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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

Searching


Searching the index is relatively simple using ZendSearch\Lucene. The index needs to be opened for querying and the query string needs to be passed to the find() method in ZendSearch\Lucene\Index. The find methods return an array matching the hits for the specific query, and this in turn can be used to render the search results.

There are two options for querying the index—you can pass the plain text query string to the find function or you can build your own Query object using ZendSearch\Lucene\Search\Query.

Tip

To read more about various query options in ZendSearch\Lucene, check the following developer documentation:

https://zf2.readthedocs.org/en/release-2.2.0/modules/zendsearch.lucene.queries.html

In the following example, we will be using plain text queries, and you can manipulate the search results by using operators such as :,+,-, and field searches. For example, see the following list:

  • A search for all documents uploaded by Anne could be retrieved by the following query:

    owner...