Just saw on TechCrunch that Google has just released a Virtual World, Lively. Haven’t had time to process it all yet, but first reaction – sucks to be in the Virtual World Business (especially web-based VW).
Second reaction – I’m having trouble relating this to their core business, but Schmidt and co. are a lot smarter than I am.
What do you get when you combine the powers of CakePHP 1.2.x and the Zend Framework?
No, not Captain Planet… something much more powerful – the ability to use the Google Data API PHP library! This is useful if you want to use Google Calendar or any of the other services supported by the data API.
Loading the Zend Framework isn’t as straightforward as App::Import(…), since Zend’s libraries assume that the Zend Framework folder is in your include path. To get around this simply:
zend_include_path.php with the following statement:
ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path').dirname(__FILE__));
function myAction() {
App::import('Vendor', 'zend_include_path');
App::import('Vendor', 'Zend_Gdata', true, false, 'Zend/Gdata.php');
...
}
Voila! You should now be able to instantiate your loaded Zend Library Class and work with it normally.
You good sir are a rockstar. Just found this post and it saved me a ton of headache. *tips hat*
It's been a while since you posted here but i'm having an issue with it.
I'm getting Warning: require_once(Zend/Gdata/App.php) failed to open stream.
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'Zend/Gdata/App.php' (include_path='/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/lib/php/Users/dir/Sites/student/app/vendors') in /Users/dir/Sites/student/app/vendors/Zend/Gdata.php on line 27
Any ideas?
Thanks
AB
Thanks for the advice. This is spiffy! Best of both worlds.
By the way, does anybody know if convention prefers placing the zend lib files in /vendors or /app/vendors? I have them in /vendors and it seems to work (found out the hard way that it doesn't if you put them in both).
I have a web application by zend framework.
I want to convert to cakephp framework this.
By the way, do you think I can use this application without converting ?
Yeah, I’m reading Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash for the first time. All I have to say is if you haven’t read it and are even remotely interested in Sci-fi/Cyberpunk, or your friend’s ex-boyfriend’s mom’s weird yoga teacher knows a guy who’s interested in Sci-fi/Cyberpunk you need to go buy this book immediately.
My favorite line so far:
After that–after Hiro gets onto his motorcycle, and the New South Africans get into their all-terrain pickups, and The Enforcers get into their slick black Enforcer mobiles, and they all go screaming out onto the highway –after that it’s just a chase scene.
Ok, so taken out of context it’s pretty lame – this line ends an intense, minutely detailed sword fight and subsquent escape by Hiro. Eh, you’ll just have to read the damn book, but hopefully it gives you a good dose of the satire and black humor that pervaids this masterfully written novel.
Location based gaming isn’t anything new. Take a look at the wikipedia page for location-based game to see a wide variety of games dating back to around the turn of this century. But, what are all these games missing? Hint: it starts with an i and rhymes with dry scone.
All I can say is, TF2!!
Ok, maybe not exactly like it, but you know…
TF2 already has a very good method of capturing/defending points and stuff, so I would suggest looking there for help.
The game could even keep track of team mates, and allow you to aim and “shoot” the opposing team if you are close enough.
There could even be spies that appear like they are on your team!
Ok, I'll stop now… lol. But having a large amount of virtual features, in addition to real-world movement, would be awesome.
Haha, yes I agree that would be amazing – I guarantee something like that will be released soon. Possibly after this next iphone update, when the GPS SDK is supposed to be a lot more accurate.
All I can say is, TF2!!
Ok, maybe not exactly like it, but you know…
TF2 already has a very good method of capturing/defending points and stuff, so I would suggest looking there for help.
The game could even keep track of team mates, and allow you to aim and “shoot” the opposing team if you are close enough.
There could even be spies that appear like they are on your team!
Ok, I'll stop now… lol. But having a large amount of virtual features, in addition to real-world movement, would be awesome.
Haha, yes I agree that would be amazing – I guarantee something like that will be released soon. Possibly after this next iphone update, when the GPS SDK is supposed to be a lot more accurate.
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# query comes from GET request parameter 'q'
$input = $this->params['url']['q'];
# sanitize the query
uses('sanitize');
$sanitizer = new Sanitize();
$q = $sanitizer->clean($input);
# now the pagination options hack to perform a fulltext search
# we are searching a table called 'listings' with a fulltext index on
# `title` and `description`
$options['conditions'] = array(
'1' => "1 AND MATCH(Listing.title,Listing.description)
AGAINST('$q' IN BOOLEAN MODE)"
);
$this->set('results' => $this->paginate('Listing', $options);
Adobe just dropped a bomb as far as I’m concerned. They’ve announced a collaboration between Google and Yahoo to bring fully searchable SWFs. Ted on Flex reveals the best part:
The cool part is that this also covers dynamic data loaded in from requests to a server, these are typically ignored in both AJAX and SWF applications.
This is going to open the door for a lot of the cool and useful things we’ve been wanting to do for clients at Figaro, but have had reservations about because of SEO implications, and I’m sure many RIA houses out there feel the same.
Combine this news with a tool like swfaddress to provide deep linking into your applications and BAM! you have a killer combo. Let’s just remember to keep our apps classy and tasteful, guys and gals. This news isn’t cause to go hog wild with flash like the late 90s, early 2000s restaurant site debacle.
David Spreekmeester 10:37 am on September 17, 2008 Permalink
Hey there, thanks for the advice. Works great, adjusting the include path on the fly like this.
However, my include path was not ending in a semicolumn, so I had to adjust this in zend_include_path.php:
ini_set(‘include_path’, ini_get(‘include_path’).';'.dirname(__FILE__));
britg 12:43 pm on September 17, 2008 Permalink
Interesting – i guess the most extensible solution would be to check if
there is a semicolon and add it if there is not – like your case.
Thanks for sharing
davidcm 7:10 am on October 1, 2008 Permalink
In fact, is better to use the PATH_SEPARATOR constant to determine the character to use. And there is no need to check if the include path ends with it or not, because an empty entry should no affect.
ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path') . PATH_SEPARATOR . dirname(__FILE__));
davidcm 2:10 pm on October 1, 2008 Permalink
In fact, is better to use the PATH_SEPARATOR constant to determine the character to use. And there is no need to check if the include path ends with it or not, because an empty entry should no affect.
ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path') . PATH_SEPARATOR . dirname(__FILE__));