Publisher review:Zend Core provides the certified, enhanced capabilities with support and services that serious professionals need for PHP development and production. Zend Core provides the certified, enhanced capabilities with support and services that serious professionals need for PHP development and production.
Features:
PHP 5.2.1: PHP 5.2.1 is the fastest, most robust and reliable PHP version available. Zend certifies that this version is optimum for production environments. PHP 5 supports object oriented programming, easy web services and XML, and much more. Zend Enabler: Zend's FastCGI implementation maximizes performance and reliability of PHP with the Microsoft IIS and Apache web servers. Zend Optimizer: Supports running commercial PHP 4 and PHP 5 applications which have been encrypted with Zend Guard. Zend Framework: Zend Framework is a simple, straightforward, open-source software framework for PHP 5 designed to eliminate the tedious details of coding, letting you focus on the big picture so you can get you application done sooner. Its strength is in its highly-modular MVC design, making your code more reliable, reusable and easier to maintain. Unified "stack" installer: Setup time is reduced by providing all needed software and configuration in one simple install process. Apache 2.2: Includes a bundled copy of the most popular web server for the Internet. (In addition, the product supports configuration using the Micrsoft IIS web server.) Zend Core for i5/OS bundlles Apache 2.0. MySQL 5.0: Zend Core includes a binary redistribution of the latest version of MySQL Community Edition for superior performance and a simplified install process. This feature is not included in Zend Core for i5/OS.
Universal DB Support: Zend has packaged support for the most common databases in Zend Core. Zend, working with its database partners IBM, MySQL, and Oracle, has created a set of certified set of database drivers that are bundled with Zend Core.
This provides a simplified install process and gives customers the out of the box database connectivity needed by most web applications. Oracle database drivers are not included in Zend Core for i5/OS. Zend Admin GUI: Easy, web-based configuration performance benchmarking, easy configuration of extensions and monitoring for your PHP applications. The GUI also includes phphMyAdmin for web based MySQL administration. Zend Core Updater: Enables users to easily apply software updates from Zend Network, to keep their Zend Core version current with the latest patches, roll back to earlier releases, etc.
Zend Core 2.0 is a PHP script for Development Tools scripts design by Zend.
It runs on following operating system: Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris.
Operating system:Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris
Zend Core 2.0 script details 
