CNZ Framework

A Framework for Creating and Using Complex Web Elements

Version 0.9.7 released July 12.

See the January issue of php|architect for an article on CNZ Framework.

The purpose of this framework is to provide a library of high-level objects to facilitate common HTML coding tasks, such as menus, tables, and forms. The intent is to reduce repetitive HTML coding as much as possible, replacing it with a combination of configuration files and style sheets with standardized naming conventions.

This framework is built on and requires the Zend Framework. It does not, however, require any knowledge of the Zend Framework, and it should be equally usable with any other base framework as long as ZF is also installed for its internal use.

As CSS separates content from presentation, this system separates:

• Configuration from programming and content
• Real content from framing content (e.g., banners, menus)
• Data (e.g., table data) from content

The applicable parts of this site are generated using this framework.

• Tutorial
• Demo
• Download
• API Reference (in same format as ZF, frames)
• API Reference (in same format as php.net)