I’ve had problems with both Zend Session and the Zend Controller. It just feels like too much fighting and since the plan is to replace Zend DB with Doctrine there is only the controller and session left and unwanted to boot.
The session logic can easily be replicated in a more lightweight form, so can the routing and that is what this tutorial is about. We are creating an MVC setup where M is Doctrine, V is Smarty and C is our own stuff we do here. The Zend Framework has been reduced to just another component library for me now, I will pick goodies when I need them.
Why Smarty? Because I have to use it, and believe it or not I’ve come to like Smarty, to the point where I think the normal way of doing things looks messy. Call me uncool, call me crazy, heck you can even call me a bad PHP programmer, I’ll still like Smarty.
The goal here is to replicate the functionality demonstrated in the Merb registration tutorial. We don’t want the framework to stifle us, but at the same time we want to feel empowered.
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