I am new to Apache/PHP - Ran into this problem while reading my first tutorial on Zend - "
Getting Started with Zend Framework" (
html version) - thought I'd share this for anyone else out there searching for this
Zend version: V1.9.5 to D:\Zend\ and decided to try it out - following are the system specs:
OS: WindowsXP
Web server: XAMPP Win32-1.7.2 - PHP ver 5.3.0
Problem:1. Executing "zf show version" showed me an older version
D:\Zend\bin>zf show version Zend Framework Version: 1.9.02. Zend_Tool starting throwing problems when setting up the Controller:
D:\xampp\htdocs\zf\zf-tutorial>zf create action add index An Error Has Occurred A project profile was not found. Zend Framework Command Line Console Tool v1.9.0 Details for action "Create" and provider "Action" Action zf create action name controller-name[=index] view-included[=1] moduleDiagnosis:Opened
http://localhost/xampp/ and saw the
include_path variable (set in
php.ini) shows:
.;D:\installers\xampp-win32-1.7.2\xampp\php\PEARTurns out that XAMPP installs Zend as well (at
D:\xampp\php\PEAR\Zend) - I had ver 1.9.0
This issue really is a bug in the framework and has been fixed:
"zf create controller fails on Windows with ZF 1.9"Resolution:Make sure the path contains the folders containing zf.bat and php.exe
PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;D:\xampp\php;D:\xampp\php\PEAR\Zend
Note: Putting
D:\xampp\php in PATH so that php.exe can be found by
zf.batPutting
D:\xampp\php\PEAR\Zend in PATH so that
zf.bat can be executed from anywhere
1. Remove the Zend\ folder and replace with the newly downloaded Zend distro (not necessary but good housekeeping)
2. Open php.ini and REPLACE the older
include_path path with:
include_path = ".;D:\xampp\php\PEAR\Zend\library"
3. Restart Apache!
Note: Appending to the existing path threw another long error:
***************************** ZF ERROR *******************************In order to run the zf command, you need to ensure that Zend Frameworkis inside your include_path. If you are running this tool without4. Finally, launch a new console, make sure ENV vars are set correctly, open phpinfo() link in xampp and make sure the include_path is correct and execute:
D:\xampp\htdocs>zf show versionZend Framework Version: 1.9.5 D:\xampp\htdocs\zf\zf-tutorial>zf create action add indexCreating an action named add inside controller at D:\installers\xampp-win32-1.7.2\xampp\htdocs\zf\zf-tutorial/application/controllers/IndexController.phpUpdating project profile 'D:\xampp\htdocs\zf\zf-tutorial/.zfproject.xml'Creating a view script for the add action method at D:\installers\xampp-win32-1.7.2\xampp\htdocs\zf\zf-tutorial/application/views/scripts/index/add.phtmlUpdating project profile 'D:\xampp\htdocs\zf\zf-tutorial/.zfproject.xml'and it works!!!! :) - beautiful
Postscript: I am not sure if replacing the include_path like this breaks anything w.r.t the other PEAR packages...