Sean, don't look at that graphic. It is horribly outdated, and the author of the corresponding article barely did a shred of research before publishing it. The article and the graphic have been updated a few times to correct some of the initial mistakes, but you can read the comments here http://www.phpit.net/article/ten-different-php- frameworks/ to see how many times the author had to be corrected.
As far as actually choosing a framework, others can provide you with information, but the decision should be based on your needs. On one end of the spectrum, you have the Andromeda framework, which, as Ken says, is more of an "un-framework", and it's great for all kinds of heavy-hitting business applications. On the other end, you have a framework like CodeIgniter, which is easy to learn and get up and running with quickly. It doesn't do everything for you, but it also has probably the shortest learning curve of any major PHP framework. Between those two is (my framework : ) CakePHP. Cake is well-suited to doing all kinds of web applications. It provides structure to organize your code, and will handle a lot of things automatically, while still allowing you to take control where you want to. Hopefully that's helpful. Granted I'm a little biased : ) -Nate > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:27:02 +0