Zend Framework integration

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VS.Php ships with the latest Zend Framework and it is pre-configured to work with the built-in preview engine out of the box. This means you can start referencing the ZF classes from your project and VS.Php will be able to find those classes and provide intellisense support. Also, when you debug your application using the built-in preview engine, the ZF will be loaded and the application will execute correctly.

Another aspect of the ZendFramework integration, is the support for autoloader. This means that when you reference a ZF class in your file without including the file explicitly, VS.Php will be able to find the file and provide intellisense support.

The last piece of the integration is a new project type called ZF MVC project. This project creates a simple Model-View-Controller project based on the Zend Framework MVC support.

When creating a new project select the ZF MVC:

This project wizard will create the basic skeleton for an MVC project:

The code is split into two main folders, application and html.

Inside html you have the index.php entry point. Here you should also put your images and other resources.

In the application folder you have your MVC code. In this sample, there is no data access code so you only have the controllers and views.

There are two controllers, one called IndexController that you can use to get started. And the ErrorController that is available to display error pages.

In this sample project IndexController class calls the welcome.phtml view when accessed.

Just hit F5 and you will see Zend Framework MVC in action working straight out of the box!