Zend Framework Tutorial Published
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The April 2006 issue of php|architect is now available. This issue marks my first appearance in their pages with the cover article, “Introducing Zend Framework”. In the article, I begin by introducing Zend’s motivations for creating a framework and how it relates to their PHP Collaboration Project. More information on these topics can be found on the Zend Framework website. I then dive into a tutorial where I take a business scenario and show how the components included in the Zend Framework can be put to work.
The article demonstrates a workflow where invoice data is retrieved from a web service, an invoice in PDF format is then built from that data, and finally the resultant file is emailed to a customer. The components Zend_XmlRpc_Client, Zend_Pdf, Zend_Mail, and Zend_Search_Lucene are explored along the way.
I’d like to thank the team at php|architect, particularly Sean Coates, for such a professional and enjoyable experience getting the article to print. I’m looking forward to writing more articles for them in the future.
Update: The article is now available for free download in PDF format here.

4 comments
comment by Rob... 2 May 06
Congratulations Mike!
comment by Nate K 10 May 06
Mike,
Just finished reading your article in my PHP|Arch Magazine. It was a great read and an excellent example to show the power and simplicity of the ZF.
I look forward to more articles in the future :)
Peace,
Nate
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comment by Firman Wandayandi 25 Oct 06
Thanks Mike!
Currently I’m learning to hack the ZF now for build a site. Hope it will be help me much to figure it out more deeper. More than what I got on Chris’s tutorial.
Waiting for your another stuffs.
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