Zend Framework Tutorial
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- Zend Framework - Working Example
- Zend Framework - Error Handling
- Zend Framework - Unit Testing
- Email Management
- Zend Framework - Authentication
- Session Management
- Cookie Management
- Zend Framework - Ajax
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- Forms & Validation
- Different Databases
- Models & Database
- Zend Framework - Layout
- Zend Framework - View Layer
- Zend Framework - Routing
- Zend Framework - Controllers
- Zend Framework - Creating Module
- Application Structure
- Zend Framework - Module System
- Zend Framework - Event Manager
- Zend Framework - Service Manager
- Zend Framework - Concepts
- Zend Framework - MVC Architecture
- Skeleton Application
- Zend Framework - Installation
- Zend Framework - Introduction
- Zend Framework - Home
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- Who is Who
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- Questions and Answers
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
Zend Framework - Installation
Zend Framework - Installation
To install the Zend Framework, we must first install the Composer and the latest version of PHP as shown in the following steps.
Install Composer − Zend uses Composer for managing its dependencies, so make sure you have the Composer installed on your machine. If the Composer is not installed, then visit the official website of and install it.
Install the latest version of PHP − To get the maximum benefit of Zend Framework, install the latest version of PHP. The minimum required version for the Zend Framework 3 is PHP 5.6 or later.
Install Zend Framework
Zend Framework can be installed in two ways. They are as follows −
Manual installation
Composer based installation
Let us discuss both these installations in detail.
Manual Installation
Download the latest version of Zend Framework by visiting the following pnk –
Extract the content of the downloaded archive file to the folder you would pke to keep it. Once you have a copy of Zend Framework available in your local machine, your Zend Framework based web apppcation can access the framework classes. Though there are several ways to achieve this, your PHP include_path needs to contain the path to the Zend Framework classes under the /pbrary directory in the distribution. This method apppes to Zend Framework version 2.4 and earper only.
Composer Based Installation
To easily install the Zend Framework, use the Composer tool. This is the preferred method to install the latest version of Zend Framework. To install all the components of the Zend Framework, use the following Composer command −
$ composer require zendframework/zendframework
Each Zend Framework module / component can be installed inspanidually as well. For example, to install the MVC component of the Zend Framework, use the following composer command −
$ composer require zendframework/zend-mvcAdvertisements