Noteworthy changes

• Performance
  • New PHP indexing mechanism based on Apache Lucene, which leads to:
    • 3x faster creation of index
    • 3x smaller size of index on the file system
    • 3x faster searching in the index - finding types, methods, building type hierarchy, code navigation, etc.
    • Code assist is no longer blocked by running indexing processes.
  • Semantic Analysis checks are executed on multiple CPU cores - up to 3x faster.
  • Run/Debug launches are not blocked by background build jobs
  • Fixed performance problem with many assignment operators
  • Fixed performance problem with content assist in large array structure
• PHP 7
  • Default PHP interpreter changed to PHP 7
  • PHP 7 Built-in executables with Zend Debugger
  • Fixed issue with marking String, Int, Float and Bool as unknown types in function parameters
  • Fixed issue with missing @return tag in generated PHPDoc
  • Fixed issue with Semantic Analysis skipping checks for return types
• PHP Editor
  • Content assist windows size is saved
  • Hovering over a problem marker shows the available quick fixes
  • Improved support for PHPDoc tag content assist
  • Format on save always process whole file
  • Fixed problem with code folding during typing
  • Generated use statements adds empty line
  • Inline @var comments are considered by Semantic Analysis
  • Added 'class' proposal for "static:"
• Debugger
  • PHP exception breakpoints (supported only for Xdebug)
  • Fixed issue with not stopping on breakpoints when Xdebug is used
  • Fixed issue with failing to start PHPUnit tests when using PHP executables without a debugger.
  • Fixed issue with breakpoints not working for linked resources
• Other improvements and fixes:
  • Eclipse Platform updated to version 4.5.2 Mars.2
  • EGit is update to version 4.3
    • New in version 4.2: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.egit/releases/4.2
    • New in version 4.3: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.egit/releases/4.3
  • Zend Framework 1 updated to version 1.12.17
  • Zend Framework 2 updated to version 2.4.9
  • Apigility updated to version 1.3.3
  • The Eclipse Marketplace Client is added
  • The Terminal plugin is now part of the main installation package
  • Composer console supports ANSI coloring and interactive user input
  • CSS3 profile in the CSS editor
  • Quick fixes are available in the Problems view. Shortcut: Ctrl+1
  • Anonymous classes are displayed in Outline and Quick Outline
  • Detection of Local Zend Server is now optional
  • The Trial screen is reworked to use only Eclipse RCP widgets, which avoids startup issues if the embedded browser cannot be initialized

Discontinued features

• Support for Linux 32-bit is discontinued. No installation package will be provided in future. 
• PHP 5.x built-in binaries for running and debugging CLI applications are not provided anymore. Only a single PHP built-in binary with the latest PHP version will be provided. Custom PHP binaries can still be added via the preference page.
• The Amazon AWS Toolkit extra feature is discontinued. It was a fork of an old version of the plugin. We recommend to use to genuine plugin provided by Amazon: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSToolkitEclipse/latest/ug/tke_setup_install.html  
• The OpenShift integration is discontinued.
• The VMWare Workstation Support extra feature is discontinued.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems:
  • Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
  • Linux x86-64
  • OS X 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan
• 1.5GHz processor
• 2GB RAM
• 1GB of hard disk space

PHP 7 built-in executables (Windows only)

• The PHP 7 built-in executables require the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (x86 variant) to be installed in the operating system. The installer of Zend Studio 13 and later installs it automatically, but users upgrading from earlier Zend Studio version must install it manually from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51682

Apigility integration requirements

• Internet Explorer >=10 is required on Windows for the Apigility Editor to render correctly.

Mobile development requirements

• For generation of native Android applications it is required to have:
  • The Stand-alone Android SDK Tools: https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html?pkg=tools 
  • The Java Development Kit added to system path. We recommend Oracle (Sun) JDK 7 or higher (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads). Please ensure you have:
    • JAVA_HOME environment variable set (i.e. C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45)
    • %JAVA_HOME%\bin is added to system path (http://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml)

Code Trace requirements

• Flash Player must be installed in the operating system.

Known Issues

• Update to Zend Studio 13 or newer from older versions is not supported on Mac OS X. New installation of Zend Studio 13 or newer is required. If an update is attempted, this will corrupt the Zend Studio installation.

• CordovaSim requires manual configuration of JRE (Mac OS X only). For some reason the Eclipse Platform on Mac OS X does not automatically configure the JRE that runs Studio. Users must manually configure it in the Java > Installed JREs preference page.

• Reset Perspective may be required after installation of the Terminal plugin. This is required in case it does not appear in the Show In context menu.

• During update of Studio a security warning about unsigned content may be shown. You can safely ignore this warning and proceed with the upgrade.

