Deploying Applications to Zend Server

Zend Studio allows you to create a new PHP project from an existing SVN project. In this tutorial you will be provided with an existing SVN project.

In this Tutorial you will Learn

To create an API Key. The API Key allows Zend Studio to access your server.
To create a new PHP project from SVN in Zend Studio. You will be provided with an existing SVN account and project.
To deploy your project on a remote Zend Server.
To launch your application. After creating your application, Zend Studio enables you to run your application from within the IDE and in an internal browser.

Prerequisites

Download Zend Server 5.5 or above from the Zend Server Downloads page . For more information see the Zend Server Installation Guide.
For this tutorial your server can be an:

Accessible remote Zend server.
Local Zend Server (In this tutorial, if you are using a local server it will be accessed as a remote server).

Download Zend Studio 9.0 or above from the Zend Studio Downloads page. For more information see the Zend Studio Installation Guide.
For Windows 7 users- Full write permissions for the ‘C:\Program Files(x86)\Zend\Apache2\htdocs’ directory.

Step 1: Creating an API Key

This procedure describes how to add an API key, which you will need to be able to use Zend Server's API.

To add an API key:

In Zend Server, go to Administration | API Keys.
Go to the Add API Key area, enter a name for your API key and select a full access level from the Access Level dropdown list.

Click Add.
Your API key now appears in the list of API keys.

For information on deleting an API key see Deleting an API Key.

Step 2: Creating a New Project from SVN

Creating a new project from SVN in Zend Studio allows you to import an existing SVN project into your IDE.

For this tutorial you will use a provided SVN project.

To create a new project from SVN:

Open Zend Studio.
From the Menu bar, select New | PHP Project from SVN.
If the SVN plugin is not installed, Zend Studio will automatically begin the process for installing the plugin that will include restarting the program. Wait until this installation is complete before continuing. See Customizing and Registering Zend Studio for more information.

Enter the following information:

Project Name- Name your project “NewProject”
Location- The project location for this tutorial is ‘C:\Program Files(x86)\Zend\Apache2\htdocs’
URL- Enter the following URL: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/php-memory/code/php-memory/trunk/
User Name- In this tutorial, leave this field empty.
Password- In this tutorial, leave this field empty.

Click Next to move to the Launch Settings dialog.

Select Launch with Zend Application Deployment and click the Zend Server icon
The Target Details dialog is displayed.

Enter the server Host Name (address), Key Name and Key Secret and click Test Connection.
If no problems arise, click Finish.
The Launch Settings dialog is displayed again with the new target defined.

Click Finish.
Your application is created and displayed in the main view and PHP Explorer. By default, the deployment.xml file is opened and displayed.

Step 3: Launching your Application

The final stage of this tutorial will explain how to finalize the testing stages for your application by launching it in Zend Studio's internal browser.

To launch your application:

In the deployment.xml file's overview tab, click Browse next to the Document Root field, and define the root as data | src | pub.

In the Testing Area, click Launch a PHP Application.
Your application will appear in the internal Web browser.