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Zend Framework 2.0 by Example: Beginner's Guide

By : Krishna Shasankar V
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Zend Framework 2.0 by Example: Beginner's Guide

By: Krishna Shasankar V

Overview of this book

<p>ZF2 is the latest update to the well-known Zend Framework. This version has considerably eased the process of building complex web applications with minimal development effort using plug and play components. ZF2 also provides a highly robust and scalable framework for developing web applications.</p> <p>"Zend Framework 2.0 by Example: Beginner’s Guide" will guide you through the process of developing powerful web applications using ZF2. It covers all aspects of Zend Framework application development right from installation and configuration; the tasks are designed in a way that readers can easily understand and use them to build their own applications with ease.</p> <p>"Zend Framework 2.0 by Example: Beginner’s Guide" begins with the basic installation and configuration of the Zend Framework. As you progress through the exercises, you will become thoroughly acquainted with ZF2. With this book, you will learn about the basic concepts of building solid MVC web applications using Zend Framework 2.0. The detailed step-by-step instructions will enable you to build functionality such as a group chat, a file &amp; media sharing service, search, and a simple store to name a few. You will also use a wide range of external modules to implement features that are not natively available. By the end of the book, you will be well versed in building complex, functionality-rich web applications using Zend Framework 2.0.</p> <p>"Zend Framework 2.0 by Example: Beginner’s Guide" provides everything that you need for building functionality-rich web applications with simple real world examples and tasks.</p>
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Zend Framework 2.0 by Example Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Layouts and views


Zend Framework MVC uses layouts and views to render pages in the web browser; the overall page content is controlled by the layout specification, and the view level information is contained in the views. The concept is to minimize the amount of redundant HTML code that needs to be generated for each of these views.

By using layouts, the application can have a consistent user interface, which is also easy to customize; the views offer the flexibility to modify the targeted content and allow customization to the maximum possible extent. This is also known as two-step view.

When a new view is generated, the appropriate layout is identified from the layout definitions in the view_manager configuration and the view is rendered with that layout.

The preceding schematic explains how the layout and view are combined to form an HTML page, so for each and every view, the view part changes and the layout part remains static.

View helpers

Zend Framework 2 offers a wide range of view helpers...