Category Archives: Development

Short URLs with Zend Framework

Posted on September 2, 2010 by marcus

First up, what's a short URL? A short URL is just that; a url that is as short as it can possibly be, so that takes up as few characters as possible when it is used in a twitter message, … Continue reading →

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Caching files statically with Zend Framework

Posted on August 12, 2010 by marcus

I've been using ZF (almost exclusively) since version 0.10 or so in 2006. It's come a long way since then, and the folks involved with it are very skilled and methodical. It's quite fun to see new versions roll out … Continue reading →

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Bootstrapping Zend Framework via ErrorDocument 404

Posted on May 4, 2010 by marcus

Traditionally Zend Framework applications are bootstrapped using mod_rewrite as recommended in the manual and various tutorials. For non-Apache servers such nginx, similar methods are provided. But it's also possible to use Apache's ErrorDocument configuration to kick off a Zend Framework … Continue reading →

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MySQL Replication for Offsite Backups

Posted on October 19, 2009 by marcus

I'm cheap. I tend to run pet projects on shoe string budgets. For one, it's just a good habit. It's easier to increase spending when it's really necessary (after some growth and revenue) than it is to turn off a … Continue reading →

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Zend Framework: Coding by Convention - Part 2

Posted on August 22, 2009 by marcus

A number of components sometimes accept strings or arrays as parameter. Developers coming from statically typed languages might cringe a bit, but this is really just about taking advantage of the flexibility of the language. With flexibility comes freedom and … Continue reading →

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