zf2 – translatePlural example with Poedit

Martin Zellerphp, zf2 1 Comment

I’d like to explain how to use the translatePlural method along with the Zend Framework 2. (I’m assuming that you have been configured Poedit and the Zend Framework so that it works with the normal translate method) The use of translatePlural is actually quite simple. Let us first look at the normal translate method: [php] echo $this->translate(‘example.key’); [/php] After parsing …

Subdomain based mobile versions in zf2 projects

Martin Zellerphp, zf2 Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago it was my job to extend an existing Zend Framework 2 project with a mobile version. The orderer wanted when calling mobile.example.com/path1 a for mobile clients optimized version of www.example.com/path1 should be delivered. Some mobile versions of pages should have only a changed layout, while others should provide additional content. These requirements (for requests with the …

zf2 – logger problems with the FirePhp/FireBug writer in a console request

Martin Zellerphp, zf2 Leave a Comment

In my  recent zf2 (zend framework 2.1) project module I defined a logger with a stream writer and a firephp writer. I am using the same module also for some console requests (Zend\Console). The problem I had was that the system complains of the firephp logger when I did a console request: [plain] ====================================================================== The application has thrown an exception! …

zf2, doctrine module and expressions (like ‘IS NOT NULL’)

Martin Zellerdoctrine, php, zf2 Leave a Comment

Currently I am working on a migration of a zend framework 1 project to zf2 (zend framework 2). Furthermore I want to introduce Doctrine to the project. There are some useful articles about installing and using the zf2 doctrine module. After some hours I found out how to use modules and Doctrine in zf2. Sometimes you will have code like …