• Z-Ray may not render correctly inside Zend Studio on Windows. A workaround can be applied in one of the following alternative ways:

  • Modify Zend Server configuration to include the X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge HTTP header in the response. If Zend Server is running on Apache HTTP Server then:

    • Add the following line in the httpd.conf file:

      Header add X-UA-Compatible "IE=edge"
      

    • Restart the Apache HTTP Server.

    • Reopen the web browser inside Zend Studio.

  • Modify the application to include "X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge" HTTP header in the response:

    • Add the following line in a suitable place in your PHP code:

      header("X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge");
      

    • Reopen the web browser inside Zend Studio.

  In Zend Server 8 and later Z-Ray will automatically add the "X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge" HTTP header in the response, so the above workaround will not be required.

• Zend Debugger PHP extension is not available for PHP builds with Thread Safety enabled. You can find out the status of Thread Safety in your PHP:

  • in phpinfo() output
  • by checking the value of the predefined constant PHP_ZTS ("false" means Non Thread Safe, i.e. supported by Zend Debugger) If you use Thread-Safe PHP, consider Xdebug as the alternative.

• Zend Studio Crashes with Segmentation Fault in KDE 4.11 and newer, see http://kb.zend.com/zend-studio-crashes-with-segmentation-fault-in-kde-4-11

• Zend Studio menus do not show or appear only partially in the menu bar of Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04. The issue is caused by Ubuntu's bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1208019. See http://kb.zend.com/zend-studio-menu-does-not-work-on-ubuntu-13-10/         

• To display class inheritance charts in the documentation generated by PHPDocumentor installation of Graphviz is required. Due to compatibility issues, please install:

  • Graphviz version 2.30.1 on Mountain Lion and newer
  • Graphviz version 2.28.0 on Windows and older OS X versions   from http://www.graphviz.org/pub/graphviz/stable/

Noteworthy changes

• Two deadlock scenarios fixed
• Zend Studio can be installed as plugin on top of Eclipse Kepler, Luna, Mars and Neon releases.
• Zipped Update Site available for download as a single file for easier mirroring of the Zend Studio update site
• FTP connections to IBM i work correctly in the Remote System Explorer
• Composer Console can read the user input
• Composer works correctly with Magento 2 projects
• Code validation (Syntax and Semantic Analysis checks) is applied also for temporary and external PHP files
• The default text editor behavior can be configured in the General > Editors > Default Text Editor preference page
• Over 80 bugs fixed

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems:
  • Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
  • Linux x86, Linux x86-64
  • OS X 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan
• 1.5GHz processor
• 2GB RAM
• 1GB of hard disk space

PHP 5.5 and 5.6 built-in executables (Windows only)

• The PHP 5.5 and 5.6 built-in executables require the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 (x86 variant) to be installed in the operating system. The MSI installer of Zend Studio 12.5 and later installs it automatically, but users upgrading from earlier Zend Studio version must install it manually from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

PHP 7 built-in executables (Windows only)

• The PHP 7 built-in executables require the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (x86 variant) to be installed in the operating system. The installer of Zend Studio 13 and later installs it automatically, but users upgrading from earlier Zend Studio version must install it manually from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

Apigility integration requirements

• Internet Explorer >=10 is required on Windows for the Apigility Editor to render correctly.

Mobile development requirements

• For generation of native Android applications it is required to have:
  • The Stand-alone Android SDK Tools: https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html?pkg=tools
  • The Java Development Kit added to system path. We recommend Oracle (Sun) JDK 7 or higher (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads). Please ensure you have:
    • JAVA_HOME environment variable set (i.e. C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45)
    • %JAVA_HOME%\bin is added to system path (http://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml)

Code Trace requirements

• Flash Player must be installed in the operating system.

Known Issues

• Update to Zend Studio 13 from older versions is not supported on Mac OS X. New installation of Zend Studio 13 is required. If an update is attempted, this will corrupt the Zend Studio installation.

• CordovaSim requires manual configuration of JRE (Mac OS X only). For some reason the Eclipse Platform on Mac OS X does not automatically configure the JRE that runs Studio. Users must manually configure it in the Java > Installed JREs preference page.

• Reset Perspective may be required after installation of the Terminal plugin. This is required in case it does not appear in the Show In context menu.

• During update of Studio a security warning about unsigned content may be shown. You can safely ignore this warning and proceed with the upgrade.

• Z-Ray may not render correctly inside Zend Studio on Windows. A workaround can be applied in one of the following alternative ways:

  • Modify Zend Server configuration to include the X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge HTTP header in the response. If Zend Server is running on Apache HTTP Server then:

    • Add the following line in the httpd.conf file:

      Header add X-UA-Compatible "IE=edge"
      

    • Restart the Apache HTTP Server.

    • Reopen the web browser inside Zend Studio.

  • Modify the application to include "X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge" HTTP header in the response:

    • Add the following line in a suitable place in your PHP code:

      header("X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge");
      

    • Reopen the web browser inside Zend Studio.

  In Zend Server 8 and later Z-Ray will automatically add the "X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge" HTTP header in the response, so the above workaround will not be required.

