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Zend Framework
Zend Framework is a collection of libraries developed in 2005 and written in PHP provided by Zend Technologies. Zend Framework is based on Middleware or MVC design patterns, widely used in web applications. It has a very high-quality output code that is compliant with PSR standards.
The Zend Framework's purpose was to organize the chaotic PHP code. Thanks to this, today, it’s a consistent, module-based tool for writing code in this language. It has many functionalities, such as pagination, that are unavailable in other frameworks written in this language.
Thanks to the use of components, the Zend Framework allows developers to create a business application from scratch and manage its additional functionalities. Currently, the framework is being developed under the name Laminas Project.
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Why use the Zend Framework?
Zend Framework is an open-source PHP framework developed for building web applications. It follows the principles of object-oriented programming and consists of ready-made packages.
Since the Zend Framework is written in an established language like PHP, developers can freely choose the operating system and a web server to run their applications. Thanks to the over 60 premade packages, developers can focus their attention on developing more advanced and complex features.
The Zend Framework also uses Composer, PHPUnit, and Travis CI to administrate packages, improve testing, and ensure continuous integration.
In addition, the company behind Zend Framework offers the Zend Server—a PHP application server that provides tools for streamlining development, faster performance, better security, and more.
Features of the Zend Framework applications
Developers can implement many functionalities to web applications with Zend Framework.
The framework offers the ability to implement such features as:
- Search indexing
- Caching
- Authentication
- User management
- Captcha
- Localization
- Access to databases
- Code generation
- Extensions to the PHP reflection API
- Email system
Examples of Zend Framework components include the following:
- JSON-RPC Server implementation for PHP
- Validator used to create complex validation criteria
- DOM for querying HTML or XML documents with XPath or CSS selectors
- Loader for autoloading and plugin loading strategies
- Serializer used to serialize and deserialize PHP structures
Advantages of the Zend Framework
MVC architecture
The MVC architecture allows developers to split the application into three layers: model, view, and controller. This enables the separation of user interface and business logic and the modification of parts of Zend-MVC applications without affecting other areas, facilitating a seamless development process.
Moreover, it allows users of the Zend Framework to organize large business applications and makes the code more readable and easier to fix if any problems occur.
Object-oriented programming
Object-oriented programming provides modularity that allows for greater flexibility. Thanks to this, developers can introduce changes to separate modules without affecting the others. Furthermore, it enables code reusability and eliminates the need to repeat the code.
Community support
PHP and its frameworks are widely popular among programmers; because of that, the Zend Framework also enjoys a great deal of support from the online community. This support allows developers to find solutions to encountered issues and helpful resources.
HTML5-complainant
The Zend Framework is HTML5-complainant, meaning that it offers developers a range of front-end features that allow them to integrate data inputs such as emails, URLs, or search boxes. Moreover, the ZendFramework can take care of client-side field validation.
Zend Framework. Summary
Zend Technologies developed the Zend Framework, a tool for saving time while developing complex web applications. With features like MVC architecture and object-oriented programming, developers can flexibly develop various parts of an app.
The Zend Framework can help businesses create applications such as content management systems, online stores, analysis tools, etc.