Make sure this two mods are enabled on yer lighttpd.conf:
mod_rewrite
mod_setenv
And add this to your host config:
$HTTP["host"] == "localhost" {
url.rewrite-if-not-file = (
".*\?(.*)$" => "/index.php?$1",
"" => "/index.php"
)
# Not necessary, but most of Zend applications use it
setenv.add-environment = (
"APPLICATION_ENV" => "development"
)
}