Zend Framework Development

Zend Framework Tutorial Format

• Tips and tricks on how to start MySQL and Apache from PhpED can be found in Joomla tutorial (among great many other things)
• PHP Debugging, remote and local, using Ajax or not described in multiple documents:
  • Php Debugger page
  • CakePHP tutorial – just like Zend Framework CakePhp is an implementation of Model View Controller for PHP applications
  • Debugging PHP, JSON and JavaScripts Application using PHP IDE published by php-editors.com
  • And of course please be sure to check out the descriptions of numerous PHP Tools available in PhpED.

Requirements for this tutorial

• We will be using one of Zend Framework demo applications SimpleMailer.php. For this purpose we created Mail-demo project in PhpED and will be referring to it in this tutorial. You will also need to create a project in PhpED to build your Zend Framework Application.
• Zend Framework can be downloaded from http://framework.zend.com/ . It is FREE and available – all 1500 files with 100+ PHP classes. Zend tends to think big. Just extract it in the directory of your choice. As far as working with PhpED is concerned you have many choices, but the most common are:
• Option #1. Place Zend Framework in the same project with your Application, for example like it is shown below:
  
  
  
• The advantage of this method is quite obvious: Debugging and Code Insight don’t require any additional setup – everything will just work.
• The drawback however is also there: it makes sharing of Zend Framework libraries between the projects very difficult. It also most likely places Zend Framework under Document Root where it can be served by the web server.
• Option #2. In another common setup Zend Framework files are placed in their own project. This is typical scenario and it works like a charm in PhpED after a couple of settings are done as described further in this manual:
  
  
  
• Apache Web Server. We will be using Apache distributed with NuSphere Technology Platform - our fre integrated bundle of the most recent versions of Apache web server, PHP, along with other necessary development and administrating tools. However, everything we will be doing is very generic and independent of the way Apache is installed. You can follow the steps outlined in this tutorial if you are using any other installation of Apache, for example XAMP – which is used in NuSphere’s Joomla Development tutorial.
• PhpED – NuSphere’s PHP IDE. If you don’t have PhpED yet you can download a free trial of our famous PHP IDE here.