Zend framework 3 is the new version of Zend Framework. It includes a reviewed version of the MVC components and it includes also Expressive, a new microframework for building PSR-7 middleware applications
Zend Framework 3 is an initiative encompassing a number of strategies and projects. Official release statement
Release Date : 28 June 2016
The main component of Zend Framework 3 remains the MVC components, which now is composed of many separeted components. This allows more code reuse and independent development cycles among the various components. Also many performance improvements were made with respect to the previous version of the framework.
The main news of the framework appearing in this version is Expressive, a microframework for building PSR-7 middleware applications based on the new PSR-7 specification, which abstracts HTTP messages.