Zend Framework 1.6 is out! - Blog

Just 12 hours ago, the newest version of the Zend Framework saw the light of the world. As you will notice, several of my proposals and small additions have made it into this release:

Zend Framework 1.6 is now available and a significant upgrade in several areas. The buzz is already starting to make it’s way around the web as both Andi Gutmans and InfoWorld have already covered the new release. I’m sure as the code gets out there and people start playing with it, more posts will be forthcoming.

This version of Zend Framework gives developers a few new tools for their ever expanding toolbox.

Zend_Tool

Lucene 2.3 Index File Format Support

Zend_Session save handler for Database Tables

Paginator Component

Figlet Support

ReCaptcha Service

Captcha Form Element

Zend_Config_Xml Attribute Support

Zend_File_Transfer Component

File Upload Form Element

Zend_Wildfire Component with FireBug Log Writer

Other features have been added and a whopping 287 tickets closed as Zend Framework continues to mature and establish itself as the premier framework for PHP development.