Investing your time on Zend Framework is worth it.I do mostly php development under Magento Platform, and Zend Framework becomes one of the vital skills I need.Apart from that, ZF is also a well thought Library that is a joy to work with.As one mentioned, the best part of it it gives the option to just use what you need and leave the rest stay put. I always think, only if those devs of Wordpress,Joomla etc have invested time in ZF we would have a much matured CMS systems today.I am not saying WordPress is not good, but its known to have lots of security issues due to poor framework behind it. Wasalaam, Muhsin On 07/22/2011 11:56 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: > On 21 July 2011 23:56, Shawn McKenzie <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 07/21/2011 03:59 PM, Chris Stinemetz wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I am thinking about venturing into PHP frameworks, but I would like to >>> get advice on what the correct selection would be for someone that is >>> about intermediate in PHP knowledge. >>> >>> Thank you, >> So, with your post you will probably get one or more replies suggesting >> every one of the popular frameworks and then several that suggest some >> lesser known ones. >> >> I think Zend looks great, but for many people (including me) it is >> overly complex and cumbersome. Â It is a very professional and >> standardised class library, but has no "glue" to put it all together for >> you. Also, it takes OOP to the extreme (for PHP anyway). Â Everything has >> abstract classes, interfaces and the like. >> >> CI is good from a lightweight, gives you something to build on perspective. >> >> I however prefer CakePHP. Â Its been around for a while, it can >> automatically build an app from just a well designed database and >> doesn't require configuration files in XML, YAML or what have you. Â The >> documentation is OK and could be much better. >> >> It really depends on what you want out of the framework. Â I would >> suggest going through the CakePHP and CI tutorials and seeing which one >> seems like a good fit for you. > > I use a combination of Zend Framework (Soap and Config), PEAR (for > Console_CommandLine) and my own code developed along the lines of Zend > Framework. > > I think the "What framework is best" question can be partially > answered by asking which framework allow you the greatest degree of > flexibility. > > I don't have to use any part of Zend that I don't want. Same with PEAR. > > Having said that, none of these frameworks will write your app for > you. Others may, based upon various rules or file structures. > > > -- Extra details: OSS:Gentoo Linux profile:x86 Hardware:msi geforce 8600GT asus p5k-se location:/home/muhsin language(s):C/C++,PHP,SQL,HTML Typo:40WPM url:http://www.mzalendo.net url:http://www.zanbytes.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
