Zend Framework

[9three]

Hey,

I'm experimenting with the ZF but I'm having issues. I thought that I had fixed it, but after a quick test, I can see that it doesn't work. What I'm trying to accomplish is to use the framework by just using:

require_once 'Zend/Loader.php';
Zend_Loader::registerAutoload(); 

And then after initiating the Zend Loader continue developmenting, without worrying about the MVC structure.

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL|E_STRICT);
ini_set('display_errors', 'on');

//include paths
ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path') . PATH_SEPARATOR . '../library');
require_once 'Zend/Loader.php';
Zend_Loader::registerAutoload();

$connection = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql(array(
              'host' => 'localhost2222',
              'username' => 'root2',
              'password' => '',
              'dbname' => 'cms2'));

if ($connection)
  echo 'Connected';
else
  echo 'Failed';
?>

I just tried to connect to a database on my localhost and it always displays Connected. The actual host, username, password, and dbname values are, localhost, root, no password, cms. I had changed the values to something random to test it.

[AnthonySterling]

The construct of a class never returns it's status, so it will neither return true nor false, which is what your checking for.

You should validate your connection in another manner.

[9three]

I'm not really sure how to, I'm still new to ZF and I'm still learning what they have available. Could you help me out a bit more?

[logic_earth]

$c = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql( ... );
if ( $c->isConnected() )
    print 'Connected!'; 

[9three]

That works logic. Thanks.

Where are you viewing what objects you can call and/or are available to use? I'm looking online in the ZF documentation, and I don't see any objects being called using isConnected().

[logic_earth]

I'm looking in the API documentation which contains every single method and class. However, this documentation is a lot more technical. Top-right hand is a select containing a list of all the packages.

http://framework.zend.com/apidoc/core/

[9three]

WOW no kidding...

Thank you

[9three]

I'm actually getting a Connection failed when I try isConnected. But the values in the array are correct and the data base already exist. Is there something special I should be looking out for when using PDO?

$connection = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql(array(
              'host' => 'localhost',
              'username' => 'root',
              'password' => '',
              'dbname' => 'cms'));

if ($connection->isConnected())
  echo 'Connected';
else
  echo 'Connection failed';