I have been trying to work with zendframework 1.8 and now with 1.9 . I have created a simple blog application using zend framework ( You may call it as a zend framework tutorial . Changing name from "A simple Blog tutorial using Zend framework 1.9" to Zendframework tutorial : Developing a blog for some search engine optimization technique ) . When I say a blog application with zend framework , never expect it , something like wordpress . Its a simple application which can add posts , add comments , can fetch albums from Picasa now , which I developed to learn Zend framework .

As I am new to zendframework and MVC , I know there is errors and some are for my convienience I have placed as it is I am new to unit testing , so have not written any code for test data too . sorry . I know the drawbacks of this application and the database itself is not proper . But I am publishing it if this helps some one to understand Zend_ACL , Zend_Auth , Zend_Form etc. I have added a gallery to get the albums , photos from picasa using the Zend_Gdata API . Thinking to implement to add photos through admin side . Need to implement the feature in admin . Will do it if I get some time

I have looked various blogs and some are upto date applications and some are not . I am using the Zend Toolkit  as I love to work in command line rather than GUI . I have added the link to download the complete zend framework 1.9 blog application example . Feel free to grab the complete working example code of the zend framework 1.9 from github to which a link is given to the last of the document .

Development Environment :

1 ) LAMP or WAMP or MAMP

2 ) Zendframework 1.9 configured .

3 ) I am using eclipse , netbeans and zend studio i5 . If you are using zend studio i5 , there is no need to look the command line, many are already in it .

I hope you have configured the first two . Now lets move to command line to create project , controllers and actions . The dollar ( $ ) symbol represents the command prompt .

$ zf create project blog

This will create the zend framework directory structure > 1.8 . Change the directory . ie cd <projectname>

hari@hari-laptop:/var/www/blog$ zf show profile
ProjectDirectory
    ProjectProfileFile
    ApplicationDirectory
        ConfigsDirectory
            ApplicationConfigFile
        ControllersDirectory
            ControllerFile
                ActionMethod
            ControllerFile
        ModelsDirectory
        ViewsDirectory
            ViewScriptsDirectory
                ViewControllerScriptsDirectory
                    ViewScriptFile
                ViewControllerScriptsDirectory
                    ViewScriptFile
            ViewHelpersDirectory
        BootstrapFile
    LibraryDirectory
    PublicDirectory
        PublicIndexFile
        HtaccessFile
    TestsDirectory
        TestPHPUnitConfigFile
        TestApplicationDirectory
            TestApplicationBootstrapFile
        TestLibraryDirectory
            TestLibraryBootstrapFile
 

This is how the directory structure will appear .

 zf create controller posts

Creating a controller at //var/www/blog/application/controllers/PostsController.php
Creating an index action method in controller posts
Creating a view script for the index action method at //var/www/blog/application/views/scripts/posts/index.phtml
Creating a controller test file at //var/www/blog/tests/application/controllers/PostsControllerTest.php
Updating project profile '//var/www/blog/.zfproject.xml'

 zf create action view posts

Creating an action named view inside controller at //var/www/blog/application/controllers/PostsController.php
Updating project profile '//var/www/blog/.zfproject.xml'
Creating a view script for the view action method at //var/www/blog/application/views/scripts/posts/view.phtml
Updating project profile '//var/www/blog/.zfproject.xml'

zf create action edit posts

Creating an action named edit inside controller at //var/www/blog/application/controllers/PostsController.php
Updating project profile '//var/www/blog/.zfproject.xml'
Creating a view script for the edit action method at //var/www/blog/application/views/scripts/posts/edit.phtml
Updating project profile '//var/www/blog/.zfproject.xml'

zf create action add posts

Creating an action named add inside controller at //var/www/blog/application/controllers/PostsController.php
Updating project profile '//var/www/blog/.zfproject.xml'
Creating a view script for the add action method at //var/www/blog/application/views/scripts/posts/add.phtml
Updating project profile '//var/www/blog/.zfproject.xml'

zf create action login index

Creating an action named login inside controller at //var/www/blog/application/controllers/IndexController.php
Updating project profile '//var/www/blog/.zfproject.xml'
Creating a view script for the login action method at //var/www/blog/application/views/scripts/index/login.phtml
Updating project profile '//var/www/blog/.zfproject.xml'

zf create action logout index

Creating an action named logout inside controller at //var/www/blog/application/controllers/IndexController.php
Updating project profile '//var/www/blog/.zfproject.xml'
Creating a view script for the logout action method at //var/www/blog/application/views/scripts/index/logout.phtml
Updating project profile '//var/www/blog/.zfproject.xml'

Create a database and add the tables users , comments and posts .

