Zend Framework

Zend Framework is a free PHP application development framework developed by Zend .

Zend Framework
Type of	Web application software framework
Developer	Zend Technologies
Written on
operating system	Cross platform software
Latest version	3.0.0 [1] ( June 26, 2016 )
Test version	3.0.1dev [2]
License	New BSD License
Site	framework.zend.com

Based on the principles of MVC . In addition to MVC components, it contains many libraries useful for building an application, for example, components for integration with third-party services - YouTube , del.icio.us and others are implemented. Starting with version 1.6, it comes with the Dojo JavaScript framework, and also includes components for working with it. In September 2012, version 2.0 (Zend Framework 2) was released.

Declare the following characteristics ^[4] :

• all components are written in fully object-oriented code PHP 5 and E_STRICT- compatible;
• architecture of "weak binding" with minimal dependencies between parts of the project ( English use-at-will architecture with loosely coupled components and minimal interdependencies );
• Extensible MVC implementation, supporting layouts and PHP templates by default;
• support for various DBMSs, including MariaDB , MySQL , Oracle Database , IBM DB2 , Microsoft SQL Server , PostgreSQL , SQLite, and Informix ;
• composing, sending and receiving mail messages using mbox , Maildir , POP3 and IMAP4 protocols ;
• flexible caching system with support for various types - in memory or in the file system .