System Requirements

Before installing Zend Studio, make sure your system answers the following requirements.

Important!

Certain features require additional specifications. These will be listed on the relevant Help page.

Operating Systems

Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
Linux x86-64
OS X 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan

Hardware

1.5GHz processor
2GB RAM
1GB of hard disk space

PHP Built-In Executables

PHP 5.5 and 5.6 built-in executables (Windows only)

The PHP 5.5 and 5.6 built-in executables require the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 (x86 variant) to be installed in the operating system. The MSI installer of Zend Studio 12.5 and later installs it automatically, but users upgrading from earlier Zend Studio version must install it manually from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

PHP 7 built-in executables (Windows only)

The PHP 7 built-in executables require the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (x86 variant) to be installed in the operating system. The installer of Zend Studio 13 and later installs it automatically, but users upgrading from earlier Zend Studio version must install it manually from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

Apigility integration requirements

Internet Explorer >=10 is required on Windows for the Apigility Editor to render correctly.

Mobile development requirements

For generation of native Android applications it is required to have:

The Stand-alone Android SDK Tools: https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html?pkg=tools

The Java Development Kit added to system path. We recommend Oracle (Sun) JDK 7 or higher (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads).

Please ensure you have:

JAVA_HOME environment variable set (i.e. C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45)
%JAVA_HOME%\bin is added to system path (http://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml)

Code Trace requirements

Flash Player must be installed in the operating system.