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `comments` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `Post_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `Description` varchar(300) NOT NULL,
  `Name` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
  `Email` varchar(250) NOT NULL,
  `Webpage` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
  `Postedon` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `posts` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `Title` varchar(250) NOT NULL,
  `Description` text NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `Username` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
  `Password` varchar(250) NOT NULL,
  `Role` varchar(10) NOT NULL,
  `Name` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;

Add the code to Bootstrap.php so the other classes can be autoloaded . Same like __autoload() .

protected function _initAutoload()
    {
        $moduleLoader = new Zend_Application_Module_Autoloader(array(
            'namespace' => '',
            'basePath' => APPLICATION_PATH));
        return $moduleLoader;
    }

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Part 2

Add the layout and db connection details in application/configs/application.ini . The complete code is kept below

[production]
phpSettings.display_startup_errors = 0
phpSettings.display_errors = 0
includePaths.library = APPLICATION_PATH "/../library"
bootstrap.path = APPLICATION_PATH "/Bootstrap.php"
bootstrap.class = "Bootstrap"
resources.frontController.controllerDirectory = APPLICATION_PATH "/controllers"
resources.layout.layoutPath = APPLICATION_PATH "/layouts/scripts"
resources.view[] = 
resources.db.adapter = PDO_MYSQL
resources.db.params.host = localhost
resources.db.params.username = root
resources.db.params.password = 
resources.db.params.dbname = hari_zendblog
[staging : production]
[testing : production]
phpSettings.display_startup_errors = 1
phpSettings.display_errors = 1
[development : production]
phpSettings.display_startup_errors = 1
phpSettings.display_errors = 1

Add application/layouts/scripts/layout.phtml file with the code below

<?php 
echo $this->doctype() ?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<head>  
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> 
  <title>Bloggers turns to developers</title>
  <?php echo $this->headLink()->appendStylesheet('/quickstart/public/css/global.css') ?>
  <?php echo $this->headLink()->prependStylesheet($this->baseUrl().'/css/main.css'); ?>
</head> 
<body>
<div id="header" style="background-color: #EEEEEE; height: 30px;">
    <div id="header-logo" style="float: left">
        <b><a href="<?php echo $this->baseurl(); ?>">ZF Quickstart Application</a></b>&nbsp; &nbsp; 
        <a href="<?php 
        if( Zend_Auth::getInstance()->hasIdentity() ) { 
            $str = "/index/logout";
            $log = "Logout";  
           } else { 
               $str = "/index/login";
               $log = "Login";  
           } 
           echo $this->baseurl().$str; ?>"><?php echo $log; ?></a>
    </div>
</div>
<div><?php echo $this->layout()->content ?></div>
</body>
</html>
 

You can insert sample datas through the phpmyadmin or what ever way you like . So we can show some posts in the front . Add the below code to indexActon of IndexController .

public function indexAction()
    {
        // action body
        $posts = new Model_DbTable_Posts();
        $result = $posts->getPosts();
/* The below line is for pagination */
        $page = $this->_getParam('page',1);
        $paginator = Zend_Paginator::factory($result);
        $paginator->setItemCountPerPage(2);
/* Number of items in a page . I have kept 2 so you can easily see the pagination when there is 3 items inserted to posts table . */
        $paginator->setCurrentPageNumber($page);
        $this->view->paginator = $paginator;
    }

The complete code of IndexController.php is given below .

<?php
class IndexController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function init()
    {
        /* Initialize action controller here */
    }
    public function indexAction()
    {
        // action body
        $posts = new Model_DbTable_Posts();
        $result = $posts->getPosts();
        $page = $this->_getParam('page',1);
        $paginator = Zend_Paginator::factory($result);
        $paginator->setItemCountPerPage(2);
        $paginator->setCurrentPageNumber($page);
        $this->view->paginator = $paginator;
    }
    public function loginAction()
    {        
        $loginForm = new Form_Login();
        $redirect = $this->getRequest()->getParam('redirect', 'index/index');
        $loginForm->setAttrib('redirect', $redirect );
        $auth = Zend_Auth::getInstance();
        if(Zend_Auth::getInstance()->hasIdentity()) {
            $this->_redirect('/index/hello');
        } else if ($this->getRequest()->isPost()) {
            if ( $loginForm->isValid($this->getRequest()->getPost()) ) {
                $username = $this->getRequest()->getPost('username');
                $pwd = $this->getRequest()->getPost('pass');
                $authAdapter = new Model_AuthAdapter($username, $pwd);
                $result = $auth->authenticate($authAdapter);
                if(!$result->isValid()) {
                    switch ($result->getCode()) {
                       case Zend_Auth_Result::FAILURE_CREDENTIAL_INVALID:
                            $this->view->errors = 'user credentials not found';
                    }
                } else {
                    //Successfully logged in
                    $this->_redirect( $redirect );
                }
            }
        }
        $this->view->loginForm = $loginForm;
//        $this->_redirect($redirectUrl);
    }
    public function logoutAction()
    {
        $auth = Zend_Auth::getInstance();
        $auth->clearIdentity();
        $this->_redirect('/');
    }
}

