Zend Framework 1.5 released

Zend Framework 1.5 was released yesterday. It succeeds v1.0.4, so it quite a big jump in evolution.

apart from the new Zend_Form component with support for AJAX-enabled form elements, other additions are:

* New action and view helpers for automating and facilitating AJAX
requests and alternate response formats
* Infocard, OpenID, and LDAP authentication adapters
* Support for complex Lucene searches, including fuzzy, date-range, and
wildcard queries
* Support for Lucene 2.1 index file format
* Partial, Placeholder, Action, and Header view helpers for advanced
view composition and rendering
* New Zend_Layout component for automating and facilitating site layouts

Read the announcement here