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<title>Overview</title>
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<para>
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- Zend Framework (ZF) is an open source framework for developing web
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- applications and services with PHP 5. ZF is implemented using 100% object-oriented
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- code. The component structure of ZF is somewhat unique; each component is designed
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+ Zend Framework is an open source framework for developing web applications and services
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+ with PHP 5. Zend Framework is implemented using 100% object-oriented code. The component
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+ structure of Zend Framework is somewhat unique; each component is designed
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with few dependencies on other components. This loosely coupled architecture allows
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developers to use components individually. We often call this a "use-at-will" design.
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</para>
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<para>
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- While they can be used separately, Zend Framework components in the standard library
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- form a powerful and extensible web application framework when combined. ZF offers a
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- robust, high performance MVC implementation, a database abstraction that is simple to
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- use, and a forms component that implements HTML form rendering, validation, and filtering
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- so that developers can consolidate all of these operations using one easy-to-use, object
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- oriented interface. Other components, such as <classname>Zend_Auth</classname> and
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- <classname>Zend_Acl</classname>, provide user authentication and authorization against
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- all common credential stores. Still others implement client libraries to simply access
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- to the most popular web services available. Whatever your application needs are, you're
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- likely to find a Zend Framework component that can be used to dramatically reduce
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- development time with a thoroughly tested foundation.
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+ While they can be used separately, Zend Framework components in the standard library form a
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+ powerful and extensible web application framework when combined. Zend Framework offers a
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+ robust, high performance <acronym>MVC</acronym> implementation, a database abstraction that
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+ is simple to use, and a forms component that implements <acronym>HTML</acronym> form
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+ rendering, validation, and filtering so that developers can consolidate all of these
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+ operations using one easy-to-use, object oriented interface. Other components, such as
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+ <classname>Zend_Auth</classname> and <classname>Zend_Acl</classname>, provide user
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+ authentication and authorization against all common credential stores. Still others
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+ implement client libraries to simply access to the most popular web services available.
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+ Whatever your application needs are, you're likely to find a Zend Framework component that
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+ can be used to dramatically reduce development time with a thoroughly tested foundation.
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</para>
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<para>
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The principal sponsor of the Zend Framework project is <ulink url="http://www.zend.com">
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</para>
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<para>
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Zend Framework could not deliver and support all of these features without the help of the
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- vibrant ZF community. Community members, including contributors, make themselves available
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- on <ulink url="http://framework.zend.com/archives">mailing lists</ulink>,
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- <ulink url="http://www.zftalk.com">IRC channels</ulink>, and other forums. Whatever
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- question you have about ZF, the community is always available to address it.
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+ vibrant Zend Framework community. Community members, including contributors, make
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+ themselves available on <ulink url="http://framework.zend.com/archives">mailing
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+ lists</ulink>, <ulink url="http://www.zftalk.com">IRC channels</ulink>, and other
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+ forums. Whatever question you have about Zend Framework, the community is always available
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+ to address it.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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