• Zend Debugger PHP extension is not available for PHP builds with Thread Safety enabled. You can find out the status of Thread Safety in your PHP:

  • in phpinfo() output
  • by checking the value of the predefined constant PHP_ZTS ("false" means Non Thread Safe, i.e. supported by Zend Debugger)

  If you use Thread-Safe PHP, consider Xdebug as the alternative.

• Debug session is not started for both debugging an application and debug mode enabled against OpenShift target with zend-6.1 cartridge.

• Zend Studio Crashes with Segmentation Fault in KDE 4.11 and newer, see http://kb.zend.com/zend-studio-crashes-with-segmentation-fault-in-kde-4-11

• Zend Studio menus do not show or appear only partially in the menu bar of Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04. The issue is caused by Ubuntu's bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1208019. See http://kb.zend.com/zend-studio-menu-does-not-work-on-ubuntu-13-10/

• Using Zend Studio's built-in PHP 5.5 binaries with Xdebug may be problematic on Windows and OS X.

  • On Windows no Xdebug package is suggested for downloading at http://xdebug.org/wizard.php (http://bugs.xdebug.org/view.php?id=1028)
  • On OS X Xdebug requires an older version of Zend Engine API than provided by Zend Studio binaries. Workaround: manually build Xdebug, following steps described at http://xdebug.org/wizard.php 

• To display class inheritance charts in the documentation generated by PHPDocumentor installation of Graphviz is required. Due to compatibility issues, please install 

  • Graphviz version 2.30.1 on Mountain Lion and newer
  • Graphviz version 2.28.0 on Windows and older OS X versions

  from http://www.graphviz.org/pub/graphviz/stable/

Noteworthy changes

• PHP 7.1:
  • Nullable types
  • Void return type
  • Iterable pseudo-type
  • Class constant visibility modifer
  • Catching multiple exception types
  • Square bracket syntax for array destructuring assignment
  • Allow specifying keys in list()
  • Default PHP interpreter changed to PHP 7.1
  • PHP 7.1 Built-in executables with Zend Debugger
• PHP performance:
  • The speed of semantic analysis checks are improved by another 30%
• Improved Composer support:
  • Wizard for creating new PHP project from existing Composer package on Packagist
  • Renovated Composer editor
  • Composer editor now embeds JSON editor with intellisense features
• Renovated JavaScript support:
  • New ES6 capable JS Parser
  • Bower and NPM integration
  • Grunt and Gulp integration
  • Chromium V8 debugger
  • New Node.js support
• Support for HiDPI displays
  • Automatic scaling of the GUI according to the DPI settings of the OS
  • Best experience achieved at 200% DPI scaling 
• Other improvements and fixes: 
  • Eclipse Platform updated to version 4.6.3 Neon.3
    • Word wrap in all text editors
    • Built-in shortcuts to zoom in text editors
    • Automatic save of dirty editors
    • Full screen mode
    • New Import Project wizard
    • Full list of improvements: https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.6/platform.php
  • Eclipse PDT updated to version 4.3:
    • New in 4.1: https://wiki.eclipse.org/PDT/NewIn41
    • New in 4.3: https://wiki.eclipse.org/PDT/NewIn43
  • EGit updated to version 4.6:
    • New in 4.4: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.egit/releases/4.4
    • New in 4.5: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.egit/releases/4.5
    • New in 4.6: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.egit/releases/4.6
  • Apigility updated to version 1.4
  • JSON editor with intellisense features
  • Bundled JRE is updated as part of the Zend Studio update process

Discontinued features

• The mobile application development support is discontinued.
• ZF1 support is partially discontinued due to ZF1 end-of-life. Wizards for new ZF1 projects are removed. The IDE is still useful for existing ZF1 projects.
• The FontSize extra features is discontinued in favor of the built-in shortcuts to zoom in text editors.

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems:
  • Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
  • Linux x86-64
  • OS X El Capitan 10.11, macOS Sierra 10.12
• 1.5GHz processor
• 2GB RAM
• 1GB of hard disk space

PHP 7.1 built-in executables (Windows only)

• The PHP 7.1 built-in executables require the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (x86 variant) to be installed in the operating system. The installer of Zend Studio 13 and later installs it automatically, but users upgrading from earlier Zend Studio version must install it manually from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51682

Apigility integration requirements

• Internet Explorer >=10 is required on Windows for the Apigility Editor to render correctly.

Code Trace requirements

• Flash Player must be installed in the operating system.

Known Issues

• Update to Zend Studio 13 or newer from older versions is not supported on Mac OS X. New installation of Zend Studio 13 or newer is required. If an update is attempted, this will corrupt the Zend Studio installation.

• During update of Studio a security warning about unsigned content may be shown. You can safely ignore this warning and proceed with the upgrade.