Forgot to add the post controller . Added after seeing the comment . Thanks for notifying me .

<?php

class PostsController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{

	public function init()
	{
		/* Initialize action controller here */
	}

	public function indexAction()
	{
		// action body
	}

	public function viewAction()
	{
		// action body
		$postid = (int)$this->_getParam('id');
		if( empty($postid) ) {
		}
		$post = new Model_DbTable_Posts();
		$result = $post->getPost($postid);
		$this->view->post = $result;
		$commentsObj = new Model_DbTable_Comments();
		$request = $this->getRequest();
		$commentsForm = new Form_Comments();
		/*
		 * Check the comment form has been posted
		 */
		if ($this->getRequest()->isPost()) {
			if ($commentsForm->isValid($request->getPost())) {
				$model = new Model_DbTable_Comments();
				$model->saveComment($commentsForm->getValues());
				$commentsForm->reset();
			}
		}
		$data = array( 'id'=> $postid );
		$commentsForm->populate( $data );
		$this->view->commentsForm = $commentsForm;
		$comments = $commentsObj->getComments($postid);
		$this->view->comments = $comments;
		$this->view->edit = '/posts/edit/id/'.$postid;
	}

	public function commentsAction()
	{
		// action body
	}

	public function addAction()
	{
		// action body
		if(!Zend_Auth::getInstance()->hasIdentity()) {
			$this->_redirect('index/index');
		}
                $acl = new Model_Acl();
		$identity = Zend_Auth::getInstance()->getIdentity();
                if( $acl->isAllowed( $identity['Role'] ,'posts','add') ) {
                    $request = $this->getRequest();
                    $postForm = new Form_Post();
                    if ($this->getRequest()->isPost()) {
                            if ($postForm->isValid($request->getPost())) {
                                    $model = new Model_DbTable_Posts();
                                    $model->savePost($postForm->getValues());
                                    $this->_redirect('index/index');
                            }
                    }
                    $this->view->postForm = $postForm;
                }
	}

	public function editAction()
	{
		// action body
		$request = $this->getRequest();
		$postid = (int)$request->getParam('id');
		if(!Zend_Auth::getInstance()->hasIdentity()) {
			$this->_redirect('posts/view/id/'.$postid);
		}
		$identity = Zend_Auth::getInstance()->getIdentity();
		
		$acl = new Model_Acl();
		if( $acl->isAllowed( $identity['Role'] ,'posts','edit') ) {
			$postForm = new Form_Post();
			$postModel = new Model_DbTable_Posts();
			if ($this->getRequest()->isPost()) {
				if ($postForm->isValid($request->getPost())) {
					$postModel->updatePost($postForm->getValues());
					$this->_redirect('posts/view/id/'.$postid);
				}
			} else {
				$result = $postModel->getPost($postid);
				$postForm->populate( $result );
			}
			$this->view->postForm = $postForm;
		} else {
			var_dump( $identity['Role'] );
			//$this->_redirect('posts/view/id/'.$postid);
		}
	}

}

Now you need to create a connection to posts table so that we can do insertion , edit etc . Keep the file in application/Models/DbTable/Posts.php

<?php
class Model_DbTable_Posts extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract
{
    protected $_name = 'posts';
    public function getPosts()
    {
        $orderby = array('id DESC');
        $result = $this->fetchAll('1', $orderby );
        return $result->toArray();
    }
    public function getPost( $id )
    {
        $id = (int)$id;
        $row = $this->fetchRow('id = ' . $id);
        if (!$row) {
            throw new Exception("Count not find row $id");
        }
        return $row->toArray();
    }
    /*
     * Add new posts
     */
    public function savePost( $post )
    {
        $data = array( 'Title'=> $post['Title'],
                'Description'=> $post['Description']);
        $this->insert($data);
    }
    /*
     * Update old posts
     */
    public function updatePost( $post )
    {
        $data = array(
                'id'=> $post['id'],
                'Title'=> $post['Title'],
                'Description'=> $post['Description']);
        $where = 'id = '.$post['id'];
        $this->update($data , $where );
    }
}

