site’s users would rather search Google than use the site’s own system. Zend_Search is based on the Apache
Lucene search engine for Java and provides an industrial strength text search system that will allow your users
to find what they are looking for. As required by a good search system, it supports ranked searching so that the
best results are at the top, along with a powerful query system.
Another component that I’ve lumped into the advanced category is Zend_Pdf which covers the creation of
PDF files programmatically. PDF is a very portable format for creating documents intended for printing. This
is because you can control the position of everything on the page with pixel-perfect precision without having to
worry about differences in the way web browsers render the page. Zend_Pdf is written entirely in PHP and can
create new PDF documentsEvery modern website provides a search facility. Most provide a terrible search facility; so terrible that the
site’s users would rather search Google than use the site’s own system. Zend_Search is based on the Apache
Lucene search engine for Java and provides an industrial strength text search system that will allow your users
to find what they are looking for. As required by a good search system, it supports ranked searching so that the
best results are at the top, along with a powerful query system.
Another component that I’ve lumped into the advanced category is Zend_Pdf which covers the creation of
PDF files programmatically. PDF is a very portable format for creating documents intended for printing. This
is because you can control the position of everything on the page with pixel-perfect precision without having to
worry about differences in the way web browsers render the page. Zend_Pdf is written entirely in PHP and can
create new PDF documents or load existing one for editing. or load existing one for editing.
