Zend Framework

[paulyG]

I'm sorry but what do you mean, compared to what?

-Straight sql and mysql_fetch_object() calls?
-PDO and placeholders

or do you mean iterative over "fluent"

[Ren]

Looks interesting

Can anybody explain what is the advantage with:

// $select is now a Zend_Db_Select_PdoMysql object

// SELECT *
//     FROM round_table
//     WHERE noble_title = "Sir"
//     ORDER BY first_name
//     LIMIT 10 OFFSET 20
//

// you can use an iterative style...
$select->from('round_table', '*');
$select->where('noble_title = ?', 'Sir');
$select->order('first_name');
$select->limit(10,20);

// ...or a "fluent" style:
$select->from('round_table', '*')
       ->where('noble_title = ?', 'Sir')
       ->order('first_name')
       ->limit(10,20); 

I can't see any benefits of using a query like this?

I dont think there is any benefit from using SQL, either really. I suppose it could be RDBMs independant way of having SQL, like some RDBMS's don't have LIMIT or OFFSET, so they're emulated, but ZF seems todo none of this.

[pixelsoul]

Ah i see so if you used a different rdbms you would only need to change limit and order functions instead of each query...

I wonder how much overhead this gives instead of just typing the sql query though..

[Ren]

Ah i see so if you used a different rdbms you would only need to change limit and order functions instead of each query...

Wouldn't have to change anything, the Select object would do it for you.

[kyberfabrikken]

I wonder how much overhead this gives instead of just typing the sql query though..

Compared to sending the query over tcp/ip to the database-server and waiting for the reply ? Negligible.

[powerobject]

All are welcome to join the 'email-based' user-group and discuss the PHP's framework of the future - Zend Framework:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zend

[kyberfabrikken]

I would prefer using the official channels, such as the mailinglist: general-subscribe@lists.zend.com

[jakewan]

I appreciate the earlier post where the guy mentioned CakePHP as I think there isn't 1 solution for everyone. Choice and diversity makes PHP as a language, the winner, in the end. However, I do think he could have been more tactful and not claim that cake is superior to the Zend framework, which obviously, it isn't.

I actually first heard of the zend framework from another related project PHP Object Generator (POG). Kudos to the guys, (or guy?) behind POG

[miggy]

Can some1 help me with install Zend Frameworks?
I want to use Zend_Mail(); module
Here is what i used:

<?php
require_once 'Zend/Mail.php'; 
$mail = new Zend_Mail(); 
$mail->setBodyText('This is the text of the mail.'); 
$mail->setFrom('rusbnl@rusbnl.com', 'Some Sender'); 
$mail->addTo('some@hotmail.com', 'Some Recipient'); 
$mail->setSubject('TestSubject'); 
$mail->send();
?>

But it shows me this:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_OLD_FUNCTION' or `T_FUNCTION' or `T_VAR' or `'}'' in /home/httpd/vhosts/rusbnl.com/httpdocs/Zend/Mail.php on line 59

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: zend_mail in /home/httpd/vhosts/rusbnl.com/httpdocs/maill.php on line 3

Here you can see it:
http://www.rusbnl.com/maill.php

I've downloaded ZF 0.1.3 version and have nothing changed init.

What do i need to do to make it working?

Already thanks!

[auricle]

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_OLD_FUNCTION' or `T_FUNCTION' or `T_VAR' or `'}'' in /home/httpd/vhosts/rusbnl.com/httpdocs/Zend/Mail.php on line 59

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: zend_mail in /home/httpd/vhosts/rusbnl.com/httpdocs/maill.php on line 3

Are you using PHP5?

Line 59 is somewhere around where the class definition starts. I suspect it's one of the class variable declarations. Rather than using "var", it says "static" or "protected". PHP4 does not understand these terms.

[miggy]

I am using PHP4. So what do i need to do to make it work?

[auricle]

I am using PHP4. So what do i need to do to make it work?

Use PHP5.

OK, I know that's not helpful if, for various reasons, you're committed to PHP4. But Zend Framework uses features of PHP5 which are simply not available in PHP4 and which, as you've seen, cause parse errors (that is, the source files themselves won't even be loaded without error).

You probably should have read this:

What version of PHP is required to run the Zend Framework?
The Zend Framework is compatible with PHP 5.0.4 and above. PHP 5.1 can be used but is not a requirement. Zend Framework is also tested against the current version of Zend Core. Sorry, PHP 4 will not be supported.