+1 for Symfony I was a senior developer using Zend before I work for myself, now using Symfony and very happy with it.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Keri Henare<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 28/07/2009, at 11:15 AM, gregor brabyn wrote: > >> >> I know PHP Frameworks have been discussed alot here but I have a few >> questions I am not easily finding trustworthy answers for elsewhere. >> >> Our agency is looking to adopt a PHP framework. We have a situation >> where projects are often passed around to different developers >> during their lifecycle so one of the main considerations is that >> code gets standardised in its structure. Symfony & Zend are the 2 >> frameworks in the shortlist. > > That just leaves one, Symfony. > As far as I'm concerned, Zend isn't really a framework it's just a > collection of libraries (some of which are very good). > If you're interested in rapid development then Symfony is great. > >> First question. I understand that Symfony really should be using a >> PHP Accelerator in the production environment. Is it the same case >> with Zend? > > It's completely fine to use Symfony without a PHP Accelerator, however > (just like Zend), there are noticeable improvements from using an > accelerator such as APC. > >> We are looking to use the framework on projects that are not >> necessarily that large, just have some complex functionality where >> the framework can speed up development and make the code structure >> standardised. Are both these frameworks appropriate for this? There >> will of course be large projects as well. > > Symfony is well documented and scales well. It's very easy to quickly > get an app/site running from a fresh install of Symfony. > >> I know RAM is cheap but is there a problem with using up lots of RAM >> when there may be a situation of lots of sites that aren't used that >> often and a PHP Accelerator is used? >> >> I have been reading that Zend is quite a loose framework and some >> have been referring to it as almost a library of code. Does this >> mean developers will be able structure their Zend Framework code in >> quite varied ways making it harder for other developers quickly pick >> up the code and work with it. > > Symfony is very structured and logical in it's placement of code, > templates & config files. However, a bad developer can still put > stuff in weird places. > >> I will be grateful for your answers. >> >> Greg > > > And now I'm obliged to point out that I'm a Symfony fanboy. I've > previously worked with CodeIgniter & CakePHP and had never used > Symfony until my current job, but now I really love it. > > --------------------------------------------------- > Keri Henare > > [e] [email protected] > [m] 021 874 552 > [w] www.kerihenare.com > > > > > -- Blue Horn Ltd - System Development http://bluehorn.co.nz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
