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Zend Framework Released
banetbi writes "The new Zend Collaboration Project website is finally online. Included in the site is a completely new PHP Developer Zone and a pre-release of the Zend Framwork."
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Zend is a software company focused on PHP. In addition to the Zend Framework (mentioned in the article) they produce a PHP IDE called Zend Studio, and tool called Zend Optimizer said to improve PHP execution times (it also runs "encoded" applications by PHP developers who do not wish to disclose their source code).
Let's not take that quote out of context, you have to read the rest of the overview:
"Zend Platform uniquely guarantees application uptime and reliability through enhanced PHP monitoring and immediate problem resolution that removes the troubleshooting guesswork out of the equation and replaces it with peace-of-mind."
They aren't saying that PHP as a platform isn't good enough, they're saying that Platform helps ensure your applications run smoothly. Platform is essentially a combination opcode cache, partial and full page cache, and in depth monitoring and event logging. If the applications you are running experience a problem - be it a fatal error, warning, unusually slow performance, slow sql query or whatever custom metrics you define - you can be alerted right away. You're also able to reproduce any event that has been logged instantly through the IDE's debugger. Basically, it keeps things running nice and quickly, and when an issue in the application causes a problem, it gives you the information needed to quickly fix the problem.
We've actually been running Platform since it was first available, and while pricey it's been a great tool to have. It's not perfect and there are some issues that I'd still like to see resolved, but none of them have been show stoppers. I wish they would offer a cheaper version with just the logging functionality though, there are cases where we really don't need anything else.
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