Let us create a skeleton application using the Zend Framework MVC layer and module systems.
Installation using Composer
The easiest way to create a new Zend Framework project is to use a Composer. It is defined as below −
$ cd /path/to/install $ composer create-project -n -sdev zendframework/skeleton-application myapp
You would see the following result on your screen −
Installing zendframework/skeleton-application (dev-master 941da45b407e4f09e264f000fb537928badb96ed) - Installing zendframework/skeleton-application (dev-master master) Cloning master Created project in myapp Loading composer repositories with package information Installing dependencies (including require-dev) from lock file - Installing zendframework/zend-component-installer (0.3.0) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-stdlib (3.0.1) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-config (2.6.0) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-loader (2.5.1) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-eventmanager (3.0.1) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-view (2.8.0) Loading from cache - Installing container-interop/container-interop (1.1.0) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-servicemanager (3.1.0) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-validator (2.8.1) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-escaper (2.5.1) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-uri (2.5.2) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-http (2.5.4) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-router (3.0.2) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-modulemanager (2.7.2) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-mvc (3.0.1) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-skeleton-installer (0.1.3) Loading from cache - Installing zfcampus/zf-development-mode (3.0.0) Loading from cache zendframework/zend-config suggests installing zendframework/zend-filter (Zend\Filter component) zendframework/zend-config suggests installing zendframework/zend-i18n (Zend\I18n component) zendframework/zend-config suggests installing zendframework/zend-json (Zend\Json to use the Json reader or writer classes) zendframework/zend-view suggests installing zendframework/zend-authentication (Zend\Authentication component) zendframework/zend-view suggests installing zendframework/zend-feed (Zend\Feed component) zendframework/zend-view suggests installing zendframework/zend-filter (Zend\Filter component) zendframework/zend-view suggests installing zendframework/zend-i18n (Zend\I18n component) zendframework/zend-view suggests installing zendframework/zend-json (Zend\Json component) zendframework/zend-view suggests installing zendframework/zend-navigation (Zend\Navigation component) zendframework/zend-view suggests installing zendframework/zend-paginator (Zend\Paginator component) zendframework/zend-view suggests installing zendframework/zend-permissions-acl (Zend\Permissions\Acl component) zendframework/zend-servicemanager suggests installing ocramius/proxy-manager (ProxyManager 1.* to handle lazy initialization of services) zendframework/zend-validator suggests installing zendframework/zend-db (Zend\Db component) zendframework/zend-validator suggests installing zendframework/zend-filter (Zend\Filter component, required by the Digits validator) zendframework/zend-validator suggests installing zendframework/zend-i18n (Zend\I18n component to allow translation of validation error messages as well as to use the various Date validators) zendframework/zend-validator suggests installing zendframework/zend-i18nresources (Translations of validator messages) zendframework/zend-validator suggests installing zendframework/zend-math (Zend\Math component) zendframework/zend-validator suggests installing zendframework/zend-session (Zend\Session component) zendframework/zend-router suggests installing zendframework/zend-i18n (^2.6, if defining translatable HTTP path segments) zendframework/zend-modulemanager suggests installing zendframework/zend-console (Zend\Console component) zendframework/zend-mvc suggests installing zendframework/zend-json ((^2.6.1 || ^3.0) To auto-deserialize JSON body content in AbstractRestfulController extensions, when json_decode is unavailable) zendframework/zend-mvc suggests installing zendframework/zend-mvc-console (zend-mvc-console provides the ability to expose zend-mvc as a console application) zendframework/zend-mvc suggests installing zendframework/zend-mvc-i18n (zendmvc-i18n provides integration with zend-i18n, including a translation bridge and translatable route segments) zendframework/zend-mvc suggests installing zendframework/zend-mvc-pluginfileprg (To provide Post/Redirect/Get functionality around forms that container file uploads) zendframework/zend-mvc suggests installing zendframework/zend-mvc-pluginflashmessenger (To provide flash messaging capabilities between requests) zendframework/zend-mvc suggests installing zendframework/zend-mvc-pluginidentity (To access the authenticated identity (per zend-authentication) in controllers) zendframework/zend-mvc suggests installing zendframework/zend-mvc-plugin-prg (To provide Post/Redirect/Get functionality within controllers) zendframework/zend-mvc suggests installing zendframework/zend-psr7bridge ((^0.2) To consume PSR-7 middleware within the MVC workflow) zendframework/zend-mvc suggests installing zendframework/zend-servicemanager-di (zend-servicemanager-di provides utilities for integrating zend-di and zendservicemanager in your zend-mvc application) Generating autoload files Removing optional packages from composer.json Updating composer.json Removing zendframework/zend-skeleton-installer... - Removing zendframework/zend-skeleton-installer (0.1.3) Removed plugin zendframework/zend-skeleton-installer. Removing from composer.json Complete! > zf-development-mode enable You are now in development mode.
