May 22 2009

Converting your Zend Framework MVC application into an XML webservice using one single plugin

zend-frameworkThat’s right folks, in this blog post I’ll show you how you can convert your entire MVC application into a REST-style XML webservice. And I’m not talking about refactoring tons of code … NO, we’ll plug this option in without changing a single thing to your action controllers.

This post will contain a detailed description of the concepts used. The source could of the plugin is also shown and finally how it will look like when using it.
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Jan 11 2009

Zend Framework as a glue framework part 1: the router

zend-frameworkFor some time now there have been lots of discussions regarding the use of frameworks. Some say it causes too much overhead, is a deal breaker from a performance point of view and forces you to adapt your project to the standards of the framework. Others defend the DRY (Do Not Repeat Yourself) principles and the fact that the source code of influential frameworks is kept up to date by professionals.
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