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Playing with PHP Frameworks

July 31, 2007 · Posted in Tech tidbit 

One of the main reasons why my posting has slowed down (besides the increased workload of course) to a trickle lately is because I have been installing and playing with some of the PHP web application frameworks - Symfony, CakePHP, Zend, CodeIgniter etc…- wanted to brush up on my PHP, which has become a bit rusty lately.

So far, I find CodeIgniter the best - lightweight and a relatively small learning curve. Some of the others seem overly bloated to me.

I’d like to hear if you have any suggestions - experiences to share.


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9 Responses to “Playing with PHP Frameworks”

  1. Deep C on July 31st, 2007 1:00 pm

    Thats cool….

    I would like to know which is a very good IDE to work on PHP and MySQL.

  2. pranav on July 31st, 2007 8:59 pm

    Deep,

    I use Eclipse with the PHP plugin for my PHP IDE needs..For Mysql, I use phpMyAdmin..

  3. pranav on July 31st, 2007 9:00 pm

    ohh — and eclipse+php may not be the best PHP IDE out there but a single Eclipse IDE can be used for php, java, j2ee etc..and thats so convenient to me..

  4. Vikas on August 1st, 2007 12:33 am

    Well for me also its CI … Its the fastest to get started with and modify to your own need. Next comes Cake …. others are a bloat and have a learning curve.

    Best PHP IDE is i think Zend’s … eclipse aint up to the mark yet.Im eagerly waiting for Aptana to have PHP built in so i can move over.

  5. Deep C on August 2nd, 2007 10:37 am

    Hey Pranav …. Thanks I’ll try Eclipse with PHP plugin ….currently i am scripting my PHP codes on Edit Plus ….but i want something more friendly …. like the way i was using Visual Interdev for ASP …

  6. pranav on August 2nd, 2007 10:43 am

    deep,

    as vikas suggests - you may want to try out zend too — I’m not sure if its freeware or commercial..I use eclipse because it saves me the effort of installing multiple IDE’s..And I agree - Eclipse may not be the best IDE for PHP - but it serves my purpose :-)

  7. Gaurav on August 6th, 2007 12:03 am

    I think Zend is the best IDE for PHP and MySQL. It is commercial with free trial(atleast was). I enjoy the Auto Complete feature for the code. It is worth buying it if you are into coding professionally.

    I have used Zend Framework it is good, but I think it is not there yet. I have heard good things about Symphony and find this tutorial very helpful.

  8. roj on August 6th, 2007 6:16 am

    codeigniter - lightweight and fast
    aptana for editing

    roj

  9. Visualbrin on February 10th, 2008 1:36 am

    I use Nushpere PHPed for my php coding. It is commercial software but great for PHP coding.