[BNM] PHP Frameworks

[Julian Blundell]

Thanks for the info guys

On 03/02/2008, Andrei Serdeliuc <andrei at serdeliuc.ro> wrote:
>
> Haven't used CakePHP or Symphony but I have been developing on Zend for
> about 7 months now and I can tell you its amazing. Some pros:
>
> * easy to learn
> * easy to integrate with ORM (Doctrine) http://www.phpdoctrine.org/
> * freedom ... Zend Framework is one of the few frameworks that really
> applies the "framework" concept, a collection of tools meant to ease
> one's development job and thats what zend is, a collection of tools, use
> whatever you like ... delete the rest, develop MVC, three tier or
> without using any architectural pattern
> * coding standards
> * because of the structuring of the framework, you can easily extend it,
> develop plugins, helpers, etc.
> * loads of core components: ACL, Cache, Date, Feed, Json, Layout, Mail,
> Rest, OpenID, Flickr, Validate and Session ... just to mention a few
> (the most important ones).
> * excellent community support
> * huge manual that would help even the most inexperienced developer
> * native search engine (Lucene) that acts like a real search engine
>
> Can't really think of any cons to the framework, but that might be just
> me loving it. If your looking for a professional, extremely scalable
> framework, Zend might be worth having a look at.
>
> Julian Blundell wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Been thinking of using a PHP framework for some time. The choices seem
> to
> > be:-
> >
> > phpCake
> > Symphony
> > Zend
> >
> > Anybody got any opinions about strengths, weaknesses, other options etc.
> >
> > Jules
> >
>
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