<s>
Laminas	B-Language
Project	I-Language
(	O
formerly	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
or	O
ZF	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
,	O
object-oriented	B-Language
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	I-Application
implemented	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
7	O
and	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
New	O
BSD	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
is	O
basically	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
professional	O
PHP-based	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
uses	O
various	O
packages	O
by	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Composer	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
package	O
dependency	O
managers	O
;	O
some	O
of	O
them	O
are	O
PHPUnit	B-Language
for	O
testing	O
all	O
packages	O
,	O
Travis	O
CI	O
for	O
continuous	O
Integration	O
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laminas	B-Language
provides	O
to	O
users	O
a	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
model	O
–	O
view	O
–	O
controller	O
(	O
MVC	O
)	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
Front	O
Controller	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MVC	O
implementation	O
in	O
Laminas	B-Language
has	O
five	O
main	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
router	B-Protocol
and	O
dispatcher	O
functions	O
to	O
decide	O
which	O
controller	O
to	O
run	O
based	O
on	O
data	O
from	O
URL	O
,	O
and	O
controller	O
functions	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
the	O
model	O
and	O
view	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
create	O
the	O
final	O
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
17	O
April	O
2019	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
framework	O
is	O
transitioning	O
into	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
project	O
hosted	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
to	O
be	O
known	O
as	O
Laminas	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laminas	B-Language
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Initiative	O
(	O
OSI	O
)	O
-approved	O
New	O
BSD	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
new	O
contributions	O
are	O
required	O
to	O
be	O
accompanied	O
with	O
Developer	B-Application
Certificate	I-Application
of	I-Application
Origin	I-Application
affirmation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
also	O
licensed	O
under	O
New	O
BSD	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laminas	B-Language
Project	I-Language
follows	O
semantic	O
versioning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framework	O
components	O
are	O
versioned	O
independently	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
separate	O
Composer	B-Application
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dependencies	O
between	O
framework	O
components	O
are	O
declared	O
as	O
Composer	B-Application
dependencies	O
using	O
semantic	O
versioning	O
ranges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
version	O
2.5	O
all	O
components	O
shared	O
the	O
same	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
version	O
2.5	O
,	O
components	O
were	O
split	O
into	O
independently	O
versioned	O
packages	O
and	O
zendframework/zendframework	O
converted	O
into	O
a	O
Composer	B-Application
meta-package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
3	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
before	O
framework	O
wide	O
versioning	O
was	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
3	O
major	O
versions	O
of	O
individual	O
components	O
did	O
not	O
match	O
framework	O
version	O
anymore	O
and	O
caused	O
confusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laminas	B-Language
Project	I-Language
does	O
not	O
carry	O
a	O
single	O
framework	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Components	O
transitioned	O
from	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
continued	O
with	O
existing	O
versions	O
and	O
had	O
all	O
past	O
releases	O
migrated	O
from	O
their	O
counterparts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
zendframework/zendframework	O
meta-package	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
counterpart	O
in	O
Laminas	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laminas	B-Language
includes	O
following	O
components	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Component	O
DescriptionAuthenticationAuthenticate	O
users	O
via	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
adapters	O
,	O
and	O
provide	O
the	O
authenticated	O
identity	O
to	O
your	O
application.BarcodeProgrammatically	O
create	O
and	O
render	O
barcodes	O
as	O
images	O
or	O
in	O
PDFs.CacheCaching	O
implementation	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
storage	O
options	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
