Zend Framework PHP requirements
I try to enforce Zend Framework for every new project started. If not in the requirements section of my quote, it is not that hard to convince a client of its advantages.
Tell a client how Zend Framework
- improves stability,
- lowers development time
and in particular
- makes them less dependent on you as other ZF developers can pick up projects you started a lot easier.
Now, please don’t start to think about job security. Just don’t.
But, Zend Framework has a fairly high PHP version requirement. Since version 1.7 Zend has quietly changed the requirements to PHP 5.2.4. In respect of a client’s (shared) hosting, this can be the most difficult part.
This was probably a logical thing to do since the requirements mentioned PHP 5.1.4 until ZF 1.6.2 and pre-5.2.4 versions miss some great features and contain nasty bugs (in reality some ZF components didn’t even run on PHP 5.1.4).
In Belgium however, it is difficult to find a hosting company that supports PHP 5.2.4.
Tags: php, zend framework
29. December 2008 at 16:42
[...] the PHP build version became so important with Zend Framework, I made a list of some (on the Belgian market) prominent hosting companies and the PHP version they [...]
7. January 2009 at 00:59
Keep in mind that ’support’ has a very specific meaning now that we offer paid subscription support for ZF. Most components will still run fine on earlier versions of PHP 5, so you may be able to use ZF for you pre-5.2.4 project after all.
,Wil