I have developed numerous websites using Codeigniter, but now have the need to migrate to Zend Framework.
I am installing it on shared hosting and I have virtually no command line experience. So far I have downloaded the framework, unzipped it and uploaded it to the hosting. I am using a Centos server provided by Godaddy.
I have tried the quick start guide but this uses command line, I also notice there is no index file to route requests through.
Is there a way that I can set up a basic MVC structure without using command line or do you have any pointers for what I need to be doing next.
Thanks in advance.
John
You don't have to use the command line tool. You can create files by yourself too. It's just more work for you ;) So for a basic setting you'd have to create the folders/files listed here. The command line tool only saves you a lot of create/copy & paste work. The code for all files is listed in the quickstart, but a bit spread over the different pages. I'd suggest to read everything first to get the idea of how zf does work and then create all files.
The index file responsible for all routing is public/index.php.
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I have created a project locally using Zend Framework 1.11. I have spent a long time learning the basics of the framework from all the online tutorials I can find, and I now feel fairly comfortable using the ZF Tool and locally working on my project on WAMP. I decided it was time to upload my project and deploy it on my shared hosting server, which happens to be Hostmonster.
After uploading my project, I have been struggling to get it to function correctly on the remote host. I have successfully uploaded my Zend Framework Library and included it in my PHP.ini, and all tests show it is seen by the server.
My directory structure, which was originally created to the standard format by the ZF Tool locally on the command line, is not pointing to the same paths on the remote server, so everything was messed up when I navigated to the Project/public folder. After much more Googling, I found several posts by various bloggers related to modifying .htaccess files, etc., which resulted in all my other sites hosted on the server being disrupted.
The closest I have been able to come to re-creating my initial local site on the Hostmonster host is by:
Taking all the directories out of my "public" ZF folder, and putting them directly in the web root of my server, (public_html), and:
Changing the 'APPLICATON_PATH' of my index.php file from the ZF public folder with the path to my ZF library (changed to reflect where it is in relation to the new location).
With this (tedious) setup, I am now seeing my index view being rendered with all CSS and Javascript, but I am unable to navigate to any of the other views, and the form I have displayed via a view script is likewise not showing up, only the index view is rendered.
My Zend Framework Library is located in a directory in the web root-- public_html, with the php.ini adding it to the include path.
This is becoming very frustrating as I like a lot of the features of ZF, but the restructuring of the site is proving impossible. If anyone has instructions or experience with this setup, I would greatly appreciate it. I am also hosting multiple other sites on this server, so I'm hoping I don't have to change from the single php.ini configuration(5.3) I'm currently using or mess around with a bunch of .htaccess files.
Thanks for any help anyone may have!
I have ZF running on HM no problem. Just place your index.php and .htaccess in your public_html dir, and what I did was created a public_html/zend/library folder and in my index.php including that library to get things working.
Also what do u mean you're running other sites off this server? Are you serving the application on the root of your domain? ie in your http://domain.com/ path? or different subdomains?
i am new to zend framework. i am trying to create a zend framework project in netbeans 6.9. but the ide shows some error, i couldn't understand. the following are the screenshots that could illustrate my problem.
the following are the error message shown in the ide log:
***************************** ZF ERROR ********************************
In order to run the zf command, you need to ensure that Zend Framework
is inside your include_path. There are a variety of ways that you can
ensure that this zf command line tool knows where the Zend Framework
library is on your system, but not all of them can be described here.
The easiest way to get the zf command running is to give it the include
path via an environment variable ZEND_TOOL_INCLUDE_PATH or
ZEND_TOOL_INCLUDE_PATH_PREPEND with the proper include path to use,
then run the command "zf --setup". This command is designed to create
a storage location for your user, as well as create the zf.ini file
that the zf command will consult in order to run properly on your
system.
Example you would run:
$ ZEND_TOOL_INCLUDE_PATH=/path/to/library zf --setup
Your are encourged to read more in the link that follows.
Zend_Tool & CLI Setup Information
(available via the command line "zf --info")
* Home directory found in environment variable HOMEPATH with value \Documents and Settings\oandz
* Storage directory assumed in home directory at location \Documents and Settings\oandz/.zf/
* Storage directory does not exist at \Documents and Settings\oandz/.zf/
* Config file assumed in home directory at location \Documents and Settings\oandz/.zf.ini
* Config file does not exist at \Documents and Settings\oandz/.zf.ini
To change the setup of this tool, run: "zf --setup"
can any one give the procedure to set-up zend framework and to configure it with netbeans 6.9 starting from scratch.
thanks in advance.