codified	O
caching	O
strategies	O
for	O
callbacks	O
,	O
classes	O
,	O
and	O
output.CaptchaGenerate	O
and	O
validate	O
CAPTCHAs	O
using	O
Figlets	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
ReCaptcha	O
,	O
and	O
more.CodeExtensions	O
to	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
Reflection	O
API	B-Application
,	O
static	O
code	O
scanning	O
,	O
and	O
code	O
generation.Component	O
InstallerComposer	O
plugin	O
for	O
injecting	O
modules	O
and	O
configuration	O
providers	O
into	O
application	O
configuration.ConfigRead	O
and	O
write	O
configuration	O
files.Config	O
AggregatorAggregate	O
and	O
merge	O
configuration	O
from	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
sources.ConsoleBuild	O
console	O
applications	O
using	O
getopt	O
syntax	O
or	O
routing	O
,	O
complete	O
with	O
promptsCryptStrong	O
cryptography	O
tools	O
and	O
password	O
hashing.DBDatabase	O
abstraction	O
layer	O
,	O
SQL	O
abstraction	O
,	O
result	O
set	O
abstraction	O
,	O
and	O
RowDataGateway	O
and	O
TableDataGateway	O
implementations.DebugSafely	O
dump	O
debug	O
information	O
to	O
HTML.DIAutomated	O
dependency	O
injection	O
and	O
instance	O
manager.DiactorosPSR-7	O
HTTP	O
message	O
implementations.DOMQuery	O
HTML	O
and	O
XML	O
documents	O
using	O
XPath	O
or	O
CSS	O
selectors.EscaperSecurely	O
and	O
safely	O
escape	O
HTML	O
,	O
HTML	O
attributes	O
,	O
JavaScript	O
,	O
CSS	O
,	O
and	O
URLs.EventManagerImplement	O
events	O
,	O
signal	O
slots	O
,	O
aspects	O
,	O
and	O
observers	O
!	O
ExpressivePSR-7	O
middleware	O
in	O
minutes.FeedConsume	O
and	O
generate	O
Atom	O
and	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
,	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
Pubsubhubbub.FileLocate	O
PHP	B-Application
classfiles.FilterProgrammatically	O
filter	O
and	O
normalize	O
data	O
and	O
files.FormValidate	O
and	O
display	O
simple	O
and	O
complex	O
forms	O
,	O
casting	O
forms	O
to	O
business	O
objects	O
and	O
vice	O
versa.HAL	O
for	O
PSR-7Hypertext	O
Application	O
Language	O
(	O
HAL	O
)	O
for	O
PSR-7.HTTPHTTP	O
message	O
and	O
header	O
abstractions	O
,	O
and	O
HTTP	O
client	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
)	O
HydratorSerialize	O
objects	O
to	O
arrays	O
,	O
and	O
vice	O
versa.InputFilterNormalize	O
and	O
validate	O
input	O
sets	O
from	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
APIs	B-Application
,	O
the	O
CLI	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
,	O
including	O
files.InternationalizationProvide	O
translations	O
for	O
your	O
application	O
,	O
and	O
filter	O
and	O
validate	O
internationalized	O
values.JSONDe/Serialize	O
JSON	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
including	O
JavaScript	O
expressions.JSON-RPC	O
ServerJSON-RPC	O
implementation	O
for	O
PHP.LDAPPerform	O
LDAP	O
operations	O
,	O
including	O
binding	O
,	O
searching	O
and	O
modifying	O
entries	O
in	O
an	O
LDAP	O
directory.LoaderAutoloading	O
and	O
plugin	O
loading	O
strategies.LogRobust	O
,	O
composite	O
logger	O
with	O
filtering	O
,	O
formatting	O
,	O
and	O
PSR-3	O
support.MailParse	O
,	O
create	O
,	O
store	O
,	O
and	O
send	O
email	O
messages	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
storage	O
and	O
transport	O
protocols.MathCreate	O
cryptographically	O
secure	O
pseudo-random	O
numbers	O
,	O
and	O
manage	O
big	O
integers.MemoryManage	O
data	O
in	O
an	O
environment	O
with	O
limited	O
memory.MIMECreate	O
and	O
parse	O
MIME	O
messages	O
and	O
parts.Module	O
ManagerModular	O
application	O
system	O
for	O
zend-mvc	O
applications.MVCLaminas	O
'	O
s	O
event-driven	O
MVC	O
layer	O
,	O
including	O
MVC	O
Applications	O
,	O
Controllers	O
,	O
and	O
Plugins.MVC-Console	O
integrationIntegration	O
between	O
zend-mvc	O
and	O
zend-console.MVC-i18n	O
integrationIntegration	O
between	O
zend-mvc	O
and	O
zend-i18n.fileprg( )	O
pluginPost/Redirect/Get	O
plugin	O
with	O
file	O
upload	O
handling	O
for	O
zend-mvc	O
controllers.flashmessenger( )	O
pluginPlugin	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
exposing	O
flash	O
messages	O
via	O
zend-mvc	O
controllers.identity( )	O
pluginPlugin	O
for	O
retrieving	O
the	O
current	O
authenticated	O
identity	O
within	O
zend-mvc	O
controllers.prg( )	O
pluginPost/Redirect/Get	O
plugin	O
for	O
zend-mvc	O
controllers.NavigationManage	O
trees	O
of	O
pointers	O
to	O
web	O
pages	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
build	O
navigation	O
systems.PaginatorPaginate	O
collections	O
of	O
data	O
from	O
arbitrary	O
sources.ACLCreate	O
,	O
manage	O
,	O
and	O
query	O
access	O
control	O
lists.RBACProvide	O
and	O
query	O
Role-Based	O
Access	O
Controls	O
for	O
your	O
application.Problem	O
DetailsPSR-7	O
Problem	O
Details	O
for	O
HTTP	O
API	B-Application
responses	O
and	O
middleware.ProgressBarCreate	O
and	O
update	O
progress	O
bars	O
in	O
different	O
environments.PSR-7	O
BridgePSR-7	O
<->	O
zend-http	O
