Using LIKE wildcards with Zend_Db
Continuing the Zend_Db article series, let's discuss the LIKE condition. The LIKE condition allows you to use wildcards in the WHERE clause of an SQL statement.
Sep 10, 2010 Read more → PHP DevelopmentPHP Environment : Development Staging Production
In hosted software development, the environment refers to a server tier designated to a specific stage in a release process. The purpose of these environments is to improve the development, testing an…
Jul 30, 2010 Read more → Best PracticeWhy use CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on a field that record date/time?
On a TIMESTAMP field that records date and time when inserting a new record, it is encouraged to use as a DEFAULT value, the CURRENT_TIMESTAMP constant. Why? Because when inserting a new row in the ta…
Jun 29, 2010 Read more → PHP DevelopmentProtection against SQL Injection using PDO and Zend Framework - part 2
Following the preview article about SQL Injection, here is more - a strong argument why you should use Zend Framework for handling database access. Zend_Db is the primary class used for access the dat…
Jun 18, 2010 Read more → Best PracticeINSERT, UPDATE, DELETE statements with Zend_Db
Continuing the Zend_DB article series, we are stopping now at DML statements. DML (Data Manipulation Language) statements are statements that change data values in database tables.
Jun 16, 2010 Read more → Best PracticeSubqueries with Zend_Db
Continuing the Zend_DB article series, we are stopping now at subqueries. As you note, the below is a complicate query, with COUNT(), LEFT JOIN(), GROUP BY - select from 3 tables, and make a count fro…
Jun 15, 2010 Read more → Best PracticeWhat are returning the FETCH functions from Zend_Db
Continuing the Zend_DB article series, we are stopping now at FETCH methods that are in Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract: array fetchAll (string|Zend_Db_Select $sql, , ) array fetchAssoc (string|Zend_Db_Selec…
Jun 15, 2010 Read more → Best PracticeSQL queries using Zend_Db – SELECT
Zend_Db and its related classes provide a simple SQL database interface for Zend Framework. To connect to MySql database, we are using Pdo_Mysql adapter : $db = Zend_Db::factory('Pdo_Mysql', $dbConnec…
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