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Improve the portability of your code from server-to-server with environment variables in your PHP INI.

Processing two forms on the same page is not the simplest task in the Zend Framework. After a few attempts, I think I found an elegant solution.

Fix Symphony autoloading in the Doctrine CLI.

Configure your IIS URL rewrite tool to preserve encoded characters in the original URL.

Forms are a tricky part of any Model-View-Controller (MVC) application. They incorporate validation, presentation, and security logic that spans all tiers of the application. Separating these concerns is difficult but important. I'll walk through how I use Zend_Form in Zend Framework 1, but the same principles should apply to any MVC application.

PHP's built-in sprintf() function is great for formatting complicated output and improving code readability. I recently had the need to output a string multiple times with some changes each time.

Here's a custom decorator to render your Zend_Form_Element with a <fieldset>.

What if you need to validate input using a callback function that will return False when the input is valid? Here's a custom validator to do the job.

This class is super simple, so we'll begin with the code.

Running PHP sites on Internet Information Services (IIS) is easy! And with a few extra steps, you can achieve a versatile and extensible setup to avoid management headaches down the line. Follow this guide to add PHP functionality to your IIS server and avoid common mistakes.