An open source framework for PHP applications built onto the already powerful Zend Framework.
- Read the user guide and API
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Download Xyster Build 6
The Xyster Framework leverages and extends several parts of the Zend Framework providing a massive collection of useful and hardened tools for PHP applications. We don't want to bore you with marketing—evaluate it for yourself!
Why Should I Use Xyster?
- Xyster is free of pesky license restrictions by being made available under the BSD license.
- It contains well-tested code that you should feel confident in using.
- Xyster provides a stunning assortment of extensions to the Zend Framework and manifests a few new ones.
- You should really be asking yourself why you shouldn't be using it!
Help Wanted!
Are you a PHP guru? An object-oriented development aficionado? We need your help! Maybe you're bored and looking for a project to get into, or maybe you're just ready to bang away at some source code, but in any case, Xyster can use your skills!
We would love to have the volunteer help of PHP developers or documentation translators. Please contact us and let us know how you'd like to help out!
Build 6 Available
The next major build milestone of Xyster is here! Several feature requests have been implemented as well as new incubator packages, namely the Database Gateway (a schema/DDL abstraction layer). Also, notable additions to the ORM layer include validation, lookup plugins, and audit trails.
You can download it from SVN or get the 7z archive from http://xyster.devweblog.org/download.
Build 5 Available
Here it is, campers; Build 5 has some added features to Xyster_Container and a little internal refactoring of Xyster_Data. Also find some additional documentation and a few other odds and ends.
You can download it from SVN or get the 7z archive from http://xyster.devweblog.org/download.
Please note that this version of Xyster requires version 1.5 of the Zend Framework which has not yet been released. If you'd like to try out Build 4 of Xyster, make sure you get the latest Zend Framework snapshot.
Build 4 Available
After a two-month hiatus (mostly thanks to the holiday season), Xyster is back and better than ever! Build 4 mainly centers around the addition of Xyster_Container to the incubator, a port-in-spirit of PicoContainer, a popular Java dependency injection library. There are also a few bugfixes and feature additions.
You can download it from SVN or get the 7z archive from http://xyster.devweblog.org/download.
Build 3 Available
Xyster's third build is now available for your immediate (ab)use. A few bugixes and feature requests in the ORM layer have been implemented and the MVC plugins for access control and authentication are much more useful.
You can download it from SVN or get the 7z archive from http://xyster.devweblog.org/download
