welcome to this free extract from Zend Framework in Action an online version of the Manning . book to read more buy the book or get a subscription About this book In 2005, Andi Gutmans of Zend Technologies announced Zendâ s PHP Collaboration Project , and with it launched Zend Framework . By March 2006, there was some initial code , and version 1.0 was released in July 2007 with regular releases since then . Zend Framework has provided PHP with a high-quality framework that is different from most others due to its use-at-will philosophy , allowing the developer to pick and choose which parts to use for any given project . This book shows how to use Zend Framework to your best advantage , and the techniques are demonstrated on an example website that is developed over the course of the