You've probably heard the buzz surrounding the Zend Framework's initial release. You may even have read php|architect's online tutorial. In this piece, Zend staffer and Zend Framework contributing developer Mike Naberezny gives insight into the framework's beginnings, and dives in to a tutorial on how to start using the Zend Framework, today.

The article looks at both the overall picture of the Zend Framework, including the goals of the framework and how you can get started with your own simple site - code and all.

Welcome to the last part of the series "Error Handling in PHP." In two parts, this series introduces the basics of error handling in PHP. It demonstrates some of the most common methods for manipulating errors in PHP 4, and explains the implementation of exceptions in PHP 5, particularly in object-oriented environments.

They introduce things like try/catch blocks as well as more complex items like custom exceptions and exception subclassing. They start with the basics, but quickly move into grabbing more detailed error information, working with the various error types, and extending the Exception class with subclasses to make it more flexible...]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:53:22 -0600 http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/4417 http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/4417 Robert Peake has a note today mentioning that his article, "Introducing Design Patterns", has been released in the latest PHP Magazine issue.

As I mentioned in a previous post, design patterns in context with other hot topics in PHP like AJAX and Application Frameworks sets the stage for a powerful struggle between browser-based and desktop-based applications. Part one of my series, "Introducing Design Patterns" has just made the cover story of International PHP Magazine, providing insights in to how you can effectively apply this discipline -- traditionally most relevant to desktop applications -- to web applications, and PHP specifically.

He also reminds his readers about the "sneak peek" of the contents of the issue in the form of a UML diagram here...]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:49:15 -0600