Zend Studio 9 include built in Zend Framework Library

Question

I recently installed Zend Studio 9 and created a Zend Framework project. In the setup options it says that it includes the Zend Framework library and when a project is created, under all the project files in the php explorer it says it's being included.

While this is true, I notice that the 'library' folder is empty. When I try to run public/index.php in the browser, it doesn't display anything.

My question is how can you include the built in library so that my public/index.php file shows in the browser? I know you can download the zend library files and put them in the library folder, but that gives a ton of warnings, and I can't help but think there is an easier way when the library is supposedly built right in.

Answer 1

Adding ZF support to a project in Zend Studio makes the IDE aware of the classes and file structure of the library so you get code completion, method descriptions, and argument lists presented to you in the IDE but does not actually give you access to the library.

You will need to download the actual files when you want to run/deploy your project. You can put them in your library folder, but typically I put them in a more common location that I add to the PHP include path in php.ini. This is optional though. If you drop the Zend folder in your library folder, you technically wouldn't need to add ZF support to the project since the builder will become aware of all the ZF content by analyzing all of thy ose files.

On another note, try editing php.ini and setting display_errors to 1 so you don't get a blank page. There is an error but it is being hidden due to the display_errors setting.