• Z-Ray may not render correctly inside Zend Studio on Windows. A workaround can be applied in one of the following alternative ways:

  • Modify Zend Server configuration to include the "X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge" HTTP header in the response. If Zend Server is running on Apache HTTP Server then:

    • Add the following line in the httpd.conf file:

      Header add X-UA-Compatible "IE=edge"
      

    • Restart the Apache HTTP Server.

    • Reopen the web browser inside Zend Studio.

  • Modify the application to include "X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge" HTTP header in the response:

    • Add the following line in a suitable place in your PHP code:

      header("X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge");
      

    • Reopen the web browser inside Zend Studio.

  In Zend Server 8 and later Z-Ray will automatically add the "X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge" HTTP header in the response, so the above workaround will not be required.

• Zend Debugger PHP extension is not available for PHP builds with Thread Safety enabled. You can find out the status of Thread Safety in your PHP:

  • in phpinfo() output
  • by checking the value of the predefined constant PHP_ZTS ("false" means Non Thread Safe, i.e. supported by Zend Debugger)

  If you use Thread-Safe PHP, consider Xdebug as the alternative.

• Zend Studio Crashes with Segmentation Fault in KDE 4.11 and newer, see http://kb.zend.com/zend-studio-crashes-with-segmentation-fault-in-kde-4-11

• Zend Studio menus do not show or appear only partially in the menu bar of Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04. The issue is caused by Ubuntu's bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1208019. See http://kb.zend.com/zend-studio-menu-does-not-work-on-ubuntu-13-10/ 

• To display class inheritance charts in the documentation generated by PHPDocumentor installation of Graphviz is required. Due to compatibility issues, please install 

  • Graphviz version 2.30.1 on Mountain Lion and newer
  • Graphviz version 2.28.0 on Windows and older OS X versions

  from http://www.graphviz.org/pub/graphviz/stable/

New Features

• Zend Guard 7 supports PHP 5.5 and 5.6
• For PHP 5.3 and 5.4, please download and install Zend Guard 6.

Installation Instructions

Windows

• Double-click on the self-extracting archive.
• Follow the instructions in the automated installation wizard.

Linux

• Extract the downloaded tar.gz file: tar xzvf filename.tar.gz
• As soon as the extraction is done, run the ZendGuard executable in the main folder.

Mac

• Open the downloaded .dmg file by double-clicking on it.
• Copy Zend Guard to Applications by dragging the Zend Guard icon and dropping it on the Applications icon.

System Requirements

• Linux x86
• Linux x86-64 with 32 bit libraries installed
• Windows x86 7 / 8.1 / 2008R2
• Windows x86-64 7 / 8.1 / 2008R2
• Mac OS X 10.10

Limitations and Known Issues

General

• Encoded and obfuscated applications are compatible only with the same PHP version they were encoded with.
• Files created using the Mac version of Zend Guard will only work on Mac and Linux 64-bit systems. For distributing encoded software, we recommend using either the Windows or Linux versions of Zend Guard instead.

Encoding

• Relative names do not work with --ignore and --exclude-file
• Using inexact file names (different cases, / instead of \\, or not full paths) does not work with --ignore and --exclude-file (Windows only)
• "Work only with encoded files" option does not work if it is not applied for all files
• Extending stdClass gives a blank output when a file is encoded

Obfuscation

• Using mbstring.func_overload with obfuscation requires exporting functions that are overloaded.
• Implementing PHP interfaces (such as Iterator) requires exporting interface methods
• Autoloading does not work for obfuscated classes (due to different class names)
• Obfuscating class and function names can break any code that accesses a function by string, such as calling a variable function like $func(), or calling a PHP internal function to access a class/function as a variable, such as call_user_func($func), etc.
• --export-php may not automatically export some SPL iterator classes

Zend Guard Loader (PHP Runtime Module)

1. Extract the Zend Loader package that corresponds with your PHPversion and OS arch (the package also contains an OPcache binary).

2. Place the ZendGuardLoader and OPcache binaries in your filesystem.

3. Add the following lines to your php.ini file for loading the ZendGuardLoader:

   • Linux and Mac OS X:

     zend_extension=
     zend_extension=
     

   • Windows non-thread safe:

     zend_extension=
     zend_extension=
     

   • Note: The supplied OPcache replaces your current OPcache binary in order to allow correct extension loading.

