Extending Zend Framework

PHPBelgium Arteveldehogeschool Campus Mariakerke meeting 20-08-2008 Extending Zend Framework

Why Zend Framework ?
most adopted framework by
enterprises
(new media) start-ups
governments
it's growing community
simple approach for complicated tasks

Components in ZF

Why extending components ?
no rewrite or re-invention of the wheel
re-use functionality that's already made
modify only the action you need
rely on the framework
better code management
when upgrading ZF
when upgrading own code-base

Setting up your library
Having Zend Framework in
/approot/library/Zend
Your own library should be in
/approot/library/Mycomp

Example
Extending the Zend_Translator adapter
to use a database backend
extending Zend_Translate_Adapter

Optimizing own library
When extending Zend Framework
use same directory structure as ZF
approot/ Mycomp/ Translate/ Adapter/ Db.php Zend/ ..

Understand the component
Zend_Translate
loads all translations for a locale
multiple locales can be added
can be used with caching
interacts with other components (e.g. Zend_Form)
extends on Zend_Translate_Adapter

How do we start ? <?php /** * @see Zend_Translate_Adapter */ require_once 'Zend/Translate/Adapter.php'; /** * MyComp_Translate_Adapter_Db * Translation adapter for using a database back-end * */ class Mycomp_Translate_Adapter_Db extends Zend_Translate_Adapter { }

load from database /** * Loads the translation data into the Adapter * @param string|array $data – DB related settings * - dbAdapter: adapter to connect with DB * - tableName: storage of the translation * - options: filter on the translations * @param string $locale – The locale this translation is for * @param array $options – general adapter options */ protected function _loadTranslationData($data, $locale, $options) { ... }

our custom logic // we create a select statement first $select = $options['dbAdapter']->select(); $select->from($data['tableName'], array($data['keyField'], $data['valueField'])) ->where('language = ?', $locale); $stmt = $select->query(); // we store our whole translation into $trData $trData = $stmt->fetchAll(); // we create a scheme to generate a Zend_Translate_Array type $trScheme = array (); if (!empty ($trData)) { foreach ($trData as $trEl) { $trScheme[$trEl[$data['keyField']]] = $trEl[$data['valueField']]; } }

putting it all back // we put everything back into data so it can be handled properly // by the translation adapter. $data = $trScheme; // we need to check if we don't call a clean up routine $options = array_merge($this->_options, $options); if (($options['clear'] == true) || !isset($this->_translate[$locale])) { $this->_translate[$locale] = array(); } // now we merge our data back to the translate adapter $this->_translate[$locale] = array_merge($this->_translate[$locale], $data); /** * NOTE: $this->_options and $this->_translate are properties * from the parent class Zend_Translate_Adapter */

finishing touch /** * returns the adapters name * * @return string */ public function toString() { return "Db"; }

using the new adapter // Setting up the translation parameters $data = array( 'dbAdapter' => $dbAdapter, // already set in the bootstrap 'tableName' => 'translation', 'localeField' => 'language', 'keyField' => 'key', 'valueField' => 'value', ); $options = array (); try { $translate = new Zend_Translate('MyComp_Translate_Adapter_Db', $data, 'en_US', $options); $translate->addTranslation($data, 'nl_BE', $options); $translate->addTranslation($data, 'fr_BE', $options); } catch (Zend_Translate_Exception $zte) { echo “<h1>” . $zte->getMessage() . “</h1>” . PHP_EOL; }

convenient view helper class MyComp_View_Helper_Tr { protected $_view; public function setView(Zend_View_Interface $view) { $this->_view = $view; } }

helper magic public function Tr($label) { $default = "en_US"; $string = null; if (Zend_Register::isRegistered('translator')) { $translator = Zend_Register::get('translator'); if ($translator->isTranslated($label)) { $string = $translator->_($label); } else { $translator->setLocale(new Zend_Locale($default)); $string = $translator->_($label); } } else { $string = $label; } return $string; }

Summary
Extending ZF compontents
modify the bare minimum
follow general guidelines
comment your code as much as possible
put your extension in YOUR library
Can also be applied to general classes

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Extending Zend Framework

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