2010/3/24 Matt Lee <[email protected]>
> I'd like to see a discussion on which PHP framework we should be using,
> if any.
>
> Symfony 2.0 -- http://symfony-reloaded.org/ is one that has already been
> mentioned.
>
I did some more research on this over the weekend, and here is a summary of
some of the things I came accross:
*Background
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*
This is a poll that probably covers most of the different framework options:
PEAR [ 2% (24 votes) ]
CakePHP [ 11% (136 votes) ]
CodeIgniter [ 12% (147 votes) ]
eZ Components [ 1% (17 votes) ]
I use my own framework [ 12% (146 votes) ]
Flow3 [ 2% (23 votes) ]
Fusebox
Prado [ 1% (6 votes) ]
Seagull
Symfony [ 10% (125 votes) ]
Zend Framework [ 33% (399 votes) ]
Other [ 15% (177 votes) ]
http://blog.thinkphp.de/archives/459-Which-Open-Source-PHP-framework-do-you-use.html
...
Also a basic post on stack overflow, with feedback:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2648/what-php-framework-would-you-choose-for-a-new-application-and-why
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Combing Frameworks
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Also I think a valuable blogpost from *Matthew Weier O'Phinney *(Zend) On
Symfony/Zend integration, and on thinking beyond the framework.
http://weierophinney.net/matthew/archives/232-Symfony-Live-2010.html
*PHPBB4
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*
An interesting discussion on a candidate framework for PHPBB4* took place
here: (I have read a claim that they will adopt symfony 2)
http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=32433
Of particular interest is the open letter to phpbb (page 2)
http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=32433&start=10#p205215
**About phpBB
phpBB™ ("PHP Bulletin Board") is the world's leading Open Source forum
software. Distributed under the GNU General Public License, phpBB is free
software, developed by volunteers from around the world. phpBB is used on
over 2.4 million commercial, non-profit, social networking and community
websites in over sixty languages. For more information and to learn how you
can contribute, please visit http://www.phpbb.com*
*Conclusion
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*
I'm not normally a huge fan of 'framework' concept, as my fear is that you
get tied in to a certain paradigm, however in some cases the benefits
outweigh the potential investment, and I can certainly see the advantages in
not reinventing this part of the wheel, in GNU Social. A framework would
provide a certain degree of scaffold, which would allow developers to
concentrate on the core functionality of social networking and federation,
potentially shortening the release cycle. There seem to be a large number
of frameworks out there, with each offering different advantages, and having
different followings.
If a framework is selected, an important aspect is to think outside the
paradigm, and use the best tool for each job, so some elements of Zend could
be used with a Symfony 2 backbone (symfony uses some zend classes already),
with a sprinking of PEAR and PHPUnit for testing.
Overall from some extended research, looking at many comparisons, and
talking to people who've actually used frameworks, I think symfony 2 would
probably be the framework I would lean towards recommending. It is known
to scale well, powering several large sites such as yahoo, dailymotion, and
in future, possibly phpbb. From what I've heard the company that backs
symfony2 (senslo labs), is serious about security, enterprise deployment,
clean and modern code, which would likely be beneficial to the overall
project.
Happy to hear the thoughts of others.
