DotKernel 1.8.0 LTS Released

This post refers to DotKernel 1, based on Zend Framework 1. If you are looking for DotKernel 3 or above related posts, go here. DotKernel 1.8.0 (LTS) was just released. What is LTS? Long-term support (LTS) is a type of … Read MoreRead More

Zend_Mail and Zend_Http Security Fixes in Zend Framework 1.12.12

The release of ZF 1.12.12 was just announced,  with Security Updates especially on Zend_Mail and Zend_Http components. For more information, please read the official release announcement: Zend Framework 1.12.12 Released Also, the ZF  PEAR channel was updated to latest 1.12.12 … Read More

How to use Alerts in DotKernel

This post refers to DotKernel 1, based on Zend Framework 1. If you are looking for DotKernel 3 or above related posts, go here. Alerts (or Dot_Alert’s) are e-mails usually sent to the site developers, these messages are sent with … Read MoreRead More

GeoIP City Removed From DotKernel

In the newest version we have removed the GeoIP City integration. The City database on GeoIP 1.1.0 extension was causing a segmentation fault, which resulted in crashing or outputting an error instead of executing the PHP Code. … Read More

Caching in DotKernel using Zend Framework

This post refers to DotKernel 1, based on Zend Framework 1. If you are looking for DotKernel 3 or above related posts, go here. It’s very expensive to load configurations and settings from XML files, on every requests. First because … Read MoreRead More

DotKernel Reserved Variable Names for Caching

This post refers to DotKernel 1, based on Zend Framework 1. If you are looking for DotKernel 3 or above related posts, go here. This article is related to: Caching in DotKernel with Zend Framework Cache The variables that DotKernel … Read MoreRead More

Configuring the Cache in DotKernel

This post refers to DotKernel 1, based on Zend Framework 1. If you are looking for DotKernel 3 or above related posts, go here. This article contains the DotKernel cache layer configuration guide. The DotKernel Caching Layer is based on … Read MoreRead More

Implementing the new Password Hashing API from PHP 5.5 in DotKernel

This post refers to DotKernel 1, based on Zend Framework 1. If you are looking for DotKernel 3 or above related posts, go here. In order to use the new Password Hashing functions , introduced in PHP 5.5 , and … Read MoreRead More

Better Unicode Support in MySQL 5.5 UTF8MB4

Beginning with version 5.5 of MySQL , utf8mb4 character set was introduced, in order to better support Unicode. Further reading: MySQL and Unicode , also directly related to PHP Sample dk.sql file, part of DotKernel framework, was updated in revision … Read More

Zend Framework 1.12.4 Released with Security Fixes

Matthew Weier O’Phinney just announced the release of ZF 1.12.4, 2.1.6, and 2.2.6 m with Security Updates For more information, please read the official release announcement: Zend Framework Released Also, the ZF  PEAR channel was updated to latest 1.12.4 release. … Read More