   • Note: Execute the Loader command first

4. Optional: Add an additional line to your php.ini for enabling ZendGuardLoader

   ; Enables loading encoded scripts. The default value is On
   zend_loader.enable=1
   

5. Optional: the following lines can be added your php.ini file for ZendGuardLoader configuration:

   ; Disable license checks (for performance reasons)
   zend_loader.disable_licensing=0
   
   ; The Obfuscation level supported by Zend Guard Loader. The levels are detailed in the official Zend Guard Documentation. 0 - no obfuscation is enabled
   zend_loader.obfuscation_level_support=3
   
   ; Path to where licensed Zend products should look for the product license. For more information on how to create a license file, see the Zend Guard User Guide
   zend_loader.license_path=
   

6. Restart your web server.

7. Check that loader and OPcache are both loaded using phpinfo() ) or php -v.

8. Run your encoded files.

Installing Zend Guard Loader on top of Zend Server 8.0.2

Linux/Mac

1. Extract the Zend Loader package that corresponds with your PHP version and OS arch.

2. Locate the /usr/local/zend/lib/php_extensions folder and overwrite opcache.so while adding in ZendGuardLoader.so

3. Open your /usr/local/zend/etc/conf.d/opcache.ini file.

4. Before the directive zend_extension=/usr/local/zend/lib/php_extensions/opcache.so, add the following line (at the very beginning of the file):

   zend_extension=/usr/local/zend/lib/php_extensions/ZendGuardLoader.so
   

5. Restart Zend Server (/usr/local/zend/bin/zendctl.sh restart).

6. If all is well,the Zend Guard Loader section will be present on the Overview -> Server Info page

Windows

1. Extract the Zend Loader package that corresponds with your PHP version and OS arch.

2. Locate the C:\Program Files (x86)\Zend\ZendServer\lib\phpext folder, and overwrite php_opcache.dll while adding in ZendLoader.dll.

3. Open your php.ini file.

4. Locate the OPcache section starting with the directive zend_extension="C:\Program Files (x86)\Zend\ZendServer\lib\phpext\php_opcache.dll". Add the following line into your php.ini file just before the located opcache directive (at the very beginning of OPcache section):

   zend_extension="C:\Program Files (x86)\Zend\ZendServer\lib\phpext\ZendLoader.dll"
   

5. Restart Zend Server.

6. Restart apache from apache monitor

7. If all is well,the Zend Guard Loader section will be present on the Overview -> Server Info page

Changes in Zend Guard from version 5.0.1 to 5.5

• Full support for PHP 5.3

Changes in Zend Guard from version 5.0 to 5.0.1

• Exclude resources of files or folders from the project tree
• Support for non-English operating systems with source and output folders
• Enhanced documentation about obfuscation and its implications
• Bug fix - All sources are now searched during Export Candidates
• Bug fix - "ignore-pattern" is now handled correctly in --export candidates
• Bug fix - Backward support for Zend Studio compatibility is now supported
• Bug fix - Wrapper now frees the Encoder library after failing to encode
• Bug fix - It is now possible to integrate Zend Studio for Eclipse or other editors
• Bug fix - No longer crashes while scanning a large amount of files
• Bug fix - Working with encoded files only is now enabled only in the project level
• Bug fix - It is now possible to enter a product name with spaces
• Bug fix - "preserve-docs" now preserves docs
• Bug fix - Marking files as ignored now shows the full path and is no longer confusing from the GUI
• Bug fix - Newly created licenses now work if the locale is other than English
• Bug fix - Encoding a Japanese source folder with the php4 option is now functional
• Bug fix - When using header files or an exclude list, the exe now finds a tmp location
• Bug fix - The command line now mentions the location of the binaries in the package
• Bug fix - Disabling the "Override project configuration" checkbox for ignored resources is no longer redundant
• Bug fix - The default location for installation in Linux is no longer 5_0_0
• Bug fix - Uninstalling in Mac now removes the folders/shortcuts

Changes in Zend Guard from version 4.1 to 5.0

• PHP 5.2 Support
• New GUI for better management and control based on the RCP technology
• Parameters file for all in one preferences and encoding action
• Wildcard support for exclude list
• Variable support for easy file paths description
• Easy license management - separate private key control
• Lock mechanism for encoded files to prevent external changes
• Line numbers removal option

Changes in Zend Guard from version 4.0 to 4.1

• Improved compatibility with Zend Optimizer 2.6
• Improved 'mb_string' extension support
• Added support for encoding files without a file extension
• Improved support for non-English characters
• Bug fix - Variables with same name and a different case no longer become confused
• Bug fix – Using strong obfuscation no longer causes crashes
• GUI - Added an option to close open projects
• GUI - Bug fix - The "ignore pattern" (CVS) option now works

Known issues and Limitations

General

• Encoding/obfuscation for PHP 5.3 is not compatible with PHP 5.2 and earlier releases, and vice versa. That is, a file encoded to run on PHP 5.3 will not be loaded on PHP 5.2 and vice versa. Workaround: Encode your application separately to run on PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.2.

User Interface

• Zend Studio cannot initiate a few instances of Zend Guard and can integrate only with a new one.

Encoding

• Relative names do not work with --ignore and -–exclude-file
• Using inexact file names (different cases, / instead of \\, or not full paths) does not work with --ignore and --exclude-file (Windows only)
• "Work only with encoded files" option does not work if it is not applied for all files
• Extending stdClass gives a blank output when a file is encoded

Obfuscation

• Using mbstring.func_overload with obfuscation requires exporting functions that are overloaded.

