Imp Link for Magento & Zend

http://www.lotusseedsdesign.com/blog/magento-static-callout-block

http://hkpatel201.blogspot.in/2013/02/simple-image-slider-magento.html

http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/06/19/zend-framework-quick-tutorial-part-3-front-controller-plugins/

http://www.blog.magepsycho.com/category/magento/

http://samsonasik.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/zend-framework-2-using-zendcache-and-hydratingresultset-to-save-database-resultset/

http://www.tutorial-portal.com/tutorial/48/set-default-controller-action-and-module

http://www.pierrefay.com/magento-developper-guide-howto-tutorial-5

http://codeutopia.net/blog/articles/

http://www.amazium.com/blog/content-driven-access-control-with-zend-acl

http://blog.ricky-stevens.com/zend-framework-doctrine-apc/

Html Entities and Html special chars

You want to convert the HTML character into their corresponding HTML entities.

FOr that you can Use Functions 

1. htmlentities ()
2. htmlspecialchars()

For example ===

Form Having Text area

<form action="" method="POST">

<textarea name="address"></textarea>

<input type="submit" >

PHP part

<?php

$a = htmlentities($_POST['address']);

echo $a;

//or 

$b = htmlspecialchars($_POST['address']);

echo $b;

//If you want to convert those entities back into HTML character

echo html_entity_decode($a);

echo "</br>";

echo html_entity_decode($b);

Now if you ask which one will be best then ..

htmlentities() can translate anything as listed in Manual

while htmlspecialchars() translate only specialcharacter

For DEtails Refer These Links

1. http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php
2. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php
3. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php

How to install zend framework - 2

Follow the instructions of below given link

http://samminds.com/2012/07/zend-framework-2-installation-on-xampp-for-windows/

best zend reference link

http://files.zend.com/help/Zend-Framework/index.html

http://perevodik.net/en/posts/10/

http://zendcoding.com/

http://forums.eukhost.com/f15/install-zend-framework-under-linux-cpanel-shared-account-10753/#.UWzeWEpj8Tg

how to generate random number between given two number

$max = 1.0;
    $min = 0.0;
    for($i=0;$i<100;$i++)
    {
        print ("<br>");
        $range = $max-$min;
        $num = $min + $range * mt_rand(0, 32767)/32767;    
        $num = round($num, 2);    
        print ((float) $num);
    }

Link of PHP Help

http://www.plus2net.com/

http://www.phpeasystep.com/index.php