The Zend Framework is a PHP web application framework that provides modular code libraries and follows an MVC design pattern. It aims to help developers focus on functionality rather than code by standardizing PHP and providing pre-built components. Major companies like IBM and media sites like IGN use the Zend Framework. The document discusses how to get started with Zend, compares its date and mail handling to native PHP, and introduces the Zend IDE.

1. PHP Zen with Zend
Exploring the Zend Framework
Nathan Porter 2008

2. What is the Zend Framework?
• Web Application Framework
– Code Libraries
– Object Oriented
• Open Source
• PHP5
• MVC design
• It’s RAD
– Rapid
– Application
– Development

3. Why Zend?
• Standardized PHP
• Allows developer to focus on functionality
instead of code
• Modular design
• Well Documented
• Dozens of useful pre-coded components
• Contains parts of available API’s like
Google
• List of Components

4. Zend: Who Uses it?
• SourceForge
– OpenId (Zend OpenId)
• Fox Interactive
– IGN.com
– RottenTomatoes.com
– AskMen.com
• IBM
– QEDWiki

5. Zend: Getting Started
• Zend is already set up at Plymouth
on www, www2, and turing
• For personal development, Zend
needs to be set up on the web
server
• Download Zend Framework
• A great example of setting up Zend
Applications

6. Zend vs PHP: Zend_Date
Yesterday With Zend Yesterday with PHP
• Breakdown
– Same goal
– Less code for operation
– More Precision
– More functionality with dates

7. Zend vs PHP: Zend Mail
Mail With Zend Mail With PHP
• Breakdown
– Same goal
– Potentially more code
– Object Oriented style more apparent
– More functionality with mail

8. Using Zend: Zend_Feed
• Functionality for
consuming RSS and
Atom Feeds
• Pre-built to handle most
feed syntax
• Object Oriented
– Zend_Feed::import()
• Try/catch error handling
– Zend_Feed_Exception
• Documentation

9. Zend Studio: A Zend IDE
• Pros
– Syntax Highlighting
– Fast Zend App Creation
– Auto Complete
• Cons
– Big
– Need Project Base
– Expensive: $799 to $990

10. Works Cited
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zend_Framework
• Framework Manual:
http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/
• Zend Framework Wiki:
http://framework.zend.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?
pageId=10530
• Zend: http://www.zend.com/en/
• Zend Framework Tutorials: http://www.zftutorials.com/
• Zend Application Setup:
http://mitchellhashimoto.com/zend-framework-
tutorials/getting-started/