Deploying Applications to Zend Server

Zend Studio allows you to create a new PHP project from an existing SVNSVN (Apache Subversion) is a software versioning and revision control system distributed under an open source license. project. In this tutorial you will be provided with an existing SVN project.

Tutorial Content

In this tutorial you will learn:

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 local 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 ServerZend Server is a complete, enterprise-ready Web Application Server for running and managing PHP applications that require a high level of reliability, performance and security. 6.0 or above from the Zend Server Downloads page . For more information see the Zend Server Installation Guide.
Download Zend Studio 11.0 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:
1. Edit the files invoking the editor using “Run As Administrator”.
2. Change the Web server configuration to use a document root folder located outside of 'C:\Program Files'.
3. Use any other solution, as recommended by Microsoft.

Step 1: 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.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To create a new project from SVN:

Open Zend Studio.
Go to File | 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 “newproj”
- Location- The project location for this tutorial is ‘C:\Program Files(x86)\Zend\Apache2\htdocs’, the default location if a local Zend Server is detected.

Next to the PHP Server field, click Add Server to create a new server.
The PHP Server Creation wizard is displayed:
1. Select Local Zend Server, and click Next.
2. Enter a display name for the server.
3. Click Finish.
  The Zend Server Credentials dialog is displayed.
4. Enter the Zend Server UI credentials, and click OK.
  The server is added to the PHP Server field.
Enter the following information on your SVN repository:
- URL - Enter the following SVN repository 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 Finish.
Your application is checked out from SVN, and created and displayed in the main view and PHP ExplorerThe PHP Explorer is an internal file system browser, allowing you to view all PHP projects and files in your Workspace.. By default, the deployment.xmlAfter enabling deployment on your application, Zend-Studio creates a deployment.xml file that is displayed in the PHP Explorer view. This file is used to customize and define your deployment and to package the application. file is opened and displayed.

Step 2: Launching your Application

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

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To launch your application:

In the 'deployment.xml' file's overview tab (displayed by default after creating the project), define the document root as data | src | pub.

In the Testing Area, click Launch Application.
The Launch Application dialog is displayed.
Verify the application URL, and click Finish.
Your application is deployed on Zend Server, and is displayed in the internal Web browser.