title: Installing Zend Framework 2 on XAMPP in Windows
body: <p>I know this question may have appeared few times here and in the internet. But still I feel it is not clear for somebody who wanted to enter into the world of frameworks. I have followed these links <a href="http://akrabat.com/zend-framework-2-tutorial/">Rob Allens Tutorial</a>, <a href="http://packages.zendframework.com/docs/latest/manual/en/zend.mvc.quick-start.html">ZF Quick Tutorial</a>.</p>
  
  <p>But some how I feel it is not quite clear with the installation part. I have a windows system basically Vista with the newest version of XAMPP installed. I have downloaded the latest version of ZFSkeletonApplication from this link <a href="https://github.com/zendframework/ZendSkeletonApplication/zipball/master">ZFSkeletonApp</a>, extracted the skeleton contents, renamed the folder to zendframework and moved it to xampp folder i.e now ZF skeleton is in c:\xampp\zendframework.</p>
  
  <p>So until here everything seems clear and easy, from here  I am some how lost with the configurations. Can some one elaborate the things from here how to install the Zf and make it work, like changes in the include paths, .htaccess files and so on. Please do remember that I have windows with XAMPP on it. If some one can guide me exactly for this set up, it would be helpful.</p>
  
  <p>P.S. It would be good if one can provide info about the changes which I need to make with examples consisting of paths, so that I am not lost, for example like you can find .htaccess file here(ex pathname), changes in .htaccess file should be so and so.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks </p>