Recently we made the decision to move from our custom php framework to the zend framework. With the recent 1.5 release, the zend framework has shown that it’s truly a force to be reckoned with. However, I quickly found that there were certain bits and pieces that I’ve become accustomed to using that weren’t (or at least weren’t readily) available within the framework. Here’s where the power of the zend framework comes in. I was easily able to extend the certain classes in order to incorporate elements of our old custom framework.

Over the next little while I’ll be creating some tutorials which will outline the various extensions to the zend framework that we’ve built.

Tutorial 1: Application Controller