Web application development using zend framework

1. WEB APPLICATIONS & WEB SERVICES
DEVELOPMENT USING ZEND FRAMEWORK
Sayed Ahmed
B. Sc. Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering
M. Sc. in Computer Science
sayed@justetc.net
1 647–624–8509
http://sayed.justetc.net
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2. OVERVIEW
 Purpose
 Web Application Development
 Web Services Development
 Overview on Zend Framework
 Based on Object Oriented PHP (100% OOP)
 Supports PHP 5.1.4 and later
 Based on MVC architecture
 Component based
 Components can be used almost independently
 Uses loosely coupled architecture for the component
architecture
 Components when used together create a very powerful and
extensible framework
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3. OVERVIEW
 Some Features
 Simple to use database abstraction layer (Zend_db)
 Forms component that implements
 HTML form rendering
 Form validation
 Form filtering
 Zend_Auth and Zend_Acl
 provide user authentication and authorization
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4. ZEND FRAMEWORK QUICK START
 Steps
 Zend Framework & MVC Introduction
 Create Your Project
 Create A Layout
 Create a Model and Database Table
 Create A Form
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5. ZEND FRAMEWORK AND MVC
 Zend has many components that can be used
independently
 However, to establish a basic structure for your
Zend Framework applications
 Zend provides an advanced MVC implementation
 Zend MVC includes components such as
 Zend_Controller
 Zend_Layout
 Zend_Config
 Zend_Db
 Zend_Db_Table
 Zend_Registry
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6. MVC ARCHITECTURE
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7. CREATE YOUR PROJECT
 Install Zend Server
 http://www.zend.com/en/products/server-ce/downloads
 Or Download the Zend Framework and extract it
 http://framework.zend.com/download/latest
 Create the project structure
 Run the command
 % zf create project quickstart
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8. BASIC PROJECT STRUCTURE
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9. LOADING INITIAL COMPONENTS AND RESOURCES
 The Bootstrap class loads the initial resources and
components
 application/controllers/ as the default directory in
which to look for action controllers
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10. INITIAL CONFIGURATION OF YOUR APPLICATION
 File used
 application/configs/application.ini
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11. ACTION CONTROLLERS [INDEXCONTROLLER]
 Associated Directory
 /controller/action
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12. ERROR CONTROLLER
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13. VIEWS
 Views are written in plain old PHP
 View scripts are placed in
 application/views/scripts/
 And further categorized
 using the controller names
 Hence, we can create
 Sub-directories
 index/
 error/
 Within these subdirectories
 you will find and create view scripts
 that correspond to each controller action exposed
 Our default case
 index/index.phtml
 error/error.phtml.
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14. CREATE VIRTUAL HOST
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15. UPDATE HOSTS FILE
 C:WINDOWSsystem32driversetc
 127.0.0.1 quickstart.local
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16. FIRE YOUR APPLICATION
 Point your browser to the server name
 As you configured in the previous section
 You will see a welcome page
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17. REFERENCES
 http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/
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18.  http://www.developly.com/creating-3-step-layouts-
with-zendlayout
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