4 Zend Framework requires no special installation steps. Simply download the framework,
5 extract it to the folder you would like to keep it in, and add the /library directory
6 to your PHP include_path.
7 This release also includes the extras library. To use components in this library,
8 add the /extras/library directory to your PHP include_path.
13 Zend Framework requires PHP 5.1.4 or later. Please see the system requirements
14 appendix for more detailed information:
16 http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/requirements.html
21 If you would like to preview enhancements or bug fixes that have not yet been
22 released, you can obtain the current development version of Zend Framework using one
23 of the following methods:
25 * Download the latest nightly snapshot. For those who care to brave the cutting
26 (often bleeding) edge, the nightly snapshots represent the latest single-
27 download development version of Zend Framework development. Snapshots are bundled
28 with documentation in English only or in all available languages. If you anticipate
29 updating to the latest development version of Zend Framework often, consider using
30 Subversion as described below.
32 http://framework.zend.com/download/snapshot
34 * Using a Subversion (SVN) client. Zend Framework is open source software, and
35 the Subversion repository used for its development is publicly available. Consider
36 using SVN to get Zend Framework if you already use SVN for your application
37 development, want to contribute back to the framework, or need to upgrade your
38 framework version very often.
40 Exporting is useful if you want to get a particular framework revision without the
41 .svn directories as created in a working copy.
43 Checking out a working copy is necessary if you would like to directly contribute
44 to Zend Framework; a working copy can be updated any time with svn update.
46 An externals definition is highly convenient for developers already using SVN to
47 manage their application working copies.
49 The URL for the trunk of the Zend Framework SVN repository is:
51 http://framework.zend.com/svn/framework/trunk
53 For more information about Subversion, please see the official website:
55 http://subversion.tigris.org
57 CONFIGURING THE INCLUDE PATH
58 ----------------------------
60 Once you have a copy of the Zend Framework available, your application will need to
61 access the framework classes. Though there are several ways to achieve this, your
62 PHP include_path needs to contain the path to the Zend Framework classes under the
63 /library directory in this distribution. You can find out more about the PHP
64 include_path configuration directive here:
66 http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.include-path
68 Instructions on how to change PHP configuration directives can be found here:
70 http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.changes.php
75 A great place to get up-to-speed quickly is the Zend Framework QuickStart:
77 http://framework.zend.com/docs/quickstart
79 The QuickStart covers some of the most commonly used components of ZF. Since
80 Zend Framework is designed with a use-at-will architecture and components are
81 loosely coupled, you can select and use only those components that are needed for