Zend Framework is an open-source, object-oriented web application framework implemented in PHP. How to install Zend Framework in a Linux server? Well, follow the steps given below.

Go to /opt, download the latest Zend Frame version from here and untar it.

cd /opt
tar -xzvf ZendFramework-1.11.4.tar.gz
cd ZendFramework-1.11.4

Find your main php.ini file and take a backup of it. Run the command given below. This will show you the main php.ini location.

php -i | grep php.ini
cp -arp /usr/local/lib/php.ini /usr/local/lib/php.ini.bck

Edit the file

vi /usr/local/lib/php.ini

You can find a directive “include_path” and add the library folder “/opt/ZendFramework-1.11.4/library/” from the extracted tar file.
An example is given below.

include_path => .:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/opt/ZendFramework-1.11.4/library/

Now copy the zf.sh and zf.php to the bin folder.

cp -arp /opt/ZendFramework-1.11.4/bin/zf.sh /usr/local/bin/
cp -arp /opt/ZendFramework-1.11.4/bin/zf.php /usr/local/bin/
cd /usr/local/bin/

Rename the zf.sh to zf

mv zf.sh zf

Check the working.

[root@server ~]# zf show version
Zend Framework Version: 1.11.4

So that’s how you install Zend Framework!