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.
