Running Applications on Local Zend Servers
This tutorial will explain how to locally create and launch a new project
on your machine.
You will not be using deployment as part of the workflow.
If you wish to work with deployment, see Deploying
Applications to Zend Server and Building
Applications on the Zend Developer Cloud.
In this Tutorial you will Learn
To create a new Zend Framework project under the local server
document root. For more information on Zend Framework go to http://framework.zend.com/
To debug your application and modify code.
To launch your application.
Prerequisites
Step 1: Creating
a New Local Zend Framework Project
You will now create a new Zend Framework local project to work with
in this tutorial.
|
|
|
To create a
new local Zend Framework project:
Open Zend Studio. From the Menu bar, select New | Local PHP
Project.
Enter the following information:
Project Name- Name your project “LocalProject” Location- The project location for this tutorial is
‘C:\Program Files(x86)\Zend\Apache2\htdocs’ Content - Select Zend Framework Version – Leave as the default
Click Next to move to the Launch Settings
dialog.
Select Launch URL,
and click Finish.
Your new project is created and appears in the PHP Explorer
view.
|
|
Step 2: Debugging Your Application
The Zend Studio
debugging function allows you to test your files and applications and
detect errors in your code. The debugger allows you to control the execution
of your program using a variety of options including setting breakpoints,
stepping through your code, and inspecting your variables and parameters.
|
|
|
To debug your application:
In the PHP Explorer, right-click the project and select
Debug As | PHP Web Application.
A dialog is displayed confirming the launch URL. Click OK.
When prompted to open the Debug perspective, click Yes.
Your application appears in the Debug perspective and stops
at the first breakpoint.
To continue the debug click  . |
|
Step 3: Modifying your Code
To be able to view any changes made to the code in your application,
this tutorial will first explain how to modify the code.
|
|
|
To modify the code of your application:
Return to PHP Perspective by clicking on the PHP Perspective
icon  . In the PHP Explorer view, expand your project and go
to Application| View | Scripts | Index | index.phtml Make a small textual change and save the project. |
|
Step 4: Running Your Application
You will now run the application to see it with the modified code.
|
|
|
To run the application:
In the PHP Explorer view, expand your project and go
to Public | index.php
. Right-click the index.php file and select Run
As | PHP Web Application.
Your application appears in the internal Web browser with the
changes.
|
|
