Zend Framework released their newest version (1.9.0) on July 31st.
This is an exciting release as it brings about the latest technologies, including compatibility with PHP 5.3.0, the newest release of PHP.
The Zend Framework is a powerful set of libraries. These libraries are driven heavily by both the Zend professionals and by the community, making this one of the most powerful and popular frameworks out there for PHP.
Zend is not limited to it’s Open Source framework. This company is responsible for large portions of PHP’s core functionality, along with many other services, such as their own PHP stack, specially modified to work with the Zend Framework. Zend also offers other services such as consulting, certification and training.
This new release of the Zend framework brings in new functionality mostly from the community. The highlights of this version include new classes which handle (among other things) database integration, RSS feed integration, and other services. Detailed release notes can be found over at Zend framework.
As a PHP / Zend developer myself, I am personally excited about the use of Namespaces in PHP 5.3.0 and Zend’s update to the Zend_Config_Xml class, which incorporates some namespace use which previously could only be achieved via Zend_Config_Ini.
This new version requires a minimum PHP version 5.2.4, which may cause some issues for developers who are “stuck” with older version of PHP.
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