Zend

About Zend Framework

Extending the art & spirit of PHP, Zend Framework(MVC framework) is based on simplicity, object-oriented best practices, corporate friendly licensing, and a rigorously tested agile codebase. Zend Framework is focused on building more secure, reliable, and modern Web 2.0 applications & web services.

Zend Framework components include:

Zend_Controller

This module provides the overall control for the application. It translates requests into specific actions and makes sure they get executed.

Zend_Db

This is based on PHP Data Objects (PDO) and provides access to databases in a generic way.

Zend_Feed

This makes it easy to consume RSS and Atom feeds.

Zend_Filter

This provides string-filtering functions, such as isEmail() and getAlpha().

Zend_InputFilter

To Zend_Filter, this is designed to work with arrays such as form inputs.

Zend_HttpClient

This enables you perform HTTP requests easily.

Zend_Json

This enables you to easily translate PHP objects into JavaScript Object Notation, and vice-versa.

Zend_Log

This provides general-purpose logging functionality.

Zend_Mail

This enables you to send text and multipart MIME email.

Zend_Mime

This is used by Zend_Mail to help decode MIME messages.

Zend_Pdf

This enables you to create new PDF documents, and load and edit existing PDF documents.

Zend_Search

This enables you to perform sophisticated searches on your own text. For example, you can build a search engine that returns results based on relevancy or other factors.

Zend_Service

Contains several submodules that provide easy access to many popular web service APIs, such as those provided by Amazon, Yahoo, Twitter, and Flicker.

Zend_View

This handles the view portion of the MVC pattern.

Zend_XmlRpc

This enables you to easily create an XML-RPC server and client.