Now that the application is installed, you can test it out immediately using the PHP’s built-in web server −
$ cd path/to/install/myapp $ composer serve
Then you would see the following response −
> php -S 0.0.0.0:8080 -t public/ public/index.php
This will start the PHP built-in CLI server on port 8080. Once the development server is started, you can visit the site at (http://localhost:8080/). The built-in CLI server is for development only.
Unit Tests
To run the skeleton unit tests, type the following command in your terminal.
$ composer require --dev zendframework/zend-test
It will produce the following response −
Using version ^3.0 for zendframework/zend-test ./composer.json has been updated Loading composer repositories with package information Updating dependencies (including require-dev) - Installing zendframework/zend-dom (2.6.0) Loading from cache - Installing zendframework/zend-console (2.6.0) Loading from cache - Installing sebastian/version (2.0.1) Loading from cache - Installing symfony/yaml (v3.2.1) Downloading: 100% - Installing sebastian/resource-operations (1.0.0) Loading from cache - Installing sebastian/recursion-context (2.0.0) Loading from cache - Installing sebastian/object-enumerator (2.0.0) Loading from cache - Installing sebastian/global-state (1.1.1) Loading from cache - Installing sebastian/exporter (2.0.0) Loading from cache - Installing sebastian/environment (2.0.0) Loading from cache - Installing sebastian/diff (1.4.1) Loading from cache - Installing sebastian/comparator (1.2.2) Loading from cache - Installing phpunit/php-text-template (1.2.1) Loading from cache - Installing doctrine/instantiator (1.0.5) Loading from cache - Installing phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects (3.4.3) Downloading: 100% - Installing phpunit/php-timer (1.0.8) Loading from cache - Installing phpunit/php-file-iterator (1.4.2) Loading from cache - Installing sebastian/code-unit-reverse-lookup (1.0.0) Loading from cache - Installing phpunit/php-token-stream (1.4.9) Loading from cache - Installing phpunit/php-code-coverage (4.0.4) Downloading: 100% - Installing webmozart/assert (1.2.0) Loading from cache - Installing phpdocumentor/reflection-common (1.0) Loading from cache - Installing phpdocumentor/type-resolver (0.2.1) Loading from cache - Installing phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock (3.1.1) Loading from cache - Installing phpspec/prophecy (v1.6.2) Loading from cache - Installing myclabs/deep-copy (1.5.5) Loading from cache - Installing phpunit/phpunit (5.7.4) Downloading: 100% - Installing zendframework/zend-test (3.0.2) Loading from cache zendframework/zend-console suggests installing zendframework/zend-filter (To support DefaultRouteMatcher usage) symfony/yaml suggests installing symfony/console (For validating YAML files using the lint command) sebastian/global-state suggests installing ext-uopz (*) phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects suggests installing ext-soap (*) phpunit/php-code-coverage suggests installing ext-xdebug (>=2.4.0) phpunit/phpunit suggests installing phpunit/php-invoker (~1.1) phpunit/phpunit suggests installing ext-xdebug (*) zendframework/zend-test suggests installing zendframework/zend-mvc-console (^1.1.8, to test MVC <-> console integration) Writing lock file Generating autoload files
Now the testing support is enabled so you can run the test using the following command.
$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit
Apache Web Server
Hosting the Zend Framework based application in the production environment is very simple and straight-forward. Just create a VirtualHost in the Apache configuration file and point the DocumentRoot to the Public folder of the Zend Framework application.
A sample configuration (myapp) is given below −
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName myapp.localhost
DocumentRoot /path/to/install/myapp/public
<Directory /path/to/install/myapp/public>
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>