Class Obfuscation

• Implementing PHP interfaces (such as Iterator) requires exporting interface methods
• Autoloading does not work for obfuscated classes (due to different class names)
• Obfuscating class and function names can break any code that accesses a function by string, such as calling a variable function like $func(), or calling a PHP internal function to access a class/function as a variable, such as call_user_func($func), etc.
• --export-php may not automatically export some SPL iterator classes

Installation Instructions

Windows

• Double-click on the self-extracting archive, and follow the instructions in the automated installation wizard.

Linux

• Extract the downloaded tar.gz file: tar xzvf filename.tar.gz
• As soon as the extraction is done, run the extracted binary (./ZendGuard.bin), and follow the instructions in the installation wizard.

Mac

• Extract the downloaded .zip or .dmg file by double clicking on it.
• Double click on the archive directory in order to start the Zend guard installation wizard and follow the instructions  in the installation wizard.

System Requirements

• Linux x86
• Linux x86-64
• Windows x86 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista
• Mac OS X 10.4
• 500MHz processor
• 128MB RAM (192MB recommended)
• 50MB of hard disk space
• Zend Guard 5.5 with PHP 5.X requires Zend Optimizer 3.3.x and above
• PHP Compatibility - Supported PHP versions are 5.x and above

Changes in Zend Guard from version 5.5 to 6.0

• Full support for PHP 5.4
• Dropped Support for PHP 5.2 ( Guard 5.5 should be used )

Known issues and Limitations

General

• Encoding/obfuscation for PHP 5.4 is not compatible with PHP 5.3 and earlier releases, and vice versa. That is, a file encoded to run on PHP 5.3 will not be loaded on PHP 5.4 and vice versa. Workaround: Encode your application separately to run on PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4.

Encoding

• Relative names do not work with --ignore and --exclude-file
• Using inexact file names (different cases, / instead of \\, or not full paths) does not work with --ignore and --exclude-file (Windows only)
• "Work only with encoded files" option does not work if it is not applied for all files
• Extending stdClass gives a blank output when a file is encoded

Obfuscation

• Using mbstring.func_overload with obfuscation requires exporting functions that are overloaded.

Class Obfuscation

• Implementing PHP interfaces (such as Iterator) requires exporting interface methods
• Autoloading does not work for obfuscated classes (due to different class names)
• Obfuscating class and function names can break any code that accesses a function by string, such as calling a variable function like $func(), or calling a PHP internal function to access a class/function as a variable, such as call_user_func($func), etc.
• --export-php may not automatically export some SPL iterator classes

Installation Instructions

Windows

Double-click on the self-extracting archive, and follow the instructions in the automated installation wizard.

Linux

• Extract the downloaded tar.gz file: tar xzvf filename.tar.gz
• As soon as the extraction is done, run the extracted binary (./ZendGuard.bin) and follow the instructions in the installation wizard.

Mac

• Extract the downloaded .dmg file by double clicking on it.
• Double click on the archive directory in order to start the Zend guard installation wizard and follow the instructions  in the installation wizard.

Standalone Guard Loader

• Download from www.zend.com and follow readme inside the package

Guard Loader for Zend Server 6.0.1

• Download from www.zend.com
• Windows
  • Run the ZendGuardLoader_for_PHP54.exe setup to add loader to your PHP54 Zend Server
• Linux
  • Install php-5.4-loader-zend-server 
  • vim /usr/local/zend/etc/conf.d/loader.ini
  • uncomment the line: zend_extension_manager.dir.loader=/usr/local/zend/lib/loader
• Mac
  • Download ZendGuardLoader-70429-PHP-5.4-darwin10.7-x86_64.zip, unzip, and follow readme instructions

Known issue for all above: Zend Guard loader will not be displayed in Zend Server UI

System Requirements

• Linux x86
• Linux x86-64 (only with 32 bit libraries)
• Windows x86 XP / 7 / 2008
• Mac OS X 10.8
• PHP Compatibility - Supported PHP versions are 5.3 and 5.4

Contains only PHP security fixes and updated apache, lighttpd, curl, openssl components. No changes in Zend Server

Backported PHP CVE fixes

• PHP version 7.1.33.23, 7.2.34.19, 7.3.33.11 CVE fixes

  • CGI

    • Fixed bug GHSA-3qgc-jrrr-25jv: Bypass of CVE-2012-1823, Argument Injection in PHP-CGI (CVE-2024-4577)

  • Filter

    • Fixed bug GHSA-w8qr-v226-r27w: Filter bypass in filter_var FILTER_VALIDATE_URL (CVE-2024-5458)

Known issues

RHEL 8 upgrade may fail with the message:

Problem: cannot install the best update candidate for package liboci8-zend-11.2.0.4-8.x86_64

This problem is related to RHEL RPM package dependency resolving, and cannot be fixed in Zend Server packaging. Dependency package libaio from RHEL repository does not install for unknown reasons.

