How to install Zend Framework 2 on ubuntu?

Question

I'm looking for a tutorial on how to install Zendframework 2 on Ubuntu 14.04, and also a tutorial teaching how to use ZendFramework 2. Could someone help me?

If it is useful to know, I'm with XAMPP for Linux 1.8.3-4, Apache/2.4.7, and MySql 5.6.16

Solution

You could download directly the lib by pulling the git repository:

https://github.com/zendframework/zf2

PS: Don't download from the master branch, choose a tag.

Or, if you know how to use composer, a PHP package manager, thats an option too.

You could learn by reading the guides in the official web site: http://framework.zend.com/learn/

More download options: http://framework.zend.com/downloads

A personal note: Zend is a complex framework if it is yours first experience using a MVC framework. I recommend you to try Cake or Laravel(Ruby on Rails style) if it is your case.

Comments

[Patterson]

Thanks for the help! I already knew that Zend is more advanced, I know CodeIgniter, which is for beginners but I find it interesting to know the zend, because I see the job ads requiring ZendFramework!

[Prahlad Yeri]

When I tried to install via composer, it tried to install a dependency phpunit/phpunit 5.4.2 which failed as it needed dom php extension. Similarly, zendframework/zend-ldap needed ldap extension to be enabled. How do I install these extensions on ubuntu, and more importantly, why does a framework ask me to enable extensions even before I use them?