First download the zend framework from the official site and extract the folder to your system.

Example: ZendFramework-1.12.3.zip

Step 1:

Create a folder in your local server either xampp or wamp. Here we are taking xampp as example.

Create folder in C:\xampp\php\

Example: ZendFramework

Step 2:

Copy the files from inside the ZendFramework-1.12.3 folder and paste into the zendframework folder

Path: c:\xampp\php\zendframework\

Step 3:

Open the php.ini file and find the “include_path”

Set into include_path = “D:\xampp\php\ZendFramework\library\”;

Step 4:

Next click right button on my computer find properties click properties and select advanced system settings

Next click environment variables tab there find system variables select path variable and click edit there set zend path

D:\xampp\php\ZendFramework\bin

 Step 5:

Completed zend framework installation

Step 6:

Go to the command prompt and type

C:\xampp\htdocs\zf create project zendtest

Successfully created project zendtest in our htdocs file.