If you have tried to run Zend Framework on IIS 6 you may have run into a few problems. I will be covering how to get Zend Framework running once you have PHP installed. I am assuming that you have a clear understanding on how to set up Zend Framework and how it works.

1) ISAPI Redirect

You will need to install an ISAPI Redirect to simulate a .htaccess file on IIS.

There are a couple options you can use:
ISAPI_Rewrite ($99)
IIRF (Free)

2) Custom Controller

I always extend the Zend_Controller_Action, then all the controllers in the /application/controller directory will extend my custom controller not the Zend_Controller_Action. This is a good place to put $_GLOBALS in the Zend registry, set up database connections and site configuration options.

To get Zend Framework running with IIS 6 you will need to extend the Zend_Controller_Action, override the _redirect function and modify some server variables.

class Zoom_Controller_Action extends Zend_Controller_Action
{ 

	public function _redirect($string)
	{
		if( !stristr($string, "http://") ) $string = "http://" . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $string;
		header("location: $string");
	}	

	public function init()
	{
		$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REWRITE_URL'];
		$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] = substr( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] , strrpos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] , '?') + 1);
		// LOOP THROUGH THE QUERYSTRING TO POPULATE THE $_REQUEST and $_GET arrays
		$queryStringVariables = split('&', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
		foreach( $queryStringVariables as $variable )
		{
			list($key, $value) = split('=', $variable);
			$value = urldecode($value);
			if( strpos($key, '[') )
			{
				$key = substr( $key, 0, strpos($key, '[') );
				if( !is_array($_REQUEST[$key]) ) $_REQUEST[$key] = array();
				$_REQUEST[$key][] = $value;
			}
			else
			{
				$_REQUEST[$key] = $value;
				$_GET[$key] = $value;
			}
		}
	}

}

3) Controllers

Now all the controllers in the /application/controller directory can extend the Zoom_Controller_Action. You must also call the parent::init() from all controllers extending the Zoom_Controller_Action to be sure to modify the server variables.

class ErrorController extends Zoom_Controller_Action
{ 

	public function init()
	{
		parent::init();
	}

}

Posted by Beau Durrant