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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

The Photo gallery application


Let us get started with implementing our custom photo gallery using Zend Framework 2. Since we have already implemented a file management interface, we will use a similar interface to implement a photo gallery.

The schema for a photo gallery will be similar to the Upload entity; additionally, we will have a field to store the thumbnail filename, which is generated during upload. Both the images and the generated thumbnails will be stored in the <Module>\data\images folder. We will use a custom action to display the images in the browser.

Before we get started, let's quickly review some of the important methods that are supported by WebinoImageThumb:

  • resize ($maxWidth = 0, $maxHeight = 0): This function resizes the image to the specified height and width; if either of the values is set to 0, that dimension will not be considered as a limiter

  • adaptiveResize ($width, $height): This function attempts to get the image as close to the provided dimensions as possible...