Austin Smith wrote:
Further, I've long wanted to write a very simple set of flexible
helper functions for PHP newbies so they don't blow their brains out
with things like mysql_query("insert into blog_entries values(0,
"{$_POST['title']}", "{$_POST['body']}");
You know, provide simple active record, super simple controllers, no
configuration, lightweight templates, pack it into one file to include
in a single front controller, and forget about it. Plus a strong
mission to avoid bloat... and that's it. Everything else could be a
plugin, including the automatic admin architecture that was cool two
years ago, but which I find pretty useless these unless you really
_are_ setting up a CD library management system, the user management
subsystem, blah blah blah.
You must know this is where all frameworks and monolithic systems are
born. The seed is the desire to solve some problem, like db
connectivity and front end controller. And before you know it, you have
had to extend it to cover the edge cases and other need. And one day
you open your eyes and see the beast staring at you.
Hans K
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