of the project, he developed a wide range of sites based on the CMS, from small business sites to international non-profit and university systems. Working hands-on developing these sites with the Zend Framework has given Forrest a unique perspective into building extensible CMS systems with Zend Framework.

Zusammenfassung
Zend Framework has been designed from the ground up to make PHP development as easy and fun as possible while promoting best practices and providing an extensible framework for complex applications. Content management systems are a particularly important class of applications after all, serving content is what the web does best. As the project lead of the Digitalus CMS project, a commercial CMS built on Zend Framework, Forrest Lyman is particularly well-qualified to guide the reader through the involved process of building a full-fledged CMS. This book reflects the best practices that we have discovered with the help of the Zend Framework community over the last four years. Forrest brings our MVC components to life, while describing data persistence in detail using Zend_Db_Table and MySQL. Essential components for CMSs, such as Zend_Search_Lucene and Zend_Feed, are used to develop ZF modules to implement practical use cases. Finally, he covers advanced topics such as performance optimization and designing your CMS for extension. Those looking for a guide to using the latest components in Zend Framework will not be disappointed Zend_Tool, Zend_Navigation, Zend_Application, and more are put to use in the extensive running example CMS application. This book is the perfect complement to the documentation that can be found on http://framework.zend.com. Wil Sinclair Project Lead, Zend Framework

Inhalt

1. Getting Started
2. Designing Your Site
3. Building and Processing Web Forms with Zend_Form
4. Managing Data with Zend Framework
5. Working with CMS Data
6. Managing Content
7. Creating the Site Navigation
8. Handling Security in a Zend Framework Project
9. Searching and Sharing Content
10. Extending Your CMS
11. Advanced Topics
12. Installing and Managing a Site with Your CMS