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Zend_Controller_Action is the parent of all of the controllers in your application. This short tutorial shows how to pass parameters into your actions from the query string.

Learning PHP Data Objects is an introduction to the new PDO data abstraction system included in PHP5. PDO is widely accepted as an effective option for database access while keeping in line with best practices. In Learning PHP Data Objects, the author Dennis Popel examines this new system and explains how to begin using PDO in development as a replacement for typical database drivers. The book is an excellent introduction to the data abstraction layer and also provides essential insight into the inner workings of database interaction with PHP.

Welcome to the second installment of our five-part series of articles on xdebug, the PHP developer’s swiss army knife extension.
The installation of xdebug and its basic features were covered last week.
This week, we will explore the tracing feature of xdebug.

Our special guest today is Jan Lehnardt. Jan is an Open Source software consultant specialized on internet technologies. He has years of experience building both small and large scale database applications. He has a keen eye for user experience and typography. He co-founded Freisatz, a company bringing typographic bliss to everyone. Jan also contributes to several Open Source projects.

Today, Jan is going to talk to us about one of those projects, CouchDB.

We’ve gotten a lot of feedback since the 1.0 release of Zend Framework in June. Our developers have come to love the power and flexibility of our framework, which has dramatically simplified hundreds of projects ranging from the rich interfaces of fledgling Web 2.0 businesses to integration with legacy systems in the enterprise. Some developers, however, have been looking for a little more guidance on best practices for project structure, convenience, and a shorter time-to-Hello-World (TTHW) in Zend Framework.

We hope you enjoy today’s episode of The ZendCon Sessions as we listen to Thornsten Rinne present “IBM DB2 with PHP 5.2 and AJAX”.

We have been creating web-applications using PHP since it came into existence, now we can also develop Desktop or Stand alone Applications with PHP-GTK. Desktop Applications are one which does not need either a Web Server like IIS, Apache, PWS etc. or a web browser for their execution. One of the reasons why Java is so popular is because it can be used to build applications, web pages, applets and beans that can run on several platforms including Windows, Linux and Solaris. Java runs a virtual machine called JVM, and code is compiled into an intermediate format known as Java byte code, which is platform independent. When that particular piece of code is executed within the JVM, the JVM optimizes the code for the particular platform on which it is running as it is being compiled.

The Zend_Gdata component of Zend Framework offers PHP 5 classes to access services supported by the Google Data APIs. The recent Zend Framework 1.0.3 release includes new support for some great services, including Picasa Web Albums, YouTube, and Google Documents List.

We know many people listen to PHP Abstract on their cell phones or mobile music device. Many of you aren’t near a computer when you listen. Even so, we want to hear from you about the episodes. So we’ve installed our handy new TwitterBridge. Now, all you need to leave a comment about an episode of PHP Abstract is a twitter account.

Regular listeners are probably getting tire of hearing me say this, but today we are going to do something a little different. Back in October, PHPWomen passed their first birthday. It’s taken me a while to get everything together but finally, I got a chance to sit down with four of the charter members, Ligaya Turmelle, Elizabeth Naramore, Elizabeth Smith and Sara Golemon and talk about the first year of phpwomen.

We hope you enjoy today’s session as we listen to Damon Williams present “PayPal: New Solutions for PHP Developers”.

My buddy Yossi Leon is going to be hosting a free Webinar on Zend’s new product “Zend Studio for Eclipse”. (Code name Neon for all of you in the black vans and helicopters) He has asked me to let you know about this and invite you to dial in and participate.

After a lot of hard work by both Paul Reinheimer and his partner, Courtney Wilson, they have released their new project, PHP Function a Day (funcaday.com). It’s a web based version of a “Thing-A-Day” desk calendar specifically for PHP developers.

This article is the first installment of a five-part series of articles covering xdebug, a free and open source
swiss army knife tool for PHP developers. xdebug is a PHP extension created by Derick Rethans, one of the PHP core developers. This week, we will show you how to install xdebug and introduce you to some of the basic features.
In the subsequent parts of this article series, we will have a closer look at one of xdebug’s main features,
namely tracing, profiling, debugging, and code coverage.