Cutting Edge Tutorials

Probably my one favorite aspects of Zend Framework is that you can pull pieces out and use them by themselves without having to build a complete MVC installation. Not that building out a complete installation is difficult but there are times when you just need a small piece, not the entire puzzle. Zend_Auth is one of those pieces that can be pulled out and used by itself. If you need authentication for an existing application Zend_Auth may just be the piece you are looking for.

If you’re using Wordpress to build a website showcase (or in my case blog showcase), it’s nice to show the recent posts from that website in the showcase.

In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to do this, using the Wordpress Custom Fields feature and SimplePie.

Read more after the jump.

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