Firstly in your application.ini you should have already set up your Cache settings, I now use the cachemanager default resource plugin provided by Zend


;; RESOURCE CACHE SETUP ;;
resources.cachemanager.database.frontend.name = Core
resources.cachemanager.database.frontend.options.lifetime = 7200
resources.cachemanager.database.frontend.options.automatic_serialization = true
resources.cachemanager.database.backend.name = File
resources.cachemanager.database.backend.options.cache_dir = ROOT_DIR "/tmp/cache"

Next add the following code to your bootstrap to set the metadata cache.


protected function _initDbCache()
{
// Bootstrap DB
$this->bootstrap('db');

// Set DB metadata cache
Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultMetadataCache($cache->getCache('database'));
}


CodeBlender Debug

I have forked this from ZF Debug as this project seems to be slowing down somewhat; the last release being in September 2009.

I have tidied up a majority of the code and added in a few new features, including adding a resource plugin and relevant documentation on usage.

Over the next few weeks I will be re-writing a majority of the code to take into account user requirements and Zend enhancements. Including an in-line Task list.

Also this is my first outing on GitHub, I am finding this resource amazing, so fully recommend it.

CodeBlender Debug project can be found here:
http://github.com/iwarner/CodeBlender-Debug

// To disable the rendering of the View use:
$this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender();

// To disable the layout use:
$this->_helper->layout->disableLayout();

So I wanted to create a simple list of these, the full documentation can be found here: Zend Filter Set

• Alnum – removing all but alphabetic and digit characters
• Alpha – removing all but alphabetic characters
• BaseName – this filter will return the base name of the file
• Boolean – changes a given input to be a boolean value
• Callback
• Compress – Creates archives
• Decompress
• Decrypt – will decrypt any given string with the provided setting
• Digits – removing all but digit characters
• Dir – Returns directory name component of path
• Encrypt – encrypt any given string with the provided setting
• HtmlEntities
• Int
• LocalizedToNormalized
• NormalizedToLocalized
• Null
• PregReplace
• RealPath
• StringToLower
• StringToUpper
• StringTrim
• StripNewlines
• StripTags

So I wanted to create a simple list of these, the full documentation can be found here: Zend Validate Set

• Alnum – only alphabetic and digit characters
• Alpha – only alphabetic characters
• Barcode
• Between – $value is between the minimum and maximum boundary values
• Callback
• CreditCard
• Ccnum – depreciated in favour of the CreditCard validator
• Date – is a valid date of the format ‘YYYY-MM-DD’
• Db_RecordExists
• Db_NoRecordExists
• Digits – only contains digit characters
• EmailAddress
• Float – floating-point value
• GreaterThan
• Hex
• Hostname
• Iban – a valid IBAN (International Bank Account Number)
• Identical – a given value is identical with an set haystack
• InArray
• Int – a valid integer
• Ip – a valid IP address
• Isbn – validate an ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 value
• LessThan
• NotEmpty
• PostCode
• Regex
• Sitemap Validators
• StringLength

// Check to see if there is a Comment Model
if (Zend_Loader_Autoloader::autoload('Default_Model_DBTable_Comment')) {

    // Save the comment into the database
    $table = new Default_Model_DBTable_Comment();
    $table->insert($data);

} else {
    echo 'NO WAY';
}

Very useful when trying to create a modular site system. This way we can determine for instance if a site should have the ability to log questions posted on the contact page or not, based on whether they have the model available to handle the transactions.

Obvious overhead in if_file_exists calls made.