Problem setting up Zend Framework to run with Netbeans

Question

I am trying to get Zend Framework working with netbeans, but every time there is the error

"php.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I am using WAMP server 2.0 it is installed in e:\wamp

My Zend framework is inside e:\wamp\www\ZendFramework-1.10.5

I have located the ZendFramework script as: E:\wamp\www\ZendFramework-1.10.5\bin\zf.bat

I am also registered the module.

What am i doing wrong?

I am running on Windows 7 32 bit, using NETbean 6.9 RC1

Answer 1

easy just add the path of your php.exe to your path variable i guess it was rightclick on Mycomputer -> advanced tab -> environment variables -> then go to the PATH variable and append the path to the PHP.exe and don't forget to append the path to zf.bat after it and go ahead

Answer 2

Just adding my bit to this: after trying for hours with wamp and now with xampp the missing piece that it took me a while to find is to change the SET PHP_BIN variable in the zf.bat script from php.exe to the full path of your php installation - for xampp default this would be c:\xampp\php

so zf.bat should have the PHP_BIN set like

SET PHP_BIN=c:\xampp\php\php.exe

I'd set my Path to include the right path but still no joy. The answer above does suggest this change in zf.bat but I for one didn't get exactly what I had to change until I carefully examined the zf.bat script.

Hope that fixes someone else's frustration too.

Answer 3

Never tried Netbeans with the zf tool, but you got 2 possible points of failure here:

• Netbeans doesn't find your PHP binary (php.exe) - set it in Settings - PHP - PHP 5 Interpreter (it's somewhere in the WAMP directory, sorry I don't use WAMP)
• The zf tool doesn't find your PHP binary - change the batch file to use the correct binary or add the path with the binary to your system's PATH variable