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Creating Custom ZFTool Diagnostic Classes

In this tutorial, we’re going to step beyond the in-built ZFTool Diagnostic class and write our own custom checks, specifically to lint a Zend Framework 2 module configuration file.

7 Steps to a Professional Video Tutorial

Today, I’ll show you a 7-step workflow for producing a professional video tutorial every time, regardless of your product or service.

How to Use ZFTool Diagnostics To Ensure Your Modules Work

In this tutorial, we cover how to use ZFTool Diagnostics to ensure Zend Framework 2 module dependencies are available and clearly documented; ensuring they work in whatever environment they’re used in.

Using Sessions In Zend Framework 2 – Part 2

In this tutorial, we looking further at Sessions in Zend Framework 2, specifically investigating session validators and the different backend storage options available.

Using Sessions In Zend Framework 2 - Part 1

We all know that PHP implements a stateless approach to applications. The PHP process starts, variables are allocated, information generated and stored, then when the request is finished, all of the state is lost. Any information generated and stored during the request, during its lifetime, is lost when it ends.

To help work around this, PHP introduced the concept of sessions, which allows for storing information across requests. However, like most things, as application’s have become more complex, the ability to interact with sessions in a way that matches the needs of the application has continued to grow as well.

Running the ZF2Skeleton with PHP's Built-in Webserver

In this screencast we’ll create an application from the ZF2Skeleton project on Github and getting it up and running, using PHP’s built-in web server.

Howto Handle External Form Element Dependencies with FormElementManager

Zend Framework 2, like all great PHP frameworks, provides thorough infrastructure for creating forms in your application. Whether that’s form objects, form elements, fieldsets, validation groups or that they interact with so many other components in the Zend Framework 2 default libraries. But how do you handle external dependencies?

Howto Use Constructor Injection In ZF2

Is it right to use setter injection? Or is it evil, to be avoided at all costs, for the explicitness of constructor injection? In today’s post, we explore that and how to implement constructor injection in ZF2 controller classes.

Building and Executing SQL Queries In Zend

Whilst there are many ways for building and executing SQL queries in Zend Framework 2, the two that I usually use, and which are also used in the ZF2 manual, are closures and the selectWith function. I previously wrote a three part series, showing how to get started using the \Zend\Db\Sql classes with Zend Framework 2, but I didn’t cover how to actually run them. So in today’s tutorial, let’s do that.

HowTo Use Child and Segment Routes to Build Simple Routing Tables

Routing is one of the key requirements in modern applications, especially in Zend Framework 2; but they shouldn’t be overly-complicated. Today, we’re going to look at how to build a routing table, simply and easily using child and segment routes.