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Create application/Models/DbTable/Users.php

<?php
class Model_DbTable_Users extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract
{
    protected $_name = 'users';
    public function findCredentials($username, $pwd)
    {
        $select = $this->select()->where('username = ?', $username)
            ->where('password = ?', $this->hashPassword($pwd));
        $row = $this->fetchRow($select);
        if($row) {
            return $row;
        }
        return false;
    }
    protected function hashPassword($pwd)
    {
        return md5($pwd);
    }
}

Create application/Models/DbTable/Comments.php

<?php
class Model_DbTable_Comments extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract
{
    protected $_name = 'comments';
    public function getComments( $postid ) 
    {
        $result = $this->fetchAll( "post_id = '$postid'"  );
        return $result->toArray();
    }
    public function saveComment( $commentForm )
    {
        $data = array('post_id' => $commentForm['id'] ,
                'Description' => $commentForm['comment'],
                'Name' => $commentForm['name'],
                'Email' => $commentForm['email'],
                'Webpage' => $commentForm['webpage'] );
        $this->insert($data);
    }
}

 Now lets create a login form in /application/forms/Login.php directory . 

<?php
class Form_Login extends Zend_Form
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct($options);
        $this->setName('UserLogin');
        $username = new Zend_Form_Element_Text('username');
        $username->setLabel('User Name')
                ->setRequired(true)
                ->addFilter('StripTags')
                ->addFilter('StringTrim')
                ->addValidator('NotEmpty');
        $pass = new Zend_Form_Element_Password('pass');
        $pass->setLabel('Password')
                ->setRequired(true)
                ->addFilter('StripTags')
                ->addFilter('StringTrim')
                ->addValidator('NotEmpty');
        $submit = new Zend_Form_Element_Submit('submit');
        $redirect = new Zend_Form_Element_Hidden('redirect');
        $submit->setAttrib('id', 'submitbutton');
        $this->addElements( array ( $username, $pass, $submit));
    }
}

Create a form for posting and commenting

application/forms/posts.php

<?php
class Form_Post extends Zend_Form
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct($options);
        $this->setName('Posts');
        $id = new Zend_Form_Element_Hidden('id');
        $title = new Zend_Form_Element_Text('Title');
        $title->setLabel('Title')
                ->setRequired(true)
                ->addFilter('StripTags')
                ->addFilter('StringTrim')
                ->addValidator('NotEmpty');
        $description = new Zend_Form_Element_Textarea('Description');
        $description->setLabel('Description')
                ->setRequired(true)
                ->setAttrib('rows',20)
                ->setAttrib('cols',50)
                ->addFilter('StripTags')
                ->addFilter('StringTrim')
                ->addValidator('NotEmpty');
        $submit = new Zend_Form_Element_Submit('submit');
        $submit->setAttrib('id', 'submitbutton');
        $this->addElements( array( $id, $title, $description, $submit ));
    }
}

Create a comments form application/forms/Comments.php for adding comments

<?php
class Form_Comments extends Zend_Form
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $acl = new Model_Acl();
        $identity = Zend_Auth::getInstance()->getIdentity();
        /*
        * Check whether they have permission to add comments
        */
        if( Zend_Auth::getInstance()->hasIdentity()
        && $acl->isAllowed( $identity['role'] ,'comments','add') ) {
            parent::__construct($options);
            $this->setName('Comments');
            $id = new Zend_Form_Element_Hidden('id');
            $name = new Zend_Form_Element_Text('name');
            $name->setLabel('Your Name')
            ->setRequired(true)
            ->addFilter('StripTags')
            ->addFilter('StringTrim')
            ->addValidator('NotEmpty');
            $email = new Zend_Form_Element_Text('email');
            $email->setLabel('Email')
            ->setRequired(true)
            ->addFilter('StripTags')
            ->addFilter('StringTrim')
            ->addValidator('NotEmpty');
            $webpage = new Zend_Form_Element_Text('webpage');
            $webpage->setLabel('Webpage')
            ->setRequired(true)
            ->addFilter('StripTags')
            ->addFilter('StringTrim')
            ->addValidator('NotEmpty');
            $comment = new Zend_Form_Element_Textarea('comment');
            $comment->setLabel('Comments')
            ->setRequired(true)
            ->setAttrib('rows',7)
            ->setAttrib('cols',30)
            ->addFilter('StripTags')
            ->addFilter('StringTrim')
            ->addValidator('NotEmpty');
            $submit = new Zend_Form_Element_Submit('submit');
            $submit->setAttrib('id', 'submitbutton');
            $this->addElements( array ($id, $name, $email, $webpage, $comment, $submit));
        }
    }
}

Create application/Models/Acl.php

<?php
class Model_Acl extends Zend_Acl 
{
    public function __construct() 
    {
        /*
         *  Add a new role called "guest"
         *  Guest can view contents of the site 
         */
        $this->addRole(new Zend_Acl_Role('guest'));
        /* 
         * Add a role called user, which inherits from guest
         * Users can post comments in site
         */
        $this->addRole(new Zend_Acl_Role('user'), 'guest');
        /* 
         * Add a role called blogger, which inherits from user
         * Bloggers can post contents
         */
        $this->addRole(new Zend_Acl_Role('blogger'), 'user');
        /*
         * Add a role for admin which inherits blogger
         * With every privilages
         */
        $this->addRole(new Zend_Acl_Role('admin'), 'blogger');
        //Add a resource called posts
        $this->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('posts'));
        //Add a resource called edit, which inherits posts
        //$this->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('edit'), 'posts');
        //Add a resource called edit
        //$this->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('add'), 'posts');
        //Finally, we want to allow guests to view pages
        $this->allow('guest', 'posts', 'view');
        // Bloggers can add, edit posts
        $this->allow('blogger', 'posts', 'edit');
        $this->allow('blogger', 'posts', 'add');
    }
}

Create application/Models/AuthAdapter.php

<?php
class Model_AuthAdapter implements Zend_Auth_Adapter_Interface
{
    protected $username;
    protected $password;
    protected $user;
    public function __construct($username, $password) {
        $this->username = $username;
        $this->password = $password;
        $this->user = new Model_DbTable_Users();
    }
    public function authenticate()
    {
        $match = $this->user->findCredentials($this->username, $this->password);
        //var_dump($match);
        if(!$match) {
            $result = new Zend_Auth_Result(Zend_Auth_Result::FAILURE_CREDENTIAL_INVALID, null);
        } else {
            $user = current($match);
            $result = new Zend_Auth_Result(Zend_Auth_Result::SUCCESS, $user);
        }
        return $result;
    }
}

Create application/views/helpers/BaseUrl.php

<?php
class Zend_View_Helper_BaseUrl {
    function baseUrl() {
        $fc = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
        return $fc->getBaseUrl();
    }
}
?>

Create application/views/helpers/LinkTo.php

<?php
class Zend_View_Helper_LinkTo
{
    protected static $baseUrl = null;
    public function linkTo($path)
    {
        if (self::$baseUrl === null) {
            $request = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getRequest();
            $root = '/' . trim($request->getBaseUrl(), '/');
            if ($root == '/') {
                $root = '';
            }
            self::$baseUrl = $root . '/';
        }
        return self::$baseUrl . ltrim($path, '/');
    }
}

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Create application/views/helpers/LoggedInUser.php

<?php
class Zend_View_Helper_LoggedInUser
{
    protected $_view;
    function setView($view)
    {
    $this->_view = $view;
    }
    function loggedInUser()
    {
        $auth = Zend_Auth::getInstance();
        if($auth->hasIdentity())
        {
            $logoutUrl = $this->_view->linkTo('auth/logout');
            $user = $auth->getIdentity();
            $username = $this->_view->escape(ucfirst($user->username));
            $string = 'Logged in as ' . $username . ' | <a href="' .
            $logoutUrl . '">Log out</a>';
        } else {
            $loginUrl = $this->_view->linkTo('auth/identify');
            $string = '<a href="'. $loginUrl . '">Log in</a>';
        }
        return $string;
    }
}
 

Change the contents of application/views/scripts/index/index.phtml with

<?php if (count($this->paginator)): ?>
<?php foreach ($this->paginator as $post ): ?>
<div class="post">
  <div class="title"><a href="<?php echo $this->baseUrl()."/posts/view/id/".$post['id']; ?>"><?php echo $this->escape($post['Title']); ?></a></div>
  <div class="description"><?php echo nl2br(substr( strip_tags( $post['Description']), 0 , 300)); ?></div>
  <div class="commentscount">Comments( count )</div>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="pagination"><?php echo $this->paginationControl($this->paginator,
                                    'Sliding',
                                    '/partials/my_pagination_control.phtml'); ?></div>

Change the contents of application/views/scripts/index/login.phtml with

<?php echo $this->errors; ?>
<?php echo $this->loginForm; ?>

Change the contents of application/views/scripts/index/logout.phtml with

<div>Successfully Logged out</div>

Create application/views/scripts/partials/my_pagination_control.phtml with (  You can place partials in a different folder too . I forgot to change that )

<?php if ($this->pageCount): ?>
<div class="paginationControl">
<!-- Previous page link -->
<?php if (isset($this->previous)): ?>
  <a href="<?php echo $this->url(array('page' => $this->previous)); ?>">
    &lt; Previous
  </a> |
<?php else: ?>
  <span class="disabled">&lt; Previous</span> |
<?php endif; ?>
<!-- Numbered page links -->
<?php foreach ($this->pagesInRange as $page): ?>
  <?php if ($page != $this->current): ?>
    <a href="<?php echo $this->url(array('page' => $page)); ?>">
        <?php echo $page; ?>
    </a> |
  <?php else: ?>
    <?php echo $page; ?> |
  <?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<!-- Next page link -->
<?php if (isset($this->next)): ?>
  <a href="<?php echo $this->url(array('page' => $this->next)); ?>">
    Next &gt;
  </a>
<?php else: ?>
  <span class="disabled">Next &gt;</span>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php
/*
 * Drop down paginaton example
 */
/*
?>
<?php if ($this->pageCount): ?>
<select id="paginationControl" size="1">
<?php foreach ($this->pagesInRange as $page): ?>
  <?php $selected = ($page == $this->current) ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>
  <option value="<?php
        echo $this->url(array('page' => $page));?>"<?php echo $selected ?>>
    <?php echo $page; ?>
  </option>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</select>
<?php endif; ?>
<script type="text/javascript"
     src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/prototype/1.6.0.2/prototype.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$('paginationControl').observe('change', function() {
    window.location = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;
})
</script>
*/?>

Change application/views/scripts/posts/add.phtml with

<div><?php echo $this->postForm; ?></div>

Change application/views/scripts/posts/edit.phtml with

<h2>Edit Post</h2>
<div><?php echo $this->postForm; ?></div>

Change application/views/scripts/posts/view.phtml with

<div class="title"><?php echo $this->post['Title']; ?></div>
<div class="description"><?php echo $this->post['Description'];  ?></div>
<?php
    $acl = new Model_Acl(); 
    $identity = Zend_Auth::getInstance()->getIdentity();
    if( Zend_Auth::getInstance()->hasIdentity() && $acl->isAllowed( $identity['role'] ,'posts','edit') ) : ?>
<div><a href="<?php echo $this->baseurl().$this->edit; ?>">Edit</a></div> 
<?php endif; ?> 
<div class="comments">
    <?php if( count($this->comments) ) : ?>
        <?php foreach( $this->comments as $comment ) : ?>
            <div class="postedby"><a href="<?php echo $comment['Webpage']; ?>" ><?php echo $this->escape( $comment['Name'] ); ?></a> on <span><?php echo $this->escape( date( 'd-m-Y', strtotime($comment['Postedon']) ) ); ?></span></div>
            <div class="comment"><?php echo $this->escape( $comment['Description'] ); ?></div>
        <?php endforeach; ?>
    <?php else : ?>
    <div>No comments</div>
    <?php endif; ?>
</div>
<div class="newcomments">
<?php if( Zend_Auth::getInstance()->hasIdentity() ) : 
        echo $this->commentsForm;
    else :
        ?>Login to Post comments<?php 
    endif;
?>
</div>

I hope I have not missed any when adding to the blog . If there is any erros  do let me know . You can grab the working copy from git , that will be good if there is some errors . I have got many helps from more than 50 blogs . I have made a custom search engine for the zend framework learning too . In the earlier post I have posted .

Thanks and I hope you will enjoy my small blog, and If there is any confusing part let me know it. You can post comments rather than directly mailing to me . You can grab the piece of code from http://github.com/harikt/zendblog and don't be shy as Jon Lembord of http://zendcasts.com says . . Thanks for the wonderful facility provided by github and git .

I have also posted a new post for those who are looking for a module and admin layout. Do check it and get the files from http://www.harikt.com/content/base-files-start-your-zend-framework-project . This may be useful for you to start your zend framework project .