It looks like the cli Zend_Tool isn't being called. I'm not a windows man so the best I can provide is a link Using the CLI Tool there's a section on setting up in Windows.
The images are quite small so I'm guessing a bit but it looks like you pointed netbeans at the zf.bat file, are the permissions correct?
i resolved the problem. the problem is with zend framework 1.10.x itself. i just downloaded the latest version of the zend frame work and it just worked fine.
I'm interested in Qooxdoo as a possible web development framework. I have downloaded the SDK and installed it in a central location on my PC as I expect to use it on multiple projects. I used the create-application.py script to make a new test application and added all the generated files to my version control system.
I would like to be able to collaborate on this with other developers on other PCs. They are likely to have the SDK installed in a different location. The auto-generated files in Qooxdoo seem to include the SDK path in both config.json and generator.py: if the SDK path moves, the generator.py script stops working. generator.py doesn't seem to be too much of a problem as it looks in config.json for an updated path, but I'm not sure how best to handle config.json.
The only options I've thought of so far are:
Exclude it from the VCS, but there doesn't seem to be a script to regenerate it automatically, so this could be dangerous.
Add it to the VCS but have each developer modify the path line and accept that it might need to be adjusted whenever changes are merged.
Change config.json to be a path and a single 'include' line that points to a second file that contains all the non-SDK-path related information.
Use a relative path to the SDK and keep a separate, closely located copy of the SDK for every project that uses it.
Approach 1 would be ideal if the generation script existed; approach 2 is really nasty; I couldn't get approach 3 to work and approach 4 is a bit messy as it means multiple copies of the SDK littered about the place.
The Android SDK seems to deal with this very well (using approach 1), with the SDK path in its own file with a script that automatically generates that file. As far as I can tell, Qooxdoo puts lots of other important information in config.json and the only way to automatically generate that file is to create a new project.
Is there a better/recommended way to deal with this?
As an alternative to using symlinks, you can override the QOOXDOO_PATH macro on the command line:
./generate.py source -m QOOXDOO_PATH:<local_path_to_qooxdoo>
(Depending on the shell you are using you might have to apply some proper quoting of the -m argument). This way, every programmer can use his locally installed qooxdoo SDK. You can even drop the QOOXDOO_PATH entry from config.json to enforce this.
We work with a symbolic link pointing to the sdk ... config.json contains just the path of the link.
I copied & pasted this text here. It seems the editor seems to format some parts randomly. ;)
I downloaded ZendGdata 1.9.6, extracted it & uploaded it to my site's
root folder ..., which I need for use with Youtube API to get videos onto my site.
I must say I’m new to all this, and so I would appreciate taking this into account.
The library folder is at /ZendGdata/library.
The problem I'm having is Step. 3 when I follow instructions
(http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/apis/gdata/articles/php_client_lib.html#gdata-installation)
for setting it up for that purpose.
Download the Google Data Client Library files.
Decompress the downloaded files. Four sub-directories should be
created:
demos — Sample applications
documentation — Documentation for the client library files
library — The actual client library source files.
tests — Unit-test files for automated testing.
Add the location of the library folder to your PHP path (see the next section)
One of the suggested locations to add the path, apart from the .htaccess file is in php.ini.
My site is on shared hosting. I have no access to the main php.ini file, but I’m allow to create one if I need one. For Drupal CMS, for some functions, it suffices placing one in the root folder.
I added this line:
include_path=".:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/habaris6/
public_html/site.root.folder/ZendGdata/library";
When I however go to mysite.com/ZendGdata/demos/Zend/Gdata/InstallationChecker.php to test the set up, like is mentioned in the
documentation on Youtube, I get the error:
PHP Extension ErrorsTested No errors found
Zend Framework Installation Errors: Tested 0
Exception thrown trying to access Zend/Loader.php using 'use_include_path' = true.
Make sure you include Zend Framework in your include_path which currently
contains: .:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php
SSL Capabilities Errors: Not tested
YouTube API Connectivity Errors: Not tested
So my question is: Is that the correct way to “Add the location of the library folder to your PHP path” ?
I’m a bit mixed up.
Someone was saying the php.ini file is only active in the folder where it is located. If that is the case, which of the ZendGdata folders should have it?
As I said, my purpose is to have a the Zend framework properly set up to allow using Youtube API, something I also yet have to learn to do.
