Fsking Php. How does it work?

I do inhouse PHP development and must say its so much better. At least I get to work on descent frameworks (eg Symfony) and not have to worry about Drupal.
 
I say CMS, if it fits the brief, but the problem is after initial implementation the client often wants specific front-end customisations that the orginal framework doesn't cater for... and then the **** hits the fan...
 
BGE said:
I say CMS, if it fits the brief, but the problem is after initial implementation the client often wants specific front-end customisations that the orginal framework doesn't cater for... and then the **** hits the fan...
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True, but I've just quoted on quite a simple CMS site, and will be throwing it together in Drupal, though Raithlin mentioned a CMS a while ago I'm interested in looking at. Can't remember its name.

For more customised/bespoke stuff I use CI. I would liketo use .NET, but more often than not the clients already have LAMP hosting.
 
midrange said:
Once you've got the basics down, have a look at CodeIgniter. It's quick to learn, has great documentation, a good community forum and will make development faster. Uses the MVC design pattern, though it's not that strict about the "M" part.
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Nooooooooooo, if you are just learning and do decide to move to a frame work stay away from CodeIgniter and CakePHP and any other framework written in php4. I would personally suggest Symfony (even Symfony 2) or Zend (and again Zend 2 soon) as these are written in php5 and take full advantage of the OOP advances in the language.
 
If he's just learning I would advise him to stay away from both of your suggestions. :)
 
Did you ever look at Qcodo, James? Nice framework but tied to one dev.
 
Have not heard of that one. I have been interested in YII for a while. It looks really promising and if the community backs it I think it could be really good.
 
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