Tutorial: Getting Started with the Zend Framework 1.0

This tutorial is intended to give a very basic introduction to using the Zend Framework to write a simple database driven application.

NOTE: This tutorial has been tested on version 1.0.0 of the Zend Framework. It stands a very good chance of working with later versions. It is unlikely to on any version prior to version 1.0.0 due to dependency on the ViewRenderer action helper.

English version: Dowload the PDF (v1.4.5).
Simplified Chinese version by Jason Qi (offsite): Visit Jason’s download area.
French version by Guillaume Rossolini (offsite): Débuter avec le Zend Framework.
Polish version by Kubek Bartosz (offsite): Pierwsze kroki z Zend Framework.
Russian version by Alex Musayev (offsite): Russian Translation (PDF)
Czech version by Petr Parimucha (offsite): CzechTranslation
Brazillian Portuguese version by Ricardo Klein (offsite): Getting Started with Zend Auth_pt-BR
Latvian version by Ingus (offsite): Ievads Zend Framework
Slovakian version by Igor Hlina (offsite): Začíname so Zend Frameworkom – tutoriál

Translations for previous versions of this tutorial:
Brazillian Portuguese version by Adler Medrado: Iniciando com Zend Framework (1.3.0).
German translation by Daniel Messer: Einstieg in das Zend Framework: PDF (v1.3.0).
Danish translation by Stig Benning: I gang med Zend Framework: PDF (v1.3.4).
Spanish translation by Claudio Cossio (offsite): Desarrollo de Aplicaciones con Zend Framework: PDF (v1.3.3).
Indonesian version by Riki Risnandar: Tutorial Awal dengan Zend Framework PDF (v.1.2.3)
Italian version by Fabrizio Frosali: Primi passi con il Framework Zend (off site).

Code

The associated code is available:

• My Subversion repository
• Zip file of tutorial (~9KB)
• Zip file of tutorial including ZF1.0.1 (~2.3MB)

Changelog

1.4.5

Made the dependencies on mod_rewrite and .htaccess files more obvious.

1.4.4

Use createRow() to create an “empty” album as noticed by Terry Stalker. Also, fixed reference to $_SERVER[’REQUEST_METHOD’] as reported by balu!

1.4.3

Further updates so that the flow makes sense!

1.4.2

Updates to support version 1.0.0. of the Zend Framework

1.4.1

Updates to support version 1.0.0. RC2of the Zend Framework

1.4.0

Updates to support version 1.0.0. RC1 of the Zend Framework.

1.3.4

Improvements to the English found by Guillaume Rossolini.

1.3.3

Another typo! Found by Wayne Roesner.

1.3.2

More typos fixed. Found initially by Ludo, then many others ;)

1.3.1

Now using isPost() as suggested by sleek. Also filed typos found by Jason Qi.

1.3.0

Significant reworking to support version 0.9 of the Zend Framework.

1.2.4

Typographical fixes found by Darren Chandler. This version has been tested on 0.8 of the Zend Framework.

1.2.3

Updated notes on which versions of the Zend Framework are supported, now that I’ve tested on 0.7.

1.2.2

Fixed more typographical and contextual issues found by Jason Qi.

1.2.1

First typo found by Jason Qi.

1.2.0

Updated tutorial for version 0.6 of the Zend Framework.

1.1.1

Fixed setting of the include path.
Fixed multiple typos found by Brendon Kozlowski.

1.1.1

Fixed initiation of the Front Controller in index.php.

1.1.0

Updated tutorial for version 0.2 of the Zend Framework.

1.0.5

Added some troubleshooting information about using setRewriteBase().

1.0.4

Maybe I’ve finally nailed down the path to IndexController.php!

1.0.3

More minor fixes. Thanks Thanks Holger and Develucas! Added note about only working with 0.1.5.

1.0.2

Typo fix. Thanks Chris!

1.0.1

Multiple minor fixes. Thanks Nathan, Nick, Matthew and everyone else!

1.0

Original version