In Youtube API Google group, I was referred here. The documentation coming with the downloaded file & at zend.com pre-supposes, one knows much more than some beginners like me.
Another person said I try placing this
$clientLibraryPath = '/home/habaris6/public_html/site.root.folder/ZendGdata/library';
$oldPath = set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $clientLibraryPath);
in mysite.com/ZendGdata/demos/Zend/Gdata/InstallationChecker.php
Whereas everything I had tried before failed, except fot the first test, when I placed the above snippet in the installation checker, I got positive tests for everything:
Ran PHP Installation Checker on 2009-12-09T21:16:08+00:00
PHP Extension ErrorsTested: No errors found
Zend Framework Installation Errors Tested No errors found
SSL Capabilities ErrorsTested No errors found
YouTube API Connectivity ErrorsTested No errors found
Does it mean if I place that snippet in install checker, all scripts needing the library can access it?
If not, please let me know what exactly to place in the self-made php.ini & in which folder(s) it should be.
Should that not work, and I were to use .htaccess files, what exactly, based on the folders mentioned above should be the content & exactly which folders should they be in? I read that the .htaccess files should be placed in each folder. Does it really mean I should place one in each of the ZendGdata folders?
I would be grateful for any guidance enabling me to finally start, after failing to sufficient get responses elsewhere.
Thanks in advance.
It's not necessary to put all the ZendGdata code under your website document root. In fact, as a rule I don't put PHP class libraries in a location that can be accessed directly by web requests, because if there's any way to do mischief by invoking the class files directly, then anyone can do it.
Instead, put libraries outside your document root and then reference them from scripts that are run directly. For example, you could create a directory phplib as a sister to your public_html directory. Then upload the ZendGdata bundle under that phplib directory.
You can set your PHP include path in a .htaccess file. You don't need to create a .htaccess file in every directory, because the directives in any .htaccess file apply to all files and directories under the directory where the .htaccess resides. See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html for more information.
So I would recommend creating a .htaccess file at /home/habaris6/public_html/site.root.folder containing the following directives:
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_value include_path ".:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/habaris6/phplib/ZendGdata/library"
</IfModule>
See http://php.net/manual/en/configuration.changes.php for more info on this.
Note that this assumes your webhosting company allows you to use .htaccess files, and that they allow you to use the php_value directive in .htaccess files. Enabling these options is an Apache configuration and they could have their own policies against that for reasons of performance or security. You should contact them for this answer; no one on the internet can answer questions about your hosting provider's policies.
If you choose to use the set_include_path() PHP function to append a directory to your runtime include path, you need to do this in each file that serves as a landing point for a web request. That is, if you permit a request to be made directly to foo.php then you need to add the code to foo.php. Any files or classes subsequently included by foo.php use the include path you defined.
Note also that whatever method you use to define the include path, it has to take effect before your script tries to load any PHP class files via the include path. The .htaccess method should accomplish this, and if you use the code method you just have to put the code high enough in your PHP script.
I don't use the method of creating a custom php.ini file under each directory within your site document tree. That's a new feature of PHP 5.3.0, not supported by earlier versions of PHP. If you're using Apache you should just use .htaccess for the same effect.
I have created a web part using VSeWSS 1.3. It creates a wsp file and my web part gets installed, everything works great.
I would like to also create a folder in the LAYOUTS directory of the 12 hive and place a couple files in there. How do I go about doing this? I know that I can manually place the files there, but I would prefer to have it all done in one fell swoop when I uses stsadm to install my solution.
Is there a best practices guide out there for using VSeWSS 1.3 to do this? They changed a bunch of stuff with this new version and I want to make sure I don't mess anything up.
You can create a new folder structure in your webpart project, like:
Templates/Layouts/CustomFolder and put your files in the CustomFolder directory and include them in your project.
When you go to the WSP View in Visual Studio, you can see in the manifest.xml that your files are being included in the deployment.
I have done this successfully on multiple projects now.
In case anyone is wondering, the VSeWSS 1.3 user guide is incredibly helpful. It is installed to the same directory as the tool itself, default in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SharePoint Developer Tools 9.0\VSeWSS13.CHM
You can see a working example with screenshots Here
A simple step-by-step tutorial for the above, along with deploy/retract scripts is here at Add New Files To 12-Hive Through A SharePoint Solution. Just follow the steps and in a few minutes you'll be able to add whatever you want to the 12-Hive!