What's eZ Components?

eZ Components is an enterprise ready, general purpose PHP components library. It is used independently or together for PHP application development. As a collection of high quality independent building blocks, eZ Components will both speed up development and reduce risks. An application can use one or more components effortlessly as they all adhere to the same naming conventions and follow the same structure. All components require atleast PHP 5.1.1.

Item Value
Latest version3.10
PHP4-
PHP5eZ Components Support PHP5
MVC-
Multiple DBeZ Components Support Multiple DB
ORM-
DB ObjectseZ Components Support DB Objects
TemplateseZ Components Support Templates
CachingeZ Components Support Caching
ValidationeZ Components Support Validation
Ajax-
Auth Module-
Modules-
EDP-
CostFree
Official websitehttp://www.ez.no/ezcomponents
Download URLhttp://ez.no/download
Manual URLhttp://ez.no/doc/components/overview
Installation
System Requirements

As PHP version the eZ Components require version 5.1.1, although a later version is always recommended.

Some of the components require that certain PHP extensions are enabled in the build. While most of them are enabled by default, some of them have to added explicitly. The table below lists all the components, and which extensions are required or optional.

Required and Preferred Extensions

Component

Extension (default)

Extension Required

Extension Optional

All

pcre, spl

   

Authentication

   

bc or gmp for typekey and openid support, ldap for LDAP support

AuthenticationDatabaseTiein

     

Archive

zlib, posix

bz2

posix for permission support

Base

posix

 

posix to test if features are enabled

Cache

     

Configuration

posix

   

ConsoleTools

     

Database

pdo, pdo_sqlite

 

pdo_mysql, pdo_oci8, pdo_pgsql Depending on the database that you what to use.

DatabaseSchema

simplexml

 

Same as Database

Debug

     

EventLog

   

Same as Database, if you want to log to a database.

Execution

     

Feed

dom

   

File

     

Graph

dom, xml

 

gd to generate bitmaps (with TrueType font support or Type1 font support). ming for generating Graphs as flash files.

GraphDatabaseTiein

pdo

 

Same as Database

ImageAnalysis

ctype

exif

 

ImageConversion

   

gd

Mail

iconv

 

fileinfo for better detection of mime-types when sending e-mails, openssl for SSL support

PersistentObject

     

PhpGenerator

     

SignalSlot

     

SystemInformation

   

win32ps (on windows)

Template

     

Translation

ctype, simplexml

   

TranslationCacheTiein

     

Url

     

UserInput

filter

   

Workflow

simplexml, dom

   

WorkflowDatabaseTiein

     

WorkflowEventLogTiein

     

Quick Reference on Enabling Extensions

Extensions that are enabled by default in PHP

Extension

Configure switch(es)

ctype

--enable-ctype

dom

--enable-dom --enable-libxml

iconv

--with-iconv

pcre

--with-pcre-regex

pdo

--enable-pdo

pdo_sqlite

--with-pdo-sqlite

posix

--enable-posix

simplexml

--enable-simplexml

spl

--enable-spl

xml

--enable-xml

zlib

--with-zlib

Extensions that are bundled with PHP

Extension

Configure switch(es)

Remarks

bc

--enable-bcmath

 

bz2

--with-bz2

 

gd

--with-gd --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-ttf --with-xpm-dir --with-png-dir --with-jpeg-dir --with-t1lib

The eZ Components want at least PNG and JPG support, other parts are optional. We suggest to compile GD also with FreeType2 support as well to enable all features of the Components.

gmp

--with-gmp

 

ldap

--with-ldap

 

ming

--with-ming

 

exif

--enable-exif

 

filter

--enable-filter

In PHP 5.2.0 and higher you can simply use --enable-filter, in PHP 5.1.x you need to install the filter extension through PECL.

pdo_mysql

--with-pdo-mysql

 

pdo_oci8

--with-pdo-oci

 

pdo_pgsql

--with-pdo-pgsql

 

openssl

--with-openssl

 

Extensions that are not bundled with PHP

Extension

Configure switch(es)

fileinfo

You need to install the fileinfo extension through PECL.

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