Spam detection with Zend_Form and Zend_Service_Akismet
Jan 30, 2008 8:46:09 AM
I've been looking at spam detection techniques for a while now, so when Zend_Form came onto the scene I thought that it would be nice to explore Zend's solution. Zend makes use of the Akismet web service for spam detection, a name which should be familiar to anyone who's signed up for a WordPress account, and here's a first stab at getting Zend_Form and Zend_Service_Akismet integrated.
IE8: Be Afraid
Jan 25, 2008 4:40:15 PM
If you haven't been following the recent developments in the road to IE8, then I suggest you head over to IEBlog and read the latest posts. I was unenthusiatic about the next installment of IE before these developments. Now I'm having nightmares about it.Zend Framework 1.5 Preview Release in svn
Jan 25, 2008 1:57:54 PM
Despite the fact that it has not yet been announced on their home page, it seems that Zend Framework 1.5 Preview Release has been let loose in svn.Form generation with Zend_Form: Part 2
Jan 22, 2008 9:30:42 PM
With the preview release of Zend Framework 1.5 due out this week, I'm really looking forward to some of the new functionality it will bring. Of particular interest to me is the release into the incubator (not sure it'll be green-lighted for 1.5) of the Zend_Form module.
Form generation with Zend_Form: Part 1
Jan 21, 2008 9:54:09 PM
With the preview release of Zend Framework 1.5 due out this week, I'm really looking forward to some of the new functionality it will bring. Of particular interest to me is the release into the incubator (not sure it'll be green-lighted for 1.5) of the Zend_Form module.
Sitemapping with Graphviz
Jan 14, 2008 11:30:52 PM
I discovered today an interesting tool for drawing graphs (as in directed graphs – not the pie-chart kind). Although I have other uses for it, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to use it to map out the links on my site. The result: it's amazing how complex navigation can get on even a simple site. Personally, it really made me see spiders and commercial crawling bots in a new light.
A brief guide to hosting with Amazon S3
Jan 8, 2008 9:57:20 PM
A month has passed since I noticed Web Digital's article about Amazon's storage solution called Simple Storage Service, or S3. I skimmed over it at first, a little weary of making the association between an online retailer and a hosting solution. But a couple of days ago, partly out of curiosity and partly out of boredom, I decided to give it a whirl.
Whitelist Routing with Zend Framework
Jan 4, 2008 11:25:35 AM
URLs are generally something I think about a lot when I'm working on a project. As a general rule I like my URLs to be as short, as guessable and as accurate as possible. But sometimes it's not so easy to achieve this with the regular expression routers that come with most PHP frameworks.
