May 25th, 2009 currentlyOffline
I though I’ll share with other geeks and recommend a great Zend Framework book. In fact it was my first book about Zend Framework and I can say that it’s great.
Zend Framework in Action
The book is well structured, illustrated with easy to understand examples. It takes you through the process of “growing” application.
If you are good at PHP and OOP and want to learn about Zend Framework – I highly recommend it. If you new to PHP and want to learn Zend Framework… it’s still a great choice, but I’d recommend “PHP Objects, Patterns, & Practice 2nd Edition” by Matt Zandstra first. And yes, second comma is on the book cover… English isn’t my first or even second language. I’d say it’s more my third language but I still noticed… Did the person who approved this book for print had a hangover at the time? Anyway the book is great.
You can buy both books with free delivery from the book depository:
Zend Framework in Action
PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice
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May 20th, 2009 currentlyOffline
If you like reading books, you’ll like this!
This Bank Holiday weekend (plus a few more days – Thursday 21st May and Tuesday 26th May) www.BookDepository.co.uk is offering an extra 10% discount on all their books.
Just use the promotional code SVVLV on Friends and Family Offer page to save an additional 10% on their (already really rather excellent) prices & don’t forget they have free delivery to over 90 countries around the world!
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May 20th, 2009 currentlyOffline
If you are reading this you’ve probably seen this message:
Incorrect integer value: ” for column ‘configuration_group_id’ at row 1 in:
[INSERT INTO `configuration_group` VALUES ('', 'SEO URLs', 'Options for Ultimate SEO URLs by Chemo', '39', '1')]
I had this problem myself. And now I can tell you that there are at least three ways to solve this annoying problem.
Solution 1
pay some money to a to someone for fixing this and go to the pub (if you still have some money left).
Solution 2
buy a SEO module that works and go to the pub (if you still have some money left).
Solution 3
- open includes/classes/seo.install.php with your favourite editor.
- find function install_settings()
- Change line $insert_group = “INSERT INTO `”.TABLE_CONFIGURATION_GROUP.”` VALUES (”, ‘SEO URLs’, ‘Options for Ultimate SEO URLs by Chemo’, ‘”.$next_sort.”‘, ‘1′)”; to “INSERT INTO `”.TABLE_CONFIGURATION_GROUP.”` VALUES (‘”.$next_sort.”‘, ‘SEO URLs’, ‘Options for Ultimate SEO URLs by Chemo’, ‘”.$next_sort.”‘, ‘1′)”;
- save the file
- open your Zen Cart again
It should work now. If it does, go to the pub.
If it’s not(very likely) and if you are still getting “Incorrect integer value” errors, find a function SEO_URL_INSTALLER right at the top of the file and change all lines that have something like this: “INSERT INTO `”.TABLE_CONFIGURATION.”` VALUES (”, to something like this: “INSERT INTO `”.TABLE_CONFIGURATION.”` VALUES (LAST_INSERT_ID()+”.$x.”,
It should work now. If it does, go to the pub(you’ve saved some money today). If not, write a comment with as much detail as possible and come back later – you might find my reply on how to fix it 
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