Zend Framework 1 tutorial

Requirements:

•        WAMP that support PHP5
•        Zend framework full package  http://www.zend.com/community/downloads
•        Netbeans IDE and install ZEND framework plugin. 

      Be sure the path of zend framework doesn’t have spaces in parent directories!

Installation:

1.  Define the environment variables of PHP:

·         Adding php.exe to path environment variable

·         Test that PHP is working through typing in cmd console

Php –v, it must show the PHP version.

     2. Define the environment variables of ZEND framework:

·         Add zf.bat to the path environment variable

·         Test zend in cmd console through typing

Zf create project test, it must create project in the same path of zend package.

Before testing, restart for PC is needed.

TIP:

Through defining PHP environment variable, if you face the following problem

Go to winodows\php.ini and uncomment these two lines

extension=php_mbstring.dll

extension=php_exif.dll

and be sure that php_mbstring.dll includes before php_exif.dll

           3.   Add php.exe and zf to netbeans tools-> options  

           4.  Enable mod_rewrite in httpd.conf in conf folder..

.

·         Uncomment this line LoadModulerewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

Restart for apache server is needed!

·         Andmake the value of AllowOverride all in the directory tag in the same file

<Directory />      Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Indexes     AllowOverride all      Order deny,allow      Deny from all      Satisfy all </Directory>

 

        5. Add the path of zend framework library  to the include_path in PHP.ini file

E.g: include_path = ".;c:\php\includes;E:\GCC\ZendFramework-1.11.11\library"

        6. Create first project of zendframewok through cmdconcole

Zf  create project quickstart

         7.  Creating Virtual host

·         Activate virtual host command in httpd.conf

     Remove comment from this line Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

·         In  C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc    

127.0.0.1      quickstart

TIP:If you face permission problems, then open properties of host file and grant edit permission for the user.

·         Define the project path and the server name in httpd-vhost.conf in D:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.21\conf\extrafoder

You should write the following tags.

 

<VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot "C:/AppServ/www/zf/quickstart/public" ServerName quickstart </VirtualHost>

You should add the following lines to the same file httpd-vhost.conf in order not to make conflict between the host and whole server

                          <Directory c:/appserv/www>

                                  Order Deny,Allow

                                    Allow from all

                           </Directory>

                           <VirtualHost *:80>

                                   DocumentRoot c:/appserv/www

                                   ServerName localhost

                              </VirtualHost>

     8.   Prevent proxy of the url of this project

            9.   Now open the URL of the project

Eg: quickstart                                               

        The index page of project will be shown

                   Congratulation you setup the configurations of ZEND framework successfully :)