Zend is a Zoroastrian technical term for exegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the Avesta's texts. Zend may also refer to: Computing Zend, a computer software company Zend Engine, an open-source scripting engine for the PHP programming language Laminas, a PHP-based web development framework formerly known as Zend Framework Zend Studio, an integrated development environment for PHP Zend Server, a web application server for running PHP applications Other uses Zend language, historical name for the Avestan language Salla Zend, a fictional character in Star Wars