message	O
conversions.RouterFlexible	O
routing	O
system	O
for	O
HTTP	O
and	O
console	O
applications.SerializerSerialize	O
and	O
deserialize	O
PHP	B-Application
structures	O
to	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
representations.ServerCreate	O
Reflection-based	O
RPC	O
servers.ServiceManagerFactory-Driven	O
Dependency	O
Injection	O
ContainerServiceManager-Di	O
integrationzend-di	O
integration	O
for	O
zend-servicemanagerSessionObject-oriented	O
interface	O
to	O
PHP	B-Application
sessions	O
and	O
storage.SOAPCreate	O
,	O
serve	O
,	O
and	O
access	O
SOAP	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
parse	O
and	O
generate	O
WSDL.StdlibSPL	O
extensions	O
,	O
array	O
utilities	O
,	O
error	O
handlers	O
,	O
and	O
more.StratigilityPSR-7	O
middleware	O
foundation	O
for	O
building	O
and	O
dispatching	O
middleware	O
pipelines.TagManipulate	O
and	O
weight	O
taggable	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
create	O
tag	O
clouds.TestTools	O
to	O
facilitate	O
unit	O
testing	O
of	O
zend-mvc	O
applications.TextCreate	O
FIGlets	O
and	O
text-based	O
tables.URIObject	O
oriented	O
interface	O
to	O
URIs	O
,	O
with	O
facilities	O
for	O
validation.ValidatorValidation	O
classes	O
for	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
domains	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
chain	O
validators	O
to	O
create	O
complex	O
validation	O
criteria.ViewFlexible	O
view	O
layer	O
supporting	O
and	O
providing	O
multiple	O
view	O
layers	O
,	O
helpers	O
,	O
and	O
more.XML-RPCFully	O
featured	O
XML-RPC	O
server	O
and	O
client	O
implementations.XML2JSONConvert	O
XML	O
documents	O
to	O
JSON	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Officially	O
supported	O
install	O
method	O
is	O
via	O
Composer	B-Application
package	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laminas	B-Language
provides	O
meta-package	O
that	O
includes	O
61	O
component	O
but	O
recommended	O
way	O
is	O
to	O
install	O
required	O
framework	O
components	O
individually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Composer	B-Application
will	O
resolve	O
and	O
install	O
all	O
additional	O
dependencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
if	O
you	O
need	O
MVC	O
package	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
install	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
command:Full	O
list	O
of	O
components	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laminas	B-Language
follows	O
configuration-over-convention	O
approach	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
impose	O
any	O
particular	O
application	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zend	O
Technologies	O
,	O
co-founded	O
by	O
PHP	B-Application
core	O
contributors	O
Andi	O
Gutmans	O
and	O
Zeev	O
Suraski	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
original	O
corporate	O
sponsor	O
of	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technology	O
partners	O
include	O
IBM	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
,	O
and	O
StrikeIron	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laminas	B-Language
features	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
components	O
are	O
fully	O
object-oriented	B-Language
PHP	B-Application
5	O
and	O
are	O
E_STRICT	O
compliant	O
,	O
which	O
helps	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
building	O
tests	O
and	O
writing	O
codes	O
in	O
a	O
bug-free	O
and	O
crash-proof	O
application	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flexible	O
caching	O
sub-system	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
many	O
types	O
of	O
backends	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
memory	B-Architecture
or	O
a	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laminas	B-Language
applications	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
any	O
PHP	B-Application
stack	O
that	O
fulfills	O
the	O
technical	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zend	O
Technologies	O
provides	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
stack	O
,	O
Zend	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
(	O
or	O
Zend	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
Community	O
Edition	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
advertised	O
to	O
be	O
optimized	O
for	O
running	O
Laminas	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zend	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
includes	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
in	O
its	O
installers	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
all	O
required	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Zend	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Zend	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
provides	O
improved	O
performance	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
