What's New in ZendPHP

The Zend product team is excited to announce the release of ZendHQ 2.1.0. This new version expands ZendHQ functionalities, includes performance improvements, and delivers various bug fixes.

ZendHQ 2.1.0 Improvements

ZendHQ 2.1.0 represents an exciting leap forward for the ZendHQ extension. New features and improvements include:

• JobQueue in zendhqctl— Users can now manage JobQueue and Jobs on the CLI, allowing for the ability to create cues and jobs during the container initialization phase, queue additional jobs from successful CLI job processes, and automate one-off admin jobs in production.
• Monitoring Watch in zendhqctl — Users can filter monitoring events by name and event severity.
• ZendHQ Database export-import — Database export and import functionalities have been added to the zendhqctl tool, further extending ZendHQ disaster recovery capabilities.
• Color — The ZendHQ daemon and tools now enable color output by default if the standard output is a terminal.

Other features and security updates are included with ZendHQ 2.1.0. Read the release notes for full details, or experience the new features yourself via a free ZendHQ trial.

With PHP 8.4 now released, the Zend team is excited to announce the immediate availability of ZendPHP 8.4 builds. As PHP 8.4 represents a large leap forward for the language, we recommend all ZendPHP users upgrade as soon as possible to take advantage of the many new features.

Read Full Release Notes More About PHP 8.4

About ZendPHP 8.4 Builds

ZendPHP 8.4 builds, including free community-supported versions, are now available via the Zend Container Registry and our 21-day trial. These builds are fully compatible with ZendHQ, making it easy to leverage the latest advancements in PHP alongside the observability, scalability, and security benefits of ZendPHP + ZendHQ.

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Migration Support for PHP 8.4

Make the Zend PHP experts your PHP experts. Our PHP migration services are built to help you plan and execute your PHP 8.4 upgrade on your schedule – all without compromising security, compliance, or performance.

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The Zend product team is excited to announce the immediate availability of ZendHQ Disaster Recovery (DR), a new set of built-in features that make it simple to regain or migrate ZendHQ data in the event of a corrupted database, crash, or other disaster.

About the New Features

The new ZendHQ DR features allow organizations to establish ZendHQ data redundancy through an expansion of alternative database options. In addition to SQLite, customers can now use MariaDB and PostgreSQL to establish a primary server with one or more replicas, with MySQL functionality coming soon. In the event the primary fails, users can easily promote a replica and regain ZendHQ data.

Additional features of the ZendHQ DR database expansion include:

• Supported table prefixing in SQLite, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL, with support to MySQL coming soon
• Increased ZendHQ data retention capacity
• Automated backups of ZendHQ data created using standard system tooling
• Ability to migrate ZendHQ to a new infrastructure with no data loss
• Ability to manage multiple ZendHQ installations in a single database
• Access to persistent storage while running ZendHQ in a containerized environment

You can view the full documentation for these features, or try them yourself via a no-commitment ZendPHP and ZendHQ trial, via the links below.

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The Zend product team is excited to announce the immediate availability of our new ZendPHP Ansible Playbook.

The ZendPHP Ansible Playbook is designed to quickly and easily provision ZendPHP and consistently deploy applications at scale using existing processes, using Zend Server deployment packages, or ZPKs. All services in your Ansible inventory will be configured for a ZendPHP environment, and the application deployed at scale in a single action.

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How to Migrate From Zend Server to ZendPHP

In this video tutorial, Zend Senior Product Manager Matthew Weier O’Phinney walks through how to migrate from Zend Server to ZendPHP using our new ZendPHP Ansible Playbook.  Follow along to make your migration as smooth as possible.

About ZendPHP

ZendPHP is our set of PHP runtimes. It includes access to 24/7 support and LTS runtimes for PHP 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 8.0 as well as community-supported runtimes for PHP 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3. 

When combined with the ZendHQ extension, ZendPHP offers flexibility, observability, and scalability for PHP applications through unparalleled tooling such as monitoring, Z-ray, code tracing, and JobQueue.

Ready to see ZendPHP and ZendHQ in action? Try both free for 21 days, no strings attached.

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If you’re a current Zend Server customer looking to begin a migration to ZendPHP, then our experts are here to help. Reach out today to discuss the best options for your application.

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The Zend product team is excited to announce the immediate availability of ZendHQ support for LDAP – further strengthening role-based access controls already found in ZendHQ.

About the New Feature

ZendHQ LDAP support allows organizations to use existing LDAP and ActiveDirectory users and groups within ZendHQ, instead of requiring a separate authentication and authorization system.

