How to implement Zend Framework with Codeigniter

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There are quite few posts how to use Zend framework in Codeigniter.

1. Beyond Coding
2. Freakauth
3. Phil’s post

However none of them worked on my XAMPP. I thought there might be some who are struggling to use Zend frame work on Windows. Here is how I did.

Here you can read why they don’t work with Windows.

Adding Zend Framework

Here you can read how to add Zend Framework. And I use this structure for this post.

You need to create a folder ../system/contrib/ and add Zend folders in this folder.

../system/
         contrib/
               Zend/
                     Acl/
                     Acl.php
                     Amf/
                     Amf.php ...

Create a file system/application/helpers/zend_framework_helper.php and add the following.

<?php
ini_set("include_path", ini_get("include_path").PATH_SEPARATOR.str_replace("/", "\\", BASEPATH)."contrib\\");
require_once ('Zend/Loader.php');
?>

If you are not using Windows, then add the following instead.

ini_set("include_path", ini_get("include_path").PATH_SEPARATOR.BASEPATH."/contrib/");
require_once 'Zend/Loader.php';

Adding it in autoload.php

Open config/autoload.php and add the following.

$autoload['helper'] = array('zend_framework');

Using Zend in Codeigniter

Now you can load any Zend class by adding Zend_Loader::loadClass(‘ZEND-CLASS-HERE’);.
You can see all the Zend classes here. http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/

Here are three examples.

Zend_Service_Flickr

Create a file controllers/flickr.php and add the following.

<?php
class Flickr extends Controller
{
function __construct()
{
parent::Controller();

}

function index()
{

Zend_Loader::loadClass('Zend_Service_Flickr');

$flickr = new Zend_Service_Flickr('ADD-YOUR-KEY-HERE');
try
{

$results = $flickr->tagSearch("cat");
if ($results->totalResults() > 0)
{

foreach ($results as $result)
{
echo '<img src="'.$result->Square->uri.'" />';
}

}
else
{
echo '<p style="color: orange; font-weight: bold">No Results Found.</p>';
}
}
catch (Zend_Service_Exception $e)
{
echo '<p style="color: red; font-weight: bold">An error occured, please try again later. (' .$e->getMessage(). ')</p>';
}

}
}

?>

Don’t forget to change ADD-YOUR-KEY-HERE to your Flickr key.
If you don’t have one, get it from here.
Then visit your controller, http://127.0.0.1/codeigniter/index.php/flickr to see the result.

Using Zend_Gdata_YouTube

Create another file controllers/youtube.php and add the following.

<?php
class Youtube extends Controller
{
function __construct()
{
parent::Controller();

}

function index()
{

    Zend_Loader::loadClass('Zend_Gdata_YouTube');
    $youtube = new Zend_Gdata_YouTube();
    $query = $youtube->newVideoQuery();
    $query->videoQuery = 'cat';
    $query->startIndex = 10;
    $query->maxResults = 20;
    $query->orderBy = 'viewCount';

    $data['queryurl'] =  $query->queryUrl;
    $data['videofeed'] =  $youtube->getVideoFeed($query);
    $this->load->view('youtube_view', $data);
  }
}

?>

views/youtube_view.php

Create this file and add the following.

<?php

foreach ($videofeed as $videoEntry) {
    echo "---------VIDEO----------<br />";
    echo "Title: " . $videoEntry->getVideoTitle() . "<br />";
    echo "\nDescription:<br />";
    echo $videoEntry->getVideoDescription();
    echo "<br /><br />";
}
?>

Then visit a new page http://127.0.0.1/codeigniter/index.php/youtube to the result.

Using Google calendar

Create controller/googlecalendar.php and add the following. Use your google email and password.

<?php
class Googlecalendar extends Controller
{
function __construct()
{
parent::Controller();

}

function index()
{
    Zend_Loader::loadClass('Zend_Gdata_Calendar');
     Zend_Loader::loadClass('Zend_Gdata_ClientLogin');
    // Parameters for ClientAuth authentication

$user = "YOUR gmail HERE";
$pass = "YOUR PASS";

$service = Zend_Gdata_Calendar::AUTH_SERVICE_NAME;
$client = Zend_Gdata_ClientLogin::getHttpClient($user, $pass, $service);
$service = new Zend_Gdata_Calendar($client);

try {
    $listFeed= $service->getCalendarListFeed();
} catch (Zend_Gdata_App_Exception $e) {
    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
}
echo "<h1>Calendar List Feed</h1>";
echo "<ul>";
foreach ($listFeed as $calendar) {
    echo "<li>" . $calendar->title .
         " (Event Feed: " . $calendar->id . ")</li>";
}
echo "</ul>";
}
}
?>

Then again visit http://127.0.0.1/codeigniter/googlecalendar.

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