[thelist] PHP database application framework

[Jay Turley]

CodeIgniter FTW!

(Not to start any holy wars ;-)  I took a long look at all the PHP
frameworks I could find before I selected CodeIgniter as our framework
at work.)

I liked CakePHP, but found it to be too "under-development" for me.
Symfony requires a level of committment to their "way" which I was
unwilling to give.

CodeIgniter is, as Rasmussen said, "least like a framework". It has a
modified version of the active record pattern built in which will be
good enough for most cases. It's very easy to learn and has a
comprehensive user guide and an active, supportive community.

-Jay

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Mark MacInnes <mark.macinnes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I've recently started working with CakePHP and have found it very good in
> cutting down development time. So far I haven't used it for production
> sites, just for personal little projects whilst I get the hang of it. I'm
> actually using a combination of the CakePHP manual (http://book.cakephp.org/)
> and a book published by Packt Press (
> http://www.packtpub.com/cakephp-application-development/book) to go through
> it. I've found it to be very comprehensive with database querying, whilst
> having quite a lot of flexibility. It also uses the MVC methodology which
> I'm finding really useful.
>
> I've had a very brief look at CodeIgniter and Symfony. I quickly moved on
> from Symfony. I quite liked CodeIgniter, so I would recommend looking at
> that as well as CakePHP. Unfortunately it was 2-3 months since I looked at
> CodeIgniter and Symfony and I just can't remember what I didn't like about
> them (not very helpful, I know).
>
> Here's some useful links for you. These are all MVC frameworks by the way,
> however that wasn't the reason I looked into them. I, like you, wanted to
> cut down on the repetitive database interaction.
> CakePHP - http://cakephp.org/
> CodeIgniter - http://codeigniter.com/
> Symfony - http://www.symfony-project.org/
> Zend Framework - http://framework.zend.com/
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> --
> -----------------------
> Mark A. MacInnes
>
> 2008/9/10 John Corry <jcorry at gmail.com>
>
>> I am looking for a code library that will simplify working with DBs.
>>
>> I already use the PEAR db class for MySQL and it has handy features.
>>
>> That's not what I'm talking about.
>>
>> I mean a full on base application framework for database driven apps.
>>
>> Every app has at least these requirements:
>> View contents of the tables
>> Run queries
>> Filter/sort reslts
>> Add/Update/Delete records
>>
>> Is there some code library that I can re-use with each new project that
>> will handle these most basic functions and be customizable for adding
>> new application specific functions?
>>
>> I'm sick of rewriting code every time I start a new DB project and know
>> I could be working a lot more efficiently if I had the right tools.
>>
>> Hope to hear from you,
>> John Corry
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