By : Rangana Dissanayake

Web Developmentwith

Introduction

• Zend Framework is an open source framework for developing web applications and services with PHP 5. Zend Framework is implemented using 100% object-oriented code. The component structure of Zend Framework is somewhat unique; each component is designed with few dependencies on other components. This loosely coupled architecture allows developers to use components individually. We often call this a "use-at-will" design

Requirements for create a Zend project

• Aparche HTTP web server(2.2.3 or later) + PHP (5.2 or later ) + DB server (MySQL/Postgre SQL)

• the best choice is install WAMP/XAMPP on your computer its include all the above requirements

• Zend Framwork library • Zend supported IDE (NetBeans IDE 7.1.2 or

later, Zend studio, Eclips with PDT plug)

Installation • Download the latest stable release(you may

need to unzip it).– Link :

http://www.zend.com/en/community/downloads

• Setup the environment variable for Zend frame work and PHP

• Setup the include path for in php.ini for zend framework

• Testing the Zend (just type zf and enter on you terminal)

Create your first project

Zend command • zf create project demo

It will generate the zend project folder structure as follows

Make sure to create your project in the web root directory

Ex : • C:\wamp\www

• Basic zend commands

Basic commands FYI

• How to test it – Make sure your server is up and running – Go to the following URL

Yes this is the default index page of the Zend framework , you are ready for a Zend project

• Zend project can be created without any IDE ,but if you can setup your project with an IDE it will be more useful.

• Set up the development environment with Netbeans IDE

• Step 01, Configuring for PHP

• Configuration for Zend framework

Create your first Zend project with Netbeans

Set your server root as the source folder (www/httpdoc)

Set up Your Project URL

Select the PHP framework as Zend then finish

Once you created a Zend project you can see the following folder structure as default

Once you run the project can see the main folder structure on your default browser

• Debugging a PHP project with Netbeans xdebuger

• How to debug a PHP project with Netbeans• Step 01 - make sure to set following parameters

• Do following changes for your php.ini file

(01) Remove comments on output_buffering=off line

(01) Add these lines on [xdebug] php.ini

Make sure to match the correct xdebug version with your php version (http://xdebug.org/download/ for downloard xdebug)

A web site development process

• Design • Development • Hosting ( need a domain for redirect to the host)– Shared Hosting (cpanel)– Dedicated hosting – VPS hosting– Cloud hosting