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Though this is obviously already understood by many, I think it'd be a good idea to add a tutorial page about adding Zend Framework into a Kohana application.

Here's my initial markdowntext for that page:

Since Zend and Kohana share similar file structure naming conventions, you can easily gain access to Zend framework libraries by extending Kohana's autoloader to support Zend classes.

1. Download and install the Zend Framework files

- [Download the latest Zend Framework files](http://framework.zend.com/download/latest).
- Create a `vendor` directory at `application/vendor`. This keeps third party software separate from your application classes.
- Move the decompressed Zend folder containing Zend Framework to `application/vendor/Zend`.

1. Extend Kohana's autoloader to work with `Zend_` prefixed classes.

Somewhere in `application/bootstrap.php`, copy the following code:

/**
 * Enable Zend Framework autoloading
     */
    if ($path = Kohana::find_file('vendor', 'Zend/Loader'))
{
        ini_set('include_path',
        ini_get('include_path').PATH_SEPARATOR.dirname(dirname($path)));

require_once 'Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php';
        Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
    }

1. Usage example

You can now autoload any Zend Framework classes from inside your Kohana application.

if ($validate($_POST))
{
        $mailer = new Zend_Mail;

$mailer->setBodyHtml($view)
            >setFrom(Kohana::config('site')>email_from)
            ->addTo($email)
            ->setSubject($message)
            ->send();
    }