Zend Framework 1.9.0 Preview Release Now Available

The Zend Framework team announces the immediate availability of a preview
release of version 1.9.0:

http://framework.zend.com/download/latest

Note that because these packages are not 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.

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.
• 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.

The 1.9.0 release is shaping up quickly, and we expect to launch a beta late
next week, with a stable release a week or so later.

Again, this is a preview release; do not use it in production environments.
Do, however, test it thoroughly and let us know what is and is not working
for you so we can deliver a solid release with 1.9.0!

6 comments to “Zend Framework 1.9.0 Preview Release Now Available”

chidera
July 17th, 2009 at 9:47 pm

Hi,

It appears that Zend_Db_Table_Plugin is not present. Am I missing it, or did it not make it into the 1.9.0 version after all?

Thanks.

viking111
July 19th, 2009 at 11:32 am

Oh. I though this version will have Zend_Markup.

weierophinney
July 20th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

@chidera: I as unable to get commitments from the authors of the Zend_Db_Table plugin support. At this time, it needs to be updated slightly to work with current revisions of Zend_Db_Table, and also needs to have testing and documentation completed. If anybody would like to take it over, I’d love to see it in for 1.10.

@viking111: While Zend_Markup has been in the incubator for some time, there are no unit tests or documentation for it.

chidera
July 20th, 2009 at 8:51 pm

@weierophinney: Thanks for the update. That’s too bad. I was excited when I read about the Zend_Db_Table plugin support. To me, it was one of the neatest things I’ve read about recently that was making its way into the library. I was really looking forward to using it in my projects. I must say that I’m a bit disappointed.

I don’t want to bite off more than I can chew, but what can I do to help? Let me know.

You say that you’d "love to see it in for 1.10"….What’s 1.10…?

drj201
July 27th, 2009 at 7:50 pm

@chidera – Im guessing as this is the preview release for 1.9… I’m guessing "1.10" is the release that follows this one!

chidera
July 28th, 2009 at 2:04 pm

@drj201: Thanks for pointing out the obvious. I ALWAYS do that. With "real" numbers, 1.9 is the same as 1.90, which is greater than 1.1 (which is the same as 1.10). But I seem to always forget that versions are not done this way. Again, thanks for pointing out the obvious. Perhaps one of these years I’ll remember that ten comes after nine…!