Zend Framework 2 Cookbook

Zend Framework 2 Cookbook

By : Josephus Callaars, [email protected]

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Zend Framework 2 Cookbook

By: Josephus Callaars, [email protected]

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Overview of this book

Zend Framework 2 is the latest creation of World Wide Web infrastructure company Zend Technologies Ltd. This new PHP framework comes with tons of features and an attractive way of creating applications. Not only is the overall usability of the technology much better, but it also makes your applications more testable, something that is often overlooked. "Zend Framework 2 Cookbook" will show you how applications are set up in Zend Framework 2 and how you can develop successfully in this massive framework. You will master features like Modules, Views, Controllers, and Authentication. The book also discusses the Event Manager, unit testing, and how to optimize your application. The book begins with a discussion about setting up Zend Framework 2, and you will also look at how the framework itself works. By the end of this book, you will be able to create entire secure applications on your own and make sure they are tested and optimized for performance as well. You will learn about sending and receiving e-mails, translation and localization of the application, and how to set up the framework on a Linux web server. You will also learn how to display data from the application to the user by using different display strategies and renderings. The creation of modules will also be discussed. Then, you will move on to look at how to authenticate users and make sure the developer knows how to pick the best method available. Unit testing, debugging, and enhancing the performance will also be covered in this book. "Zend Framework 2 Cookbook" is a perfect book for anyone who wants to start developing with Zend Framework 2.

Zend Framework 2 Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

Free Chapter

Zend Framework 2 Basics

Introduction

Setting up a Zend Framework 2 project

Handling routines

Understanding dependency injection

Using configurations to your benefit

The EventManager and Bootstrap classes

Translating and Mail Handling

Introduction

Translating your application

Localizing your application

Sending mail

Receiving mail

Handling and Decorating Forms

Introduction

Creating forms

Using form view helpers

Creating a custom form element and form view helper

Using View

Introduction

Working with View

Creating a global layout template

Creating reusable Views

Using view strategies/renderers

Using context switching for a different output

Writing a custom view strategy/renderer

Configuring and Using Databases

Introduction

Connecting to a database

Executing simple queries

Executing queries using TableGateway

Optimizating with a DB profiler

Creating a Database Access Object

Modules, Models, and Services

Introduction

Creating a new module

Using modules as a widget

A Model and a Hydrator

A basic service

Handling Authentication

Introduction

Understanding Authentication methods

Setting up a simple database Authentication

Writing a custom Authentication method

Optimizing Performance

Introduction

Caching and when to Cache

Understanding and using storage plugins

Setting up a caching system

Catching Bugs

Introduction

Handling Exceptions – your partner in crime

Logging and how it makes your life easier

Unit testing – why would you do it

Setting up and using unit testing

Setting up the Essentials

Making sure you have all that you need

Downloading Zend Framework 2 and finding its documentation

Composer and its uses within Zend Framework 2

Basic Zend Framework 2 structures

About storage adapters and patterns

Index

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Writing a custom Authentication method

Sometimes the standard methods just don't cut it, and that is okay. That is why this recipe gives a clear insight into how to create our own authentication method.

Getting ready

For this recipe it would be preferred if there is a web environment that has SSL enabled. Configuring such an environment is outside the scope but it would be beneficial for the execution of this recipe.

An example of an environment like this would be an Apache 2 web server with mod_ssl correctly configured. To enable the certificate verification on Apache2, one needs to place the following code in their public/.htaccess file:

# Only execute the following code when mod_ssl is 
# enabled
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
  # This means the client can present their 
  # certificate, but it doesn't need to be verifiable 
  # by the server
  SSLVerifyClient optional_no_ca

  # This depth means the certificate can only be self-
  # signed otherwise it will be denied
  SSLVerifyDepth 0

  #...

Zend Framework 2 Cookbook

By : Josephus Callaars, [email protected]

Zend Framework 2 Cookbook

By: Josephus Callaars, [email protected]

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