In addition, ZendHQ LDAP support gives teams the following benefits:

• Optional fallback to local (ZendHQ) Users
• Definable custom user and group lookups
• Prevents lookup spam via RegEx
• Authentication and group membership
• Derived permissions are combination of permissions of all group assignments

You can view the full documentation for this feature, or try it yourself via a ZendPHP and  ZendHQ trial, via the links below.

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The Zend product team is excited to announce the immediate availability of ZendHQ for IBM i. 

This latest release makes it easier than ever for IBM i teams deploying ZendPHP to observe, monitor, inspect, debug, and orchestrate their applications. It features new and familiar features for teams familiar with Zend Server, including JobQueue, Code Tracing, Z-Ray, and more.

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See How to Install ZendPHP and ZendHQ on IBM i

In this video, our expert walks through the installation process for ZendPHP and ZendHQ on IBM i. You can also find written installation instructions at our ZendHQ documentation page.

About ZendHQ

ZendHQ is an extension for ZendPHP that provides observability and orchestration functionality for your PHP-based applications.

ZendHQ features include:

• Monitoring and Alerts – ZendHQ Z-Ray helps teams monitor their applications for performance and functionality issues, with configurable alerts that help to speed up issue resolution.
• Code Tracing – ZendHQ Code Tracing allows users to drill down into application-specific events and data of interest fix, making it easy to find and fix performance an functionality issues in your app
• Automation – ZendHQ JobQueue makes automating, scheduling, and managing recurring jobs in your PHP app simple. Making it easier for your apps to operate efficiently at scale. 

Want to see ZendHQ in action? Schedule a demo, or start free trial via the buttons below.

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About ZendPHP

ZendPHP is our set of PHP runtimes backed by dedicated 24/7 support, including LTS runtimes for PHP 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 8.0, and community-supported runtimes for PHP 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3.

ZendPHP, when combined with ZendHQ, gives companies unparalleled tooling for deploying, automating, and monitoring secure PHP applications at scale.

Explore ZendPHP    Try ZendPHP

The Zend product team is excited to announce the immediate availability of new Z-Ray plugins for ZendHQ. The plugins, which enable Z-Ray functionality for popular CMS, database, cloud libraries, and frameworks, make Z-Ray easier to use across a variety of modern web application stacks.

The new Z-Ray plugins include the following:

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The Zend product team is excited to announce the immediate availability of the ZendHQ extension for ZendPHP on Windows.

This latest release allows teams to install and enable the ZendHQ extension when using ZendPHP on Windows, configured to work with ZendHQ running elsewhere on Linux – allowing for teams to leverage the full functionality of ZendHQ when using ZendPHP on Windows. Teams can run ZendHQ via the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), or via a Linux virtual machine or container.

The new extension is now bundled in our ZendPHP Microsoft installer (MSI).

Interested parties can view installation instructions, or schedule a custom demo for your team via the links below.

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The Zend team is excited to announce the immediate availability of two new features for ZendHQ, role-based authentication, and the ability to access JobQueue from CLI PHP scripts. Updated ZendHQ container images can be found in our container repository. 

Keep reading to learn more, or schedule a custom demo for your team via the link below.

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ZendHQ Role-Based Authentication

ZendHQ role-based authentication allows teams to configure role-based permissions for defining or managing rules, queues, events, and jobs — allowing for easier management of software access restriction requirements.

See ZendHQ Role-Based Authentication In Action

ZendHQ JobQueue Improvements

JobQueue can now be accessed fully from CLI PHP scripts. This allows users to run initialization jobs when bootstrapping their application, as well as queue new jobs on successful job completion.

About ZendHQ

ZendHQ is an intermediary layer between ZendPHP and your application storage, webhooks, and graphic interface that provides advanced observability and orchestration functionality for PHP applications. ZendHQ features include job queuing and management, code tracing, and more – all in a user-friendly GUI.

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ZendPHP 8.0 LTS Builds

Now that PHP 8.0 has reached community support end of life, Zend now provides LTS builds for PHP 8.0 via paid subscription. Customers using this version will now need to supply their subscription credentials in order to install ZendPHP 8.0 packages or to pull ZendPHP 8.0 container images. You can learn more about our PHP LTS builds, or about the release, via the links below.

See Full Release Notes   Explore LTS Options

ZendPHP 8.3 Builds

With PHP 8.3 now available to the public, ZendPHP 8.3 is now available via our free trial, and via our container registry at cr.zend.com. Learn more about the release, and our ZendPHP trial, via the links below.

