PHP Framework

suarve · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:13

Hi,

Have been meaning to force myself to learn a PHP framework for ages now. I have a book I bought about a year ago that uses smarty to build a full ecommerce store: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590595521...iveASIN=1590595521&adid=0PZWGBW2KC4KV1EVR5WC&

I'm, looking to learn a Framework that will put me in good stead for the future and isn't likely to be replaced by something lese anytime soon.

Is smarty a good choice to start with, as I can use the book as a basis?

Ta

Cuchulain · 26 Mar 2010 at 17:15

I'd probably opt for Code Ignitor or Cake.

RobH · 26 Mar 2010 at 22:12

Smarty isn't really a framework in itself, it's more of a component of a framework, it's sometimes used as the view component in a MVC framework. You might want to look at the Zend Framework and Kohana in addition to the two mentioned above.

Kemik · 28 Mar 2010 at 23:21

I always use CodeIgniter for my sites these days. Well documented and can be adapted with a fair amount of flexibilty, while retaining the ease of use that something like Zend lacks.

Xelene · 30 Mar 2010 at 22:33

Symfony is also really good.

suarve · 31 Mar 2010 at 17:35

Argh, so many choices

I'm just looking for one that put me in good stead for future, as I seem to see PHP frameworks mentioned a lot of job descriptions nowadays.

meth · 31 Mar 2010 at 20:04

Kohana v3 is what I'm looking into using for future projects. It's originally a fork of Code Igniter but fully OOP on PHP5 rather than PHP4. Documentation is a bit sparse but it looks pretty good.

ringo747 · 1 Apr 2010 at 09:54

I'd probably say Code Igniter. The thing that put me off Kohana was the lack of support/community built around it.