Kohana and Zend, Killer Combo! The best PHP5 framework and library in one package.
My current favorite php framework is kohana. After several weeks playing with it, i feel that KohanaPhp far exceed CakePHP and CodeIgniter. Now i want to buid a *secret* site, after taking a look around i found that Zend framework has a neat library providing many classes that i need. Take a look of this list, you'll get the idea:
- Zend_Acl
- Zend_Captcha
- Zend_Feed
- Zend_Gdata
- Zend_Http
- Zend_OpenId
- Zend_Pdf
- Zend_Rest
- Zend_Service_Akismet
- Zend_Service_Amazon
- Zend_Service_Audioscrobbler
- Zend_Service_Delicious
- Zend_Service_Flickr
- Zend_Service_Nirvanix
- Zend_Service_ReCaptcha
- Zend_Service_Simpy
- Zend_Service_SlideShare
- Zend_Service_StrikeIron
- Zend_Service_Technorati
- Zend_Service_Twitter
- Zend_Service_Yahoo
I really love it, but i don't like zend framework itself. So i search around and found this cool tutorial.
It gives cool trick but doesn't work well, so i modify a bit.
Put the 'Zend' folder (unpacked from the Zend Framework package, under 'Library/') in Kohana installation's 'application/vendors/Zend' folder
Copy code below and paste it to a new file called Zend.php in application/libraries/.
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/**
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* Zend Framework Loader
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*
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* Put the 'Zend' folder (unpacked from the Zend Framework package, under 'Library/')
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* in Kohana installation's 'application/vendors/Zend' folder
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* You can put it elsewhere but remember to alter the script accordingly
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*
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* Usage:
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* Zend::instance('Zend/Package/Name');
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* Zend::instance('Zend/Service/Yahoo');
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*
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* * the second usage is useful for autoloading the Zend Framework library
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* * Zend/Package/Name does not need the '.php' at the end
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*/
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class Zend
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{
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/**
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* Returns a singleton instance of URI.
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*
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* @return object
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*/
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{
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static $instance;
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// Create the singleton
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if ($instance == NULL)
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{
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// Initialize the URI instance
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$instance = new Zend($class);
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} else
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{
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$instance->load($class);
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}
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return $instance;
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}
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/**
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* Constructor
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*
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* @param string $class class name
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*/
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function __construct($class = NULL)
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{
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// include path for Zend Framework
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// alter it accordingly if you have put the 'Zend' folder elsewhere
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if ($class)
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{
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require_once (string) $class . EXT;
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//Log::add('debug', "Zend Class $class Loaded");
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}
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else
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{
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//Log::add('debug', "Zend Class Initialized");
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}
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}
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/**
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* Zend Class Loader
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*
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* @param string $class class name
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*/
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function load($class)
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{
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require_once (string) $class . EXT;
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//Log::add('debug', "Zend Class $class Loaded");
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}
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}
Do you have trouble figuring out how to use it?
See an example below, you'll get a nice grab just within seconds:
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class Welcome_Controller extends Controller {
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public function index()
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{
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$zend = Zend::instance('Zend/Service/Yahoo');
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$yahoo = new Zend_Service_Yahoo('zendtesting');
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$keywords = "kitty";
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if ($results->totalResults()> 0) {
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echo '
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<p id="image">';
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echo '
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<h2>Image Search Results</h2>
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';
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foreach ($results as $result) {
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echo "<a href="http://php.fallenray.com/wp-admin/%7B$result-%3EClickUrl%7D" title="$result->Title"><img src="http://php.fallenray.com/wp-admin/%7B$result-%3EThumbnail-%3EUrl-%3EgetUri%28%29%7D" /></a>";
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}
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echo '
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';
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}
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}
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}
Another way to do this also posted as an updated tutorial. Things are getting much simpler now. I still liked my own twisted approach though :p
Also you might want to check out the official tutorial.
Happy ending, i can use the best PHP5 frameworks along with the best PHP5 library. It cannot get better than this. Try it, if you miss this you'll be sorry.
on February 18th, 2009 at 2:42 am
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