Today, I have done my first code commit to the Zend Framework. I recently joined Shahar in the development of the Zend_Http_Client component. The first commit is nothing spectacular, just a bugfix in the existing code. My first “real” commit, with code I’ve actually written myself, will follow shortly, when I finish Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Curl, the Curl…
I just read on PHPDeveloper that there is a new security problem that needs urgent attention of any php developer. It’s RFI, a way for evil crackers to run their code of choice on your server, exposing such information as passwords, or even enabling them to get shell access to your system and maybe become…
Standardization. This is one of the things where PHP still falls behind, big time. In a recent thread on the Zend Framework general mailinglist, this topic was touched in an informal proposal to get a module in the framework for Portlets. In this thread, a reference was made to a Java specification (JSR). This is…
It’s funny. Earlier this week I encountered this problem, and then just now, someone else writes about it. Though their problem is exactly opposite to the problem I encountered, the cause and the solution is the same. So what is the problem? In the php.ini, you can configure the session.gc_maxlifetime setting. This setting controls how…
I’m currently in the process of rewriting an old site from scratch. The only thing that will stay the same (well, the same, it will be extended probably, but the current structure will stay) is the database. I’ve chosen to keep the database the same to at least keep away from a painless database migration…
While the Zend Framework is still in an early state, I’ve been working on a site based on the Zend Framework. I’m extending the framework with my own logic, and so far I like what I see. Using the PDO database interface, the Zend base class for loading classes and interfaces, Zend_Filter_Input for input filtering,…
There have been some changes in my life. After getting my job at TomTom, I had little time left to spend online. With 8-9 hours at work, and a total of 3 hours travelling to and from work, I had little time at home to spend online. And since I have way more hobbies than…
There’s lots of work and even more thinking about the Zend Framework being done. Proof of that can be found in the first Framework roundup. Interesting reading! Especially the part about Authentication and ACL caught my eye. I’ll definitely be keeping a good eye on the development in that area. The Framework is very promising.
My first observation of the Zend Framework is a negative one. Their wonderful central Zend class allows you to include classes without having to include() or require() them yourselves, and it nicely throws an error if it can’t include the file. Much better than getting an error or having to check for the existance of…