This is the talk I gave at the June 22, 2010 meeting of Memphis PHP.

1. A Brief Introduction to Zend_Form

2. About Me Jeremy Kendall PHP Developer since 2001 Organizer Memphis PHP Contributor to FRAPI project (getfrapi.com) [email_address] @JeremyKendall http://jeremykendall.net

6. Beautiful UI

7. Wealth beyond your wildest dreams

9. They're indispensable

10. They might well be your primary job responsibility

12. Filter input

13. Validate input

14. Display validation messages

15. Include default data (ex. List of US States)

16. Pre-populated fields (for edit/update operations)

17. . . . and more.

18. Example: PHP Form, Code Sample

20. Code in the markup

21. Confusing conditionals

22. Client side validation only

23. Zero input filtering

24. Requires two scripts: form & processor

25. I could go on and on . . .

27. Built in validation and filtering?

28. OO for extensibility and ease of re-use?

29. Separation of concerns?

31. Creates, validates, and renders forms

32. Object oriented

33. Easily extended

34. Completely customizable

35. Can be used apart from ZF MVC

36. Slices and dices

37. Available for the low, low price of $19.95

39. Default Zend_Form markup

40. Some default data included

41. First example stands alone

42. Second example in ZF MVC app

43. Example: Zend_Form, Standalone

44. Example: Zend_Form, MVC

46. Code and display are still combined

47. Steep-ish learning curve

49. Questions?

50. Thanks! Jeremy Kendall [email_address] @JeremyKendall http://jeremykendall.net