CakePHP can do what you want just fine, I've created several api's in it already.
My reason for using cake is like what you say, cake has a very flexable data layer and I needed several custom datasources as i wasn't always using databases as a data source but other webservices and tcp/ip api's. What I did was create the api as a plug-in because it was part of an already existing site. I must say that worked out very well, it's both fast and very well structured. On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 3:25:43 AM UTC+2, Lightee wrote: > > Dear CakePHP gurus, > > I have no intention to start an emotional thread about which framework is > better. Asking this question on this forum is also rather stupid because > members here are likely to be biased. Nevertheless, I hope to get objective > replies. > > I would like to build a website that focuses on web services - > particularly CRUD, search and query functions. From what I read on the net, > Zend Framework supporters say that Zend has much more components than > CakePHP to support web services. On the other hand, my understanding of > CakePHP is that Zend Framework components can be imported into CakePHP > vendors folder. If that is the case, wouldn't it be a no-brainer to use > CakePHP? In that regard, I have a few questions ... > - How easy is it to import Zend components into CakePHP? Do we need to > modify the Zend components such that they follow certain naming conventions? > - Can most Zend components or only selected ones be imported? How about > the ones that deal with web services? > > Thank you for your help. > > > -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