Solution: Enter the following command when this error message has been displayed, and then retry the upgrade.

sudo yum install libaio-0.3.112-1.el8.i686 liboci8-zend

Noteworthy changes

• PHP 7 Support
  • Return Types Declaration
  • Combined Comparison (Spaceship) Operator
  • Null Coalesce Operator
  • Group Use Declarations
  • Generator Delegation
  • Anonymous Classes
  • Uniform Variable Syntax
  • Context Sensitive Lexer
  • PHP 7 CLI executables available as add-on (Experimental)
• PHP 7 Express Migration Assistant - scans the PHP 5.x code for potential PHP 7 problems
  • Functions that are no longer available in PHP 7
  • Dereferencing syntax that can have different meaning in PHP 5.x and PHP 7
  • Reserved words in PHP 7
  • Multiple default cases in a switch block
• Docker Support
  • Tools for management of Docker Images and Containers
  • Integrates with the PHP Tools
  • PHP applications can be run, debugged and profiled on Docker Containers running Zend Server or other PHP stacks.
  • Tutorial: http://devzone.zend.com/6385/zend-studio-docker-support/ 
• Git Flow Support with EGit 4.1
  • New in EGit 4.0: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.egit/releases/4.0.0 
  • New in EGit 4.1: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.egit/releases/4.1.0 
  • Git Flow support: https://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide#Working_with_Gitflow
• PHP Editor improvements
  • New command and quick fixes for organizing use statements
  • Syntax coloring for visibility keywords (private, protected, public)
  • Improved smart indentation and paste performance
  • Variable comment can be now easily inserted with quick fix
• Semantic Analysis improvements
  • Overall performance improvement
  • Performance improvements for undeclared method/field validator
  • New "Deprecated API" validator
  • New "Reserved types" validator (PHP 7)
  • New "Multiple default cases in a switch" validator (PHP 7)
  • "Bad escape sequence in string" validator adjusted to PHP 7
  • New "Ambiguous evaluation of variable-variable constructions" validator, quick fix for detected cases
  • New "Functionality removed in PHP 7" validator
  • Ability to filter PHP 7 and Deprecated API errors/warnings in Problems view
• Debugger improvements
  • Automatic detection of installed debugger type for local & remote Zend Server
  • Finding "best match" client host/IP for newly created server with Zend Debugger on board
  • Detection and removal of redundant client hosts/IPs for Zend Debugger client configuration
  • Reporting invalid or not accessible client hosts/IPs for Zend Debugger client configuration
  • Reporting client hosts/IPs for Zend Debugger configuration that are not available in allowed hosts list in server side configuration
  • Zend Debugger Tunneling settings have been moved from 'Tunnel' to 'Debugger' tab in PHP server wizard & edit dialogs
  • Added dialog that notifies user about incoming XDebug "external" session request if 'Allow remote session (JIT)' option is set to 'off'.
• Zend Studio as a Plug-in:
  • Can be installed on top of existing Eclipse installation
  • Available on the Eclipse Marketplace
• Other improvements
  • Eclipse Platform updated to version 4.5.1 Mars.1: https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.5/platform.php 
  • Zend Framework 1 updated to version 1.12.15
  • Zend Framework 2 updated to version 2.4.7
  • Internal text editor is used instead of the OS system editor as default editor for unknown file types: http://kaloyanraev.blogspot.com/2015/04/making-text-editor-to-be-default-one.html 
  • "Refresh using native hooks or polling" enabled by default for Windows
  • The Remote Systems view is moved next to the PHP Explorer view - default location for the PHP perspective
  • Improved icons quality for dark theme
  • New option for editors - "Close Tabs to the Left/Right"
  • Added "Default PHP Web Server" check-box in wizards for creating different kinds of PHP projects. Choosing this option will cause a PHP project to be always assigned to the server that is currently marked as a default in a workspace.
  • "Deployment" tab in PHP servers wizard/edit dialogs has been renamed to "Web API" and moved to the second position right after the "General" settings
  • "Edit Server" dialog restores its previous size and location with every run.
  • PHP servers table available in "Servers" preference page can be sorted both by name and URL.
  • Path mapping table available in server editor can be sorted now both by server and local path.
  • Path mapping table available in server editor gained new column which indicates whether particular mapping has been added automatically by Studio or by the user.
  • Path mapping dialog has been improved to make adding mappings easier.
• Noteworthy fixes:
  • Fixed issue starting Zend Studio on Fedora 22
  • Composer console cleaned from invalid characters
  • Fixed performance issue after save with active Outline view
  • Fixed performance problem with file with many array assignments
  • Fixed content assist performance bottleneck inside strings
  • Fixed Studio freeze during PHPDoc generation
  • Fixed getter/setter/undeclared methods generation
  • Fixes for PHPDoc generation
  • Fixed problem with duplicated namespaces in content assist
  • Fixed problem with duplicated constructor proposal in content assist
  • Keywords $this/static/self added to content assist for @return tag
  • Added support for $this and static phpDoc keywords in content assist
  • Fixed problem causing NullPointerException while running PHPUnit tests for the very first time
  • Fixed problem with exporting Apigility production ZPK packages.

