Adobe AMF Support in Zend Framework

"This ZF component will allow for client-side applications built with Flex and Adobe AIR to communicate easily and efficiently with PHP on the server-side."

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Zend Framework Tutorials

A compilation of Zend Framework tutorials for people who want to develop Web applications using this simple and powerful framework.

Will IBM Buy Zend / PHP ?

There is a report on the Washington Post that confirms that Zend (the lead commercial sponsor behind PHP) is laying off some of its workforce. The article speculates that the reason is due to Zend wanting to be cash flow positive in order to be a more attractive acquisition target.

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Zend Framework Database: step by step tutorial

Zend Framework Database Step By Step Tutorial.

Zend Framework Tutorials

here are a bunch of tutorials.

Login and Authentication with Zend Framework

I've fielded a number of questions from people wanting to know how to handle authentication and identity persistence in Zend Framework. The typical issue is that they're unsure how to combine:

* An authentication adapter
* A login form
* A controller for login/logout actions
* Checking for an authenticated user in subsequent requests

It's not terribly difficult, but it does require knowing how the various pieces of the MVC fit together, and how to use Zend_Auth. Let's take a look.

Getting Started with Zend Framework 1.5

This tutorial is intended to give a very basic introduction to using the Zend Framework to write a simple database driven application.

Sending Emails with the Zend Framework

Many PHP applications require the ability to send emails nowadays from simple plain-text emails confirming a registration to advanced HTML newsletters.

PHP allows us to send emails using the mail() function but this can quickly get complex when you begin to add HTML, attachments and different character encoding.

Luckily for us developers, the Zend_Mail component from the Zend Framework greatly simplifies the process by providing easy-to-use methods for creating and sending emails.

This article will walk you through creating and sending plain-text and HTML emails, adding attachments, multiple recipients and much more.