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Easy command line scripts with Zend Application

As PHP developers, it is convenient to be able to write command line scripts in PHP. In doing so, you will almost certainly want access to Zend Framework components and their configurations as if you are writing a normal MVC app, but without invoking the
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tags: programming cli php zend-application
Feb 25 2010 04:01 PM
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Zend Framework Pitfalls Part 2 - Zend_Db Won't Use the Query Cache with MySQL

This one’s not limited to Zend Framework, but is actually a ‘problem’ in MySQL. I think it is worth covering, as the paragraph in the manual is easily missed. From the MySQL manual: Before MySQL 5.1.17, prepared statements do not use
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tags: programming mysql performance pitfalls
Nov 28 2009 06:58 PM
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Serving gzipped assets from Amazon S3 & Cloudfront

One of the first steps in improving front-end performance is to migrate static assets to a content delivery network, such as Amazon’s CloudFront or Akamai. CloudFront is particularly attractive with its pay-as-you-go model, tiny upfront investment
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tags: programming aws cloudfront performance
Nov 13 2009 06:37 AM
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Zend Framework Pitfalls Part 1 - Zend_Auth

Foreword Zend Framework is excellent; this series of posts entitled ‘Zend Framework Pitfalls’ won’t try and dispute that. There are, however, one or two problems and poorly implemented components that can cause problems. Before using
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tags: programming zend-auth zend-framework
Oct 12 2009 03:42 PM
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Zend Image proposal accepted

It’s official – Zend have accepted our Zend_Image proposal. Credit goes to Dolf Schimmel for writing the initial proposal and liaising with the Zend team. Zend_Image will initially support two adapters, Gd and Imagick (ImageMagick), and
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tags: programming zend-framework zend-image
Oct 10 2009 09:34 PM
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Avoiding Firefox 'screen jumping' when scrollbars are displayed

I recently discovered a simple way to improve the experience of Firefox users when navigating through a website. When a document is longer than the viewport, Firefox will display a vertical scrollbar, but when the document is shorter the scrollbar is not
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tags: programming css firefox ux
Sep 15 2009 06:01 PM
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Blog Launch

Hello, and welcome to my blog! My intention is to write web development articles and tutorials, with a particular focus on Zend Framework and PHP. These are likely to be programming oriented, covering solutions to problems that are not already well
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Sep 01 2009 05:03 AM