We couldn't be happier to announce that Zend Framework 1.5 is now
available
from the Zend Framework download site!
http://framework.zend.com/download
An overview of new features in 1.5:
* New Zend_Form component with support for AJAX-enabled form elements
* New action and view helpers for automating and facilitating AJAX
requests and alternate response formats
* Infocard, OpenID, and LDAP authentication adapters
* Support for complex Lucene searches, including fuzzy, date-range, and
wildcard queries
* Support for Lucene 2.1 index file format
* Partial, Placeholder, Action, and Header view helpers for advanced
view composition and rendering
* New Zend_Layout component for automating and facilitating site layouts
* UTF-8 support for PDF documents
* New Nirvanix, Technorati, and SlideShare web services
There are a lot of people to thank, since there are a lot of people who
worked very hard to make this happen. First of all, thanks to all the
Zend Framework contributors who helped in all kinds of ways to make this
a truly great, high-quality release. I would personally like to thank
the Zend Framework team here at Zend for working the long hours this
weekend to make sure everything came together on Monday morning. There
were also some very selfless souls in marketing who stayed up late over
the last few days to make sure the site was at its best in both style
and substance for the big day. Finally we'd like to thank all the ZF
users out there who inspire us to continue improving Zend Framework and
who never fail to keep us on our toes. :) We hope this release not only
lives up to your high expectations but goes beyond them.
Now we can finally say that we wholeheartedly recommend the 1.5 release
for production use.
Enjoy ZF 1.5!
,Wil
