On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 11:15 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > On 03/27/2010 09:58 AM, Vishal Rewari wrote: > > Dear PHP community, > > > > I am vishal, I have recently started development in PHP > > > > I have come across these PHP frameworks: > > > > > > 1. Codeigniter > > 2. Symphony > > 3. CakePHP > > 4. PEAR > > > > > > > > Please guide me which one of them is *good in performance ? available > > functionality ? Easy to use and configure* or the one you would recommend > > according to your experience. > > > > > > My DB is MySQl, or should I stick to native call from PHP? > > > > Since you're new to PHP, you should not directly start off with > frameworks. I agree, using frameworks makes the job infinite times > easier, but as a learning point of view, you should first try to build > some applications (not to sell or freelance!) from scratch without using > any frameworks. You can of course use minimal PEAR packages. > > This way you will get a lot to know how to write efficient PHP code. Yes > this will take time, but in future you may be one of the best developers > coding PHP out there ! > > Lastly, PEAR isn't a framework, though combining various packages out > there you can make one :) > > First try Zend, its the easiest to use as far I've seen. > > I have tried Symfony too, but I found it a little tougher to start with. > > -- > Nilesh Govindarajan > Site & Server Administrator > www.itech7.com > As far as frameworks go, I've found CodeIgniter very very easy to work with, but I do agree with Nilesh, you should begin by writing code without a framework first. This is because any framework adds an extra layer to your learning, which obviously makes it more difficult for you. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
