Re: Frameworks

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

As you review PHP frameworks, how would you feel about interfacing with IBM
i REST web services on the back end as an alternative to the traditional
ODBC/JDBC/ORM interfaces? And if you like the idea of implementing IBM i
REST web services, how might that influence your choice of PHP frameworks?



On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 7:36 PM, Don Brown <DBrown@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Cross posted on web400 and midrange-l
>
> I am in the planning stage for a new project that we are using PHP on i
> for.  PHP will provide the user interface and will call ILERPG for
> validation and database updates.
>
> As this is a larger project we have been looking at frameworks and are
> currently reviewing the following;
>
> 1) Laravel
> 2) CodeIgniter
> 3) CakePHP
>
> From our brief review we have come up with the following;
>
> Laravel looks like it's gained a lot of traction recently and is the
> current leader in frameworks although . . It looks like has a steeper
> learning curve over CodeIgniter and CakePHP and it may be most difficult to
> get running on an IBM i as it uses the command line for certain tasks
>
> CodeIgniter looks good too as it is more simple to set up and use. It's not
> as feature rich as Laravel but it seems to have everything we require for
> the project
>
> CakePHP is one of the original PHP frameworks but I think it's loosing
> traction.
>
>
> Has anyone used any of these frameworks or any others that we have not
> looked at ?
>
> Any comments or suggestions about using these or other frameworks ?
>
> Thank you for any assistance, feedback or comments.
>
>
> Don Brown
>
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