Re: PHP - Best Appication Structure

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to add to Jeff's comment - choice of Framework in the PHP world  
seems to depend a lot on what type of app you are going to build. This  
seems to be a natural outgrowth of PHP's "get it done" attitude  
compared with Java's focus on architectural purity.

For example the ATK framework from iBuildings (http://www.atk-framework.com/ 
) is heavily focussed on building business applications. And by the  
way has a set of DB2 components that can be plugged in. This compared  
with others that clearly are designed to help you build the next  
Facebook/Blog site/eCommerce site. Xataface (http://xataface.com/)  
which focuses on fast construction of CRUD type database interfaces  
with minimal coding. I've written on both ATK and Xataface in recent  
months.

For an overall review - with examples of a number of current Framework  
champions - I'd suggest reading the March and June 2009 editions of  
PHP Architect magazine (www.phparch.com) - both are available for PDF  
download on the site for about $5 each. PHP Architect is heavily  
focussed on "modern" PHP and I've found it a very useful reference  
(even when I don't understand all of it!)


Jon Paris

www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On 10-Sep-09, at 11:17 AM, web400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> In my experience choosing a framework is dependent on many factors.  
> I would
> recommend checking out a few before settling on one. With that said,  
> the two
> that I have used and would recommend are Zend Framework and  
> Symphony.  The
> Zend Framework is included in the Zend Core for i5 as I recall.  You  
> can
> check out Symphony at http://www.symfony-project.org/