The Zend Framework team announces the immediate availability of a BETA
release of version 1.9.0:
http://framework.zend.com/download/latest
Note that because these packages are <em>not</em> stable, they will not be
found on the zend.com CDN; please scroll to the bottom of the above page to
find links to this release.
In preparation for this beta release, we have spent some time reviewing
and polishing our test suite to ensure maximum stability, and also to
provide compatibility with PHP 5.3. Note that at this time, we are
*not* utilizing PHP 5.3-specific features, but only ensuring that
Zend Framework will run without issues on PHP 5.3. This support is not
yet complete, but will be in time for the final 1.9.0 release.
This preview release showcases many of the new features that will be
available in the upcoming stable release:
* Zend_Rest_Route, Zend_Rest_Controller, and
Zend_Controller_Plugin_PutHandler, which aid in providing RESTful
resources via the MVC layer.
* Zend_Feed_Reader, which provides a common API to RSS and Atom feeds,
as well as extensions to each format, caching, and a slew of other
functionality.
* Zend_Queue and Zend_Service_Amazon_Sqs, which provide the ability to
use local and remote messaging and queue services for offloading
asynchronous processes.
* Zend_Db_Table updates to allow using Zend_Db_Table as a concrete
class by passing it one or more table definitions via the
constructor.
* Zend_Test_PHPUnit_Db, which provides Zend_Db support for PHPUnit's
DBUnit support, allowing developers to do functional and integration
testing against databases using data fixtures.
* Annotation processing support for Zend_Pdf, as well as performance
improvements.
* Zend_Dojo custom build layer support.
* Numerous Zend_Ldap improvements.
* Zend_Log_Writer_Syslog, a Zend_Log writer for writing to your system
log.
* Several new view helpers, including Zend_View_Helper_BaseUrl.
Again, this is a *beta* release; do not use it in production environments.
We hope to provide our initial release candidate early next week, so
please test now so we can take care of any lingering issues in the
existing functionality!
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Matthew Weier O'Phinney
Project Lead | [email protected]
Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
