Zend Framework

The Zend Framework is a powerful open source web application framework for developing PHP 5 web applications. The Zend Framework module is a Drupal API module that makes the framework accessible to other Drupal modules.

Versions

For Drupal 7:

• 3.x: The 3.x branch brings ZF2 to Drupal
• 1.x: The 1.x branch brings the 1.x version of the Zend Framework to Drupal

For Drupal 6:

• 3.x: The 3.x branch brings ZF2 to Drupal 6
• 2.x: The 2.x branch brings the 1.x version of the Zend Framework to Drupal

Installation via Drush

drush dl composer
drush dl zend

Manual installation

1. Install the module to your sites/all/modules directory.
2. Execute the following commands:
   

   cd sites/all/modules/zend
   curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
   php composer.phar install
   

Use It

Once the framework is installed you can just use it. The Zend classes are available to use and will be autoloaded as needed. For example, in Zend Framework 1.x:

  $form = new Zend_Form();

of in Zend Framework 3.x:

  $form = new ZendFormForm();