Working with Zend Server Community Edition

The following text describes how to work with Zend Server Community Edition . Each of the tasks in this section describes a different procedure that can be used to facilitate your PHP development process.

The following table lists the different tasks, their descriptions and the expected outcome of each task:

Task	Description	Outcome
Before Working with Zend Server	Review all the post installation tasks before working with Zend Server Community Edition .	Access the Administration Interface.
Configuring Zend Server	A step-by-step overview of all the possible configuration tasks you need to perform to customize Zend Server Community Edition and your PHP.	A customized configuration of Zend Server Community Edition that suits your requirements. See also Best Practices.
Working with Zend Controller	How to configure your Zend Controller and use it to activate components and benchmark URLs.	Use the Zend Controller. The configuration creates a start button in the system tray.
Working with Extensions	How to enable and disable extensions.	The environment is customized to suit your requirements.
Working with Logs	How to view and add logs.	View and define which logs are displayed.
Working with Events	How to find and manage events.	Find events, view event details and change event statuses.
Working with Event Details	What to do with the Event Details report.	Understand the information provided and diagnose events using Zend Studio for Eclipse.
Working with Components	How to enable and disable components (Debugger, Data Cache Guard Loader, Java Bridge , Download Server and Page Cache ).	The environment is customized to suit your requirements.
Working with Directives	How to enable and disable directives.	The environment is customized to suit your requirements.
Working with Optimizer+	How to use the Optimizer+.	Improve performance by running the Optimizer+.
Working with Guard Loader	How to use the Guard Loader component.	Run code encoded with Zend Guard.
Working with Data Cache	How to use the Data Cache API.	Implement the Data Cache API functions into your PHP code.
Working with Java Bridge	How to use the Java Bridge.	Extend your PHP code to reach out to Java functionality in runtime.
Working with the Debugger	How to configure the Debugger to debug and profile code running with Zend Server.	Use the local and remote debugging features in Zend Studio for Eclipse.
Working with Monitoring	How to configure monitoring rules.	Setup your Monitor component for development or production environments.
Working with Caching	How to configure page caching rules.	Define page caching rules for URLs.
Working with Zend Download Server	How to offlload large downloads.	Defined file extensions to be handled by a separate server.
Working with Updates	How to update Zend Server using the Updates tab.	Download and install an update package, depending on your operating system.
Working with phpMyAdmin to Manage MySQL	How to configure PHPmyAdmin to work with a MySQL database.	Manage your MySQL from PHPMyAdmin through a link in the Administration Interface.