Update: Smoc is dead, long live h2octrine!... Read More

In the prior version we just had the basics, automatic listings of all entries in a table, update/inster forms with text fields, text areas and drop downs through a single Doctrine relation (hasOne). Now we add check box groups which will manage multiple relations (hasMany) through an intermediary relation table, search and pagination of the search results. ... Read More

Update: Since the below piece was written I’ve ported the little framework to H2O instead, H2O is a cleaner alternative to Smarty.... Read More

I just found myself wishing for automatic CRUD, for quick and simple administrative tasks, as it turned out a very easy thing to add. The first thing we have to do is move the label selection from having to be explicitly declared in the insert/update form – like we are doing now – to the model:... Read More

Things are starting to become more and more feature complete. Let’s look at how to implement general search and pagination. In the Product model:... Read More

This piece is building on the prior tutorial, we now have Retrieve, Update and Delete in addition to the Create stuff. The prior tutorial has also been updated since the fromArrayExt method needed some adjustments to manage updating.... Read More

I’ve had problems with both Zend Session and the Zend Controller. It just feels like too much fighting and since the plan is to replace Zend DB with Doctrine there is only the controller and session left and unwanted to boot.... Read More

Today I noticed a nice, short example of the Zend Framework, jQuery and Smarty stack I’m using. It’s got a lot of niceties from each component in a very small space, perfect for showcasing each and how they can be integrated!... Read More

I’m in the process of replacing the horrible PHP code. And I’m using the beefed up version of the Zend Framework that I’ve built in this series of course! However, I’ve started to find some bugs and the fixes will be posted here.... Read More

As some of you know, I’ve got other things to do at the moment. The cms/community project is iced. Therefore I’ve created a Google project out of it.... Read More