On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 09:57:42AM +0300, Usamah M. Ali wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Paul M Foster <paulf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > If you're going to go with a prebuilt framework, I'd recommend > > CodeIgniter for your first time out. If the docs look good to you (and > > they are pretty good), you'll probably do fine with it. It's about the > > lightest weight platform out there. It doesn't get in your way too much, > > but gives you the benefits of using a framework. > > > > I downloaded CI because of recommendations from this list as well, but > was totally shocked when I discovered that its codebase is written in > PHP4! I looked up for an alpha version that is written in PHP5 to no > avail. I just can't understand why would they still be in PHP4 while > Symfony, a framework born after CI, requires PHP5 since version one > and takes full advantage of PHP5's advanced OO features! > It's designed to work with a broad range of PHP installations. If you're running PHP5, it takes advantage of features in PHP5. Look at the code tree, and you'll see two files which alternatively switch in, depending on whether you're working in PHP4 or PHP5. Paul -- Paul M. Foster -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
