Set up Zend framework 2 with NetBeans Running on XAMPP

    Zend framework is an open source MVC framework implemented in PHP 5. Like other popular MVC frameworks (ASP.NET MVC, Java Spring MVC), Zend provides database abstraction, code skeleton, and more. Let’s see how to use it on NetBeans:

1. Download necessary packages from Zend: Application Skeleton from here, and full framework from here. Also the composer package here (if you don’t have it on your system)
2. Install php composer (if you haven’t installed), remember to select correct php.exe file under XAMPP



3. Put skeleton and framework files into desired folder, unzip the framework file, but keep the skeleton zipped


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