Alternative LAMP/WAMP/MAMP/etc. Stacks

If you need a development environment to try out the ZF, there are several possibilities that require less effort than manually installing and configuring a web server, PHP, and a database. In approximate order of effort required (post ZF 1.0 release):

Linux

1. ZF Community Server: http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFDEV/Sandbox
2. Many popular Linux distros come with PHP, a web server, and a database mostly pre-configured.

MacOS:

1. 1. http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/
   2. MAMP.

Windows

1. XAMPP
2. Linux/Windoze/Anything: KNOPPIX
   • no install required, but all work/configuration lost after reboot, unless manually saved
   • boots Linux directly from a CD on almost any system
   • does not use the hard disk (can safely boot KNOPPIX on a Windoze system with harming it)
3. Cygwin (but requires much more effort than XAMPP or KNOPPIX)

VMware Appliance

• Zend Framework PHP Web Developer Appliance Use on Linux or Windows
  Complete PHP Application Stack build on Gentoo Linux 2007.0 Hardended.
  Some Details:
  • Apache 2.2
  • MySQL 5
  • PHP 5.2
  • Subversion
  • Suhosin (PHP Hardened)
  • Different Configuration of each host. (php.ini, Environment Variables, Executeables, etc..)

• (Deadlink!!) Zend VMWare Evaluation Appliance - Linux or Windows