WAMP/Zend Framework - How do I setup Zend Framework and how do I reference it in a project?

Question

I'll admit, Zend Framework is a bit advanced and I want to learn it. Right now I am taking on a large project that will need MVC, quite frankly because I want to organize the project in an MVC paradigm.

Overall Question

My question is very simply, for anyone who has succeeded with Zend Framework startup, what do I need to do under Windows to get this setup under WAMP server and under an entirely new project.

Here is what I have done so far.

1) Grabbed Zend Framework Latest from

http://framework.zend.com/downloads/latest

2) Searched for zf.bat online and grabbed a copy

2.1) Modified lines within batch file

SET PHP_BIN=C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.5.12\php.exe
SET PHP_DIR=C:\wamp\bin\php

3) Modified Zend Framework include path in php.ini of WAMP

include_path = ".;c:\php\includes;c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.5.12\zend_framework\library"

4) Downloaded zftool.phar from

https://packages.zendframework.com/zftool.phar

4.1) Installed composer using the procedure on the link below

https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-windows

> php composer.phar install
> composer install

Extra Steps) I even tried to run zf tools and I get the standard following message

In order to run the zf command, you need to ensure that Zend Framework is inside your include_path.

What steps am I missing?

Answer 1

It sounds like you're mixing and matching installation instructions for ZF1 and ZF2. For ZF2, since you've already got Composer setup, follow the instructions at the top here: http://framework.zend.com/manual/current/en/user-guide/skeleton-application.html to get a project started. You don't need to do most of the steps in your question.