Monthly Archives: September 2011

Sorelle Bronca Prosecco D.O.C. di Valdobbiadene Spumante Extra Dry

By Ron Dobley | Published: September 25, 2011
This sparkling wine is a steal, about $17 retail. I think most people forget about prosecco, and there are plenty of forgettable efforts, however, Sorelle Bronca hit the mark. This wine is not too sweet, as the Extra Dry on the label tells us. It possesses just the right amount of acidity to balance off [...]
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How to validate a URL with a Scheme and Hostname in Zend Framework

By Ron Dobley | Published: September 24, 2011
I recently ran across a situation where URLs where being stored in the database with the scheme and the hostname (e.g., http://www.rondobley.com/2011). The validator that was being used was allowing URLs like http://rondobley to pass validation. The validation code was: Zend_Uri::check() will parse the URI and return a scheme handler class based on the scheme [...]
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