Category Archives: Web development
Class ‘Zend_Db_Table’ not found
New developers sometimes struggle with putting all of Zend Framework’s pieces together. This week someone asked me how to resolve the error: Fatal error: Class ‘Zend_Db_Table’ not found. The answer: he needs to “require” the file containing the Zend_Db_Table class, … Continue reading
Our Zend Framework-based Site Honored by IBM/COMMON
We won! IBM has recognized my use of PHP and Zend Framework, and our entire team’s RPG/DB2 and design work, by naming our web solution the IBM i’s most innovative of 2009. At IBM’s 2009 COMMON conference, IBM awarded the … Continue reading
Why Use a PHP Framework?
At last night’s NY-PHP gathering, a fellow PHP’er and I discussed PHP frameworks. I told her I was developing an e-commerce site using Zend Framework. She replied that she’d been considering frameworks, especially Cake and Symfony, “but I’m not sure … Continue reading
Brand your site with a favicon
Favicons are those eye-catching little pictures that appear in your web browser’s address bar, favorites list (hence the name favicon, short for “favorites icon”), and, with modern tabbed browsers, on tabs. Instantly recognizable when designed well, favicons represent the brand … Continue reading
PHP mail() on IBM System i
My new article about mail() is available at MC Press Online. The article covers: Zend Core’s implementation of mail() for IBM System i How mail() compares to packages such as PHPMailer Function definition and example How to configure SMTP in … Continue reading
Javascript Debugger for FireFox: FireBug
Powerful yet unobtrusive, FireBug, a FireFox Extension by Joe Hewitt, runs in a frame that pops up only when requested or when an error occurs. It helped me solve two javascript problems today. Thanks to Dell Sala, who told me … Continue reading
