Zend Engine

PHP scripting engine
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Zend Engine

Summary

Zend Engine is a free software[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (163 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zend Engine is the creator of Andi Gutmans[3].
  • Zend Engine is the creator of Zeev Suraski[4].
  • Zend Engine's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • Zend Engine's instance of is recorded as reference implementation[6].
  • Zend Engine's developer is recorded as Perforce Zend[7].
  • Zend Engine's copyright license is recorded as PHP License[8].
  • Zend Engine's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[9].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.1[10].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.1.1[11].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.2[12].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.2.0[13].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.2.1[14].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.2.2[15].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.2.3[16].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.2.4[17].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.3[18].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4[19].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5[20].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5.2[21].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5.3[22].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6[23].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.7[24].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9[25].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.0[26].
  • Zend Engine's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.1[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Created works include Andi Gutmans[3], an entrepreneur[28], b. 2000[29], of Israel[30], specialised in computer science[31] and Zeev Suraski[4], a programmer[32], b. 1976[33], of Israel[34], specialised in computer programming[35].

Why It Matters

Zend Engine ranks in the top 6% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (163 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception
    License
    Developer
    Creator Andi Gutmans, Zeev Suraski
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 8.2.31, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/e5ef04e8dc16|details]])"
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