especially	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
applications	O
through	O
opcode	O
acceleration	O
and	O
several	O
caching	O
capabilities	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
application	O
monitoring	O
and	O
diagnostics	O
facilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zend	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
is	O
an	O
IDE	O
that	O
includes	O
features	O
specifically	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
an	O
MVC	O
view	O
,	O
MVC	O
code	O
generation	O
based	O
on	O
Zend_Tool	O
(	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
)	O
,	O
a	O
code	O
formatter	O
,	O
code	O
completion	O
,	O
parameter	O
assist	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zend	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
is	O
not	O
free	O
software	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
and	O
Zend	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
Community	O
Edition	O
are	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zend	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
common	O
debugging	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
Xdebug	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
developers	O
may	O
want	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
different	O
PHP	B-Application
stack	O
and	O
another	O
IDE	O
such	O
as	O
Eclipse	B-Language
PDT	I-Language
which	O
works	O
well	O
together	O
with	O
Zend	B-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
pre	O
configured	O
,	O
free	O
version	O
of	O
Eclipse	B-Language
PDT	I-Language
with	O
Zend	O
Debug	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Zend	O
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	O
contributions	O
to	O
Laminas	B-Language
are	O
subject	O
to	O
rigorous	O
code	O
,	O
documentation	O
,	O
and	O
test	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
code	O
must	O
meet	O
project	O
coding	O
standards	O
and	O
unit	O
tests	O
must	O
reach	O
80%	O
code	B-Application
coverage	I-Application
before	O
the	O
corresponding	O
code	O
may	O
be	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
branch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Zend	O
Technologies	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
working	O
with	O
technology	O
partners	O
including	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
Rackspace	O
,	O
Nirvanix	O
,	O
and	O
GoGrid	B-General_Concept
along	O
with	O
the	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
community	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
common	O
API	B-Application
to	O
cloud	B-Architecture
application	O
services	O
called	O
the	O
Simple	B-Language
Cloud	I-Language
API	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
project	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
and	O
will	O
be	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
website	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
separate	O
site	O
called	O
simplecloud.org	O
has	O
been	O
launched	O
to	O
discuss	O
and	O
download	O
the	O
most	O
current	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Simple	B-Language
Cloud	I-Language
API	I-Language
and	O
several	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
Services	I-Architecture
are	O
included	O
in	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
adapters	O
to	O
popular	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
have	O
reached	O
production	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
28	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
new	O
components	O
like	O
a	O
JSON	O
RPC	O
server	O
,	O
a	O
XML	O
to	O
JSON	O
converter	O
,	O
PSR-7	O
functionality	O
,	O
and	O
compatibility	O
with	O
PHP	B-Application
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
3.0	O
runs	O
up	O
to	O
4	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
2	I-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
packages	O
have	O
been	O
decoupled	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
greater	O
reuse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
contributors	O
of	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
are	O
actively	O
encouraging	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
version	O
3.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
stated	O
end	O
of	O
life	O
for	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
1	O
is	O
2016-09-28	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
2	I-Language
is	O
2018-03-31	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Changes	O
made	O
in	O
this	O
release	O
were	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
require_once	O
statements	O
,	O
migration	O
to	O
PHP	B-Application
5.3	O
namespaces	O
,	O
a	O
refactored	O
test	O
suite	O
,	O
a	O
rewritten	O
Zend	O
\Session,	O
and	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
Zend	O
\Stdlib	O
.	O
</s>
