Reference Guide

Zend Server Reference Manual
Working with Zend Framework
Zend Framework users who deploy Zend Server will benefit from a pre-configured stack that includes all
the system components for developing Web applications with PHP.
The Zend Framework files are placed in:
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Windows: \share\ZendFramework
RPM, DEB, : /share/ZendFramework
Loading Zend Framework Classes
There are two ways to load Zend Framework's classes in your script:
1. Using the Zend Loader:
The Zend Loader utility class checks whether the class already exists within the script. If it does, it will
create the relevant file from the class name using Zend Framework's naming convention (See
http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/coding-standard.naming-conventions.html for more information on
Zend Framework's naming conventions). If the class already exists, this will speed up performance.
Using the Zend Loader also has the added advantage of loading classes outside of Zend Framework.
To use the Zend Loader:
1. Load the Zend Loader utility class once in your script:
Require_once 'Zend/Loader.php';
2. From now, load each class using the class name:
Zend_Loader::loadClass('Zend_Class_Name');
3. For example, in order to load the Zend Http Client:
Zend_Loader::loadClass('Zend_Http_Client);