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Zend Server Community Edition
Components
Zend Server Community Edition is comprised of several components that each contribute
important functionality to facilitate the development process.
The components are:
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Debugger - The Zend Debugger communicates with the Zend (PHP) Engine to retrieve
runtime information and present it in Zend Studio for root cause analysis.
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Optimizer+ - The Zend Optimizer+ component speeds up PHP execution via opcode
caching and optimization.
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Guard Loader - The Zend Guard Loader is used in order to run PHP scripts that are
encoded with Zend Guard.
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Data Cache - The Zend Data Cache component provides a set of PHP functions to
improve performance, by storing data in the cache.
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Java Bridge - The Zend Java Bridge component makes it possible to use Java classes
and code from within PHP.
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Zend Framework - An open source framework for developing Web applications and Web
services with PHP.
Click on a link to view a full description of the components architecture. To see how to work with a
component, select a topic that begins with "Working with..." from the Tasks section. For a short
description of each component and where it is installed, see the Installed Components section in
the Installation Guide.
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