Discontinued features

• DBeaver is removed from Welcome screen. It is still possible to install it following the instructions on the DBeaver web site: http://dbeaver.jkiss.org/download/#eclipse

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems:
  • Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
  • Linux x86, Linux x86-64
  • OS X 10.10 Yosemite
• 1.5GHz processor
• 2GB RAM
• 1GB of hard disk space

PHP 5.5 and 5.6 built-in executables (Windows only)

• The PHP 5.5 and 5.6 built-in executables require the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 (x86 variant) to be installed in the operating system. The MSI installer of Zend Studio 12.5 and later installs it automatically, but users upgrading from earlier Zend Studio version must install it manually from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

PHP 7 built-in executables (Windows only)

• The PHP 7 built-in executables require the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (x86 variant) to be installed in the operating system. The installer of Zend Studio 13 and later installs it automatically, but users upgrading from earlier Zend Studio version must install it manually from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

Apigility integration requirements

• Internet Explorer >=10 is required on Windows for the Apigility Editor to render correctly.

Mobile development requirements

• For generation of native Android applications it is required to have:
  • The Stand-alone Android SDK Tools: https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html?pkg=tools 
  • The Java Development Kit added to system path. We recommend Oracle (Sun) JDK 7 or higher (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads). Please ensure you have:
    • JAVA_HOME environment variable set (i.e. C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45)
    • %JAVA_HOME%\bin is added to system path (http://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml)

Code Trace requirements

• Flash Player must be installed in the operating system.

Known Issues

• Update to Zend Studio 13 from older versions is not supported on Mac OS X. New installation of Zend Studio 13 is required. If an update is attempted, this will corrupt the Zend Studio installation.

• CordovaSim requires manual configuration of JRE (Mac OS X only). For some reason the Eclipse Platform on Mac OS X does not automatically configure the JRE that runs Studio. Users must manually configure it in the Java > Installed JREs preference page.

• Reset Perspective may be required after installation of the Terminal plugin. This is required in case it does not appear in the Show In context menu.

• During update of Studio a security warning about unsigned content may be shown. You can safely ignore this warning and proceed with the upgrade.

• Z-Ray may not render correctly inside Zend Studio on Windows. A workaround can be applied in one of the following alternative ways:

  • Modify Zend Server configuration to include the "X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge" HTTP header in the response. If Zend Server is running on Apache HTTP Server then:

    • Add the following line in the httpd.conf file:

      Header add X-UA-Compatible "IE=edge"
      

    • Restart the Apache HTTP Server.

    • Reopen the web browser inside Zend Studio.

  • Modify the application to include "X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge" HTTP header in the response:

    • Add the following line in a suitable place in your PHP code:

      header("X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge");
      

    • Reopen the web browser inside Zend Studio.

  In Zend Server 8 and later Z-Ray will automatically add the "X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge" HTTP header in the response, so the above workaround will not be required.

• Zend Debugger PHP extension is not available for PHP builds with Thread Safety enabled. You can find out the status of Thread Safety in your PHP:

  • in phpinfo() output
  • by checking the value of the predefined constant PHP_ZTS ("false" means Non Thread Safe, i.e. supported by Zend Debugger)

  If you use Thread-Safe PHP, consider Xdebug as the alternative.

• Debug session is not started for both debugging an application and debug mode enabled against OpenShift target with zend-6.1 cartridge.

• Zend Studio Crashes with Segmentation Fault in KDE 4.11 and newer, see http://kb.zend.com/zend-studio-crashes-with-segmentation-fault-in-kde-4-11

• Zend Studio menus do not show or appear only partially in the menu bar of Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04. The issue is caused by Ubuntu's bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1208019. See http://kb.zend.com/zend-studio-menu-does-not-work-on-ubuntu-13-10/

• Using Zend Studio's built-in PHP 5.5 binaries with Xdebug may be problematic on Windows and OS X.

  • On Windows no Xdebug package is suggested for downloading at http://xdebug.org/wizard.php (http://bugs.xdebug.org/view.php?id=1028)
  • On OS X Xdebug requires an older version of Zend Engine API than provided by Zend Studio binaries. Workaround: manually build Xdebug, following steps described at http://xdebug.org/wizard.php          

• To display class inheritance charts in the documentation generated by PHPDocumentor installation of Graphviz is required. Due to compatibility issues, please install 

  • Graphviz version 2.30.1 on Mountain Lion and newer
  • Graphviz version 2.28.0 on Windows and older OS X versions

  from http://www.graphviz.org/pub/graphviz/stable/