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Zend_Date with dates before 1901

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Zend_Date

Zend_Date is the Zend Framework module for manipulation of dates. It gives several advantages. Everybody how has dealed with dates knows that built in PHP date function cannot manage dates before 1901. With that kind of problems Zend_Date is pretty fine.

How to do that

If you have only

Zend_Date::set($timestamp);

is not enough. The timestamp is an int representation and the framework cannot get the timezone from that and trows an error.

The simple way to solve the problem

Replace the line above with these: Continue reading Zend_Date with dates before 1901 →

Switch from Zend_Loader to Zend_Loader_Autoloader

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Zend_Loader

Zend_Loader was the usual kind of autoloading in Zend Framework before version 1.8. Than simply you say:

require_once “Zend/Loader.php”;
Zend_Loader::registerAutoload();

That made all your application to autoload files from the library folder where usualy the Zend Framework stays. That has several things to be changed. Continue reading Switch from Zend_Loader to Zend_Loader_Autoloader →

Zend Framework – Disable Zend Layout

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What’s Zend Layout

Everybody knows that sometimes you need header and footer for almost every page. In Zend Framework you don’t need to include them in every template page, as it will be if you were using Smarty for instance. You just need to use Zend_Layout. It’s easy and it’s helpful.

What if you don’t need layout for a controller action?

Well if you have to have a given controller action with no use of Zend_Layout, you just need to disable it.

How …

… simply by placing this line in you controller action:

$this->_helper->layout->disableLayout();