Download the Zend Framework and extract into your local system.in downloaded folder you can see the bin directory.
move to the folder where you want to create the zend project.
If you are working on Windows:
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we need to set the environment variable PATH to location of php
if you are using xampp set the PATH to
C:\xampp\php
Now run this command to create the project structure
On Windows:
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zf.bat create project projectname.
Note:Make sure zf.bat will be absolute path of zf.bat
Example:
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C:\xampp\htdocs\>C:\xampp\htdocs\ZendFramework-1.9.6\bin\zf.bat create project testproject
On Linux:
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zf.sh create project quickstart
Note:Make sure zf.sh will be absolute path of zf.sh
If you run the above command in particular environment the project structure will be created automatically.
Then you can browse the location http://localhost/quickstart/public/
You will see the Zend Framework Welcome Page
If you Face any Problem in Loading this welcome page check the apache error logs and make sure the Zend directory (the Downloaded From Zend Website) is in your app/library Folder.
If this Folder doesn't Exists copy Zend directory From ZendFramework/library/ to your_application_name/library/
Now Refresh your Browser you will get the Welcome Page.