[thelist] PHP content management (without MySQL!)

[Benedict Chiu]

Hello Andy,

The only *pure* PHP CMS I'm aware of which runs without a MySQL database 
(and uses flat file databases instead) is a solution produced by some 
German developers - have a look at http://www.phpcms.de

It's reasonably simple to use, and they have some reasonably English 
documentation up and running, as well as a useful forum, so have a good 
look at them.

Another option is an excellent news manager called Pivot 
(http://www.mijnkopthee.nl/pivot/) - it's based entirely in PHP and XML 
only.  It's not hard to install but it's somewhat more suited to news 
releases and blogging only.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

BC

andy travers wrote:

> Hi, I'm looking for a couple of pointers to help with a project for a couple
> of low-cost websites for not-for-profit organisations that I'm building in
> PHP. 
> 
> With both websites, I'm looking for some sort of content management tool
> that will allow me to hand over some content management ability (typically
> to add new press releases to the site) to my non-technical clients. Neither
> client can afford MySQL solutions - although I know there are a number of
> PHP/MySQL content management tools from php.net and phpbuilder.com.
> 
> Before I break the bad news to them that they really need MySQL
> functionality, is anyone aware of a *pure PHP* content management solution
> that I could implement instead?
> 
> Oh, and just to be greedy, ideally I'd like them to be capable of creating
> XHTML compliant pages...!
> 
> Many thanks,
> Andy
> 
> 
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