Re: Converting an existing site using different framework to CakePHP
I think re-writing the app in the new framework will be your answer. Personally I have always found it easier to port an existing app over than write one from scratch because all your functionality, layouts, and database structures should already be defined. Unless there is tons of bespoke code that your app requires, I think you'll find it easier than you think. On Tuesday, 28 October 2014 17:28:41 UTC, Roscoe McGillicutty wrote: > > Hi all - > > I've recently begun working on a project for a friend. He was previously > working with another coder who was using his own home-grown web application > framework. The coder abruptly disappeared off the face of the earth, and > I've been recruited to make sense of the site. I've been able to do this > with some success just using hard PHP coding, but figuring out the > framework just from the code is a daunting task. > > The previous coder had sites up for downloading editors for his framework, > etc. He has taken all those sites down. So I can't just jump right into > what he was working with. > > My question is this: How difficult would it be to transfer the existing > site over to CakePHP? Or is that even possible at all? If so, what would > some of you suggest? > > Thanks! > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Converting an existing site using different framework to CakePHP
Awesome! This gives me a lot of insight. Thanks :) On Tuesday, October 28, 2014 1:28:41 PM UTC-4, Roscoe McGillicutty wrote: > > Hi all - > > I've recently begun working on a project for a friend. He was previously > working with another coder who was using his own home-grown web application > framework. The coder abruptly disappeared off the face of the earth, and > I've been recruited to make sense of the site. I've been able to do this > with some success just using hard PHP coding, but figuring out the > framework just from the code is a daunting task. > > The previous coder had sites up for downloading editors for his framework, > etc. He has taken all those sites down. So I can't just jump right into > what he was working with. > > My question is this: How difficult would it be to transfer the existing > site over to CakePHP? Or is that even possible at all? If so, what would > some of you suggest? > > Thanks! > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Converting an existing site using different framework to CakePHP
Unless the existing/old framework is derived from CakePHP, there is little chance that the application is organized in such a way that you can "import" it into CakePHP (or in any other popular framework for that matter). Even a "manual" conversion is likely to require a lot of time and to produce an half-baked (pardon the pun) solution. I would recommend to go back to the requirements, or reverse-engineer them from the existing application, and develop it from scratch, perhaps reusing only specific functions/algorithms from the old code. Good luck -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Converting an existing site using different framework to CakePHP
Hi all - I've recently begun working on a project for a friend. He was previously working with another coder who was using his own home-grown web application framework. The coder abruptly disappeared off the face of the earth, and I've been recruited to make sense of the site. I've been able to do this with some success just using hard PHP coding, but figuring out the framework just from the code is a daunting task. The previous coder had sites up for downloading editors for his framework, etc. He has taken all those sites down. So I can't just jump right into what he was working with. My question is this: How difficult would it be to transfer the existing site over to CakePHP? Or is that even possible at all? If so, what would some of you suggest? Thanks! -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
