Question

I am completely new to Zend framework. I have database created in MySQL. Now I want to use it together with Zend. Completely confused how to start with. I have gone through many tutorials like http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/ but was confusing. Can anybody help me on how I can accomplish, with this step-by-step instructions or any good tutorial?

Answer 1

2 Methods to do it:

Command Line:

zf configure db-adapter "adapter=PDO_MYSQL&dbname=[your databasename]&host=[your host]&username=[your username]&password=[your password]" -s development

or in your application.ini file :

resources.db.adapter = "PDO_MYSQL"
resources.db.params.dbname = "[your database]"
resources.db.params.host = "[your host]"
resources.db.params.username = "[your username]"
resources.db.params.password = "[your password]"

any questions? Mention in comment 🙂

EDIT:

Since you are starting with Zend, firstly, welcome to Zend Framework 🙂
Here is the tutorial you can refer for initial development:
http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/zend-framework-from-scratch/

If you directly want to know only about integrating database (i.e. Models – business logic) refer to this link:

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/zend-framework-from-scratch-models-and-integrating-doctrine-orm/

PS: Few things in the above links might be deprecated and MAY not work example, the second link talks about ORM as Doctrine whereas we use Doctrine2 now-a-days.

All clear?