Archive for the ‘Zend Framework’ Category
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
This function uses version 3.0 of the bit.ly API. You'll need to register for an account with them if you don't already have one. Then you can retrieve your API key and begin using it immediately.
{code type=php}
function bitlyShorten($url)
{
$client = new Zend_Http_Client('http://api.bit.ly/v3/shorten');
$client->setParameterGet(array(
'longUrl' => $url,
'login' => 'xyz',
'apiKey' => 'xyz'
));
$response = $client->request();
if($response->isSuccessful())
{
$response = ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Everyone wants pretty URLs these days—both for convenience and to optimize for search engines. So having URLs with unnecessary information is a major no-no. Over the past year I've been slowly absorbing the Zend Framework and its MVC pattern. Historically, projects I created required the user to specify the index ...
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
Today I taught myself how to use Zend_Cache and implemented it within 20 minutes. It's super easy and very effective. Take a look at the code sample below and you'll be up and running in no time.
Step 1: Setup the Cache
{code type=php}
$frontendOptions = array(
'lifetime' => 180, // Cache for 3 minutes
'automatic_serialization' ...
Posted in Amazing, PHP, Programming, Software, Web Development, Zend Framework | No Comments »
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