See Full Release Notes   Try ZendPHP for Free

ZendHQ 1.5.0 Now Available

ZendHQ 1.5.0 is now available. It adds Z-Ray SQL query introspection support for several extensions, including pgsql, mysqli, and sqlite3. It also enables cgi-fcgi PHP SAPI, which is used by the Apache fcgi module on IBM i. Learn more about the release, including additional notes on changes and fixes, via the link below.

See Full Release Notes  Explore ZendHQ

Introducing ZendHQ Database Query Support

The Zend team is excited to announce the immediate availability of database query introspection in ZendHQ. The feature, available as part of ZendHQ's Z-Ray functionality, allows users to inspect database queries and trace the code that led up to them, making it easy to find and fix performance or functionality issues at the database query level.

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How it Works

When Z-Ray is active, any request that performs a database query will feature an additional "Queries" tab for that request. 

That tab lists all queries performed during the request, along with timings, and allows you to click on any given query to find out what database connection was used, transaction information if it was part of a transaction, and a PHP backtrace that led to the query execution.

Additional Resources

• Release Notes
• ZendHQ Z-Ray Documentation

The Zend team is excited to officially announce IBM i 7.5 support for ZendPHP. This added support allows teams to deploy fully-supported PHP on the latest IBM i version, which introduces a number of new improvements for PHP teams (including the addition of new Db2 services).

For installation instructions, be sure to visit our ZendPHP documentation on installing ZendPHP on IBM i.

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The Zend by Perforce team is excited to announce ZendPHP support for several popular Enterprise Linux 9 distributions, including:

• RHEL 9
• CentOS Stream 9
• Rocky Linux 9
• AlmaLinux 9
• Oracle Linux 9

In addition, the Zend team has also added ZendPHP support for Debian 12 – allowing for greater flexibility in working with ZendPHP across platforms.

You can see a list of all supported platforms by visiting the ZendPHP documentation page or read the full release notes via the links below.

See Supported Platforms   View Release Notes

The Zend team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of AlmaLinux 8 support for ZendPHP, adding additional flexibility for teams deploying Enterprise Linux.

See our full list of supported operating systems, PHP versions and extensions by visiting our ZendPHP product page today.

Explore ZendPHP  See Release Notes

The Zend team is happy to announce the immediate availability of the Windows installer (MSI for ZendPHP.

The installer, which provides an intuitive and easy-to-use experience for teams who want to install ZendPHP, is the latest in a long line of features and improvements to the ZendPHP product. 

As shown in the video above, the Windows installer allows users to install their ZendPHP version of choice, as well as easily select the packages and extensions they want to accompany their installation.

Get started by visiting the Zend documentation page, or view the release notes page and ZendPHP trial pages via the links below.

View Release Notes  See Trial Details

JobQueue, included in the ZendHQ extension for ZendPHP, makes it easier than ever for teams to defer, schedule, monitor, and manage jobs and job queues in their PHP applications.

JOB DEFERMENT AND SCHEDULING
ZendHQ JobQueue makes it easy to defer long-running processes so your users can get a response as soon as possible – and schedule resource-heavy jobs to happen outside of high-volume hours.

RECURRING JOBS
With ZendHQ JobQueue, you can schedule work to occur on regular cadences – making mundane jobs easy and repeatable.

JOB QUEUE MANAGEMENT
The ZendHQ GUI makes it easy to schedule, configure, and manage your job queues.

View a demo of JobQueue below, schedule a 1:1 demo with our team, or see full release notes via the links below.

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The Zend team is excited to announce the immediate availability of ZendPHP Alpine Linux images. 

The ZendPHP Alpine Linux images are built on Alpine Linux 3.16, and delivered via a custom Alpine Linux package repository, with packages compiled to mimic the official Alpine Linux PHP packages. Packages are available for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures.

ZendPHP containers for Alpine Linux 3.16 are available for each PHP version we support (currently 7.2 - 7.4 and 8.0 - 8.2), with variants for each of CLI, php-fpm, and Apache.

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Not a ZendPHP User?

ZendPHP is available to try for free. See full trial details, included supported PHP versions, via the link below.

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ARM Support for ZendPHP Now Available

ARM support for ZendPHP and ZendHQ is now available for ZendPHP 7.2 and up.

Supported Platforms and PHP Versions

For a complete list of supported platforms and PHP versions, please visit our ZendPHP documentation page.

Docker Images

All Docker images available via our container registry now include additional tags providing ARM variants.

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New Backported Patch for PHP 7.x Versions

Zend has released ZendPHP versions 7.4.33.1, 7.3.33.5, 7.2.34.13, and 7.1.33.17, which include a backported security fix for CVE-2022-31631.

Other ZendPHP Releases and Changes

Zend has released ZendPHP versions of PHP 8.0.27, Version 8.1.14, and Version 8.2.1, which include community fixes for a variety of bugs and CVEs.

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ZendPHP 8.2 Now Available

ZendPHP 8.2 is now available for download. For a list of supported platforms, please visit our ZendPHP documentation page. Docker images are also available for download via our container registry at cr.zend.com.

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ZendPHP 7.4 LTS Now Available

With PHP 7.4 having reached end of life, ZendPHP 7.4 has now entered Long Term Support and will receive security updates until December 2026.

Customers using this version will now need to supply their subscription credentials in order to install ZendPHP 7.4 packages or to pull ZendPHP 7.4 container images.

See Full Release Notes See LTS Options

The addition of Code Tracing in ZendHQ 1.2.0 enables DevOps and Platform Engineering teams to quickly and easily identify, diagnose, and resolve issues in production.

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With detailed information on execution time, memory consumption, and other critical areas of your application, the combination of ZendHQ Monitoring and Code Tracing can help teams to proactively profile production code, identify bottlenecks, and work to improve their production applications.

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ZendPHP for Debian 11 and Ubuntu 2022.04

ZendPHP runtimes for Debian 11 and Ubuntu 2022.04 are now available. These are the latest LTS releases for Debian and Ubuntu operating systems, and will receive community security updates through 2027. Each supports PHP 7.2 through PHP 8.1, with 8.2 support coming in December.

See Full Release Notes

ZendPHP for Windows is the first commercial distribution of PHP. With this release, we provide up-to-date binaries of current community-supported PHP versions (currently 7.4, 8.0, and 8.1).

Additionally, we provide the first long term support (LTS) distribution of PHP for Windows. This includes LTS editions of PHP 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3, per our already published LTS roadmap.

Additional Information

• We provide non-thread-safe builds by default for use with FastCGI (Windows Internet Information Service (IIS), Apache, and nginx). Thread-safe builds for use with Apache mod_php are also available.
• More than 70 PECL extensions are included – both out-of-the-box, as well as shipped as separate packages. These integrate with PHP in the same way as community binaries.

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Z-Ray is offered as a Preview Technology at this time, to demonstrate the feature and how it can aid your organization. A fully featured version that includes the ability to store and analyze historical requests, will be available in Q1 of 2022. 

Z-Ray for ZendPHP brings the benefits of Z-Ray for Zend Server to our secure, supported PHP runtime. Like Z-Ray for Zend Server, Z-Ray for ZendPHP allows you to write custom plugins for the purpose of gaining application-specific insight.  

Existing Z-Ray for Zend Server plugins are not fully compatible, but can be adapted quickly for Z-Ray for ZendPHP; new plugins will be available with the production version. 

Requirements and Limitations 

• Available only for ZendPHP 
• Linux platforms only (see the documentation for an OS support matrix.)
• PHP 7.1+; not available for PHP 5.6 
• Visualization is provided via a Chromium browser extension; you will need a Chromium-based browser (Google Chrome, Brave, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Opera, etc.) to see Z-Ray data. 

Try ZendPHP with Z-Ray 

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ZendPHP on Google Cloud Platform provides a turnkey solution for running PHP in the cloud. It's a supported PHP runtime, with the option to install PHP 5.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, or 8.0, and can scale seamlessly across cloud resources, all from the company that helped write PHP.

ZendPHP gives PHP developers and DevOps engineers the tools needed to easily orchestrate clusters of PHP servers as microservices or autoscaling applications.

This edition of ZendPHP includes phone support. For increased service level agreements, contact us.

Get ZendPHP on Google Cloud

ZendPHP on Azure provides a turnkey solution for running PHP in the cloud. It's a supported PHP runtime, with the option to install PHP 5.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, or 8.0, and can scale seamlessly across cloud resources, all from the company that helped write PHP.

ZendPHP gives PHP developers and DevOps engineers the tools needed to easily orchestrate clusters of PHP servers as microservices or autoscaling applications.

• Faster orchestration. Purpose-built for cloud orchestration, ZendPHP images offer tools to help you streamline, automate, and accelerate continuous delivery cycles.
• Dedicated support included. This edition of ZendPHP includes phone support. For increased service level agreements, contact us.
• Customizable templates. Need to orchestrate your PHP application cluster? Contact us for ZendPHP Terraform templates.

Get ZendPHP on Azure

ZendPHP on AWS provides a turnkey solution for running PHP in the cloud. It's a supported PHP runtime, with the option to install PHP 5.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, or 8.0, and can scale seamlessly across cloud resources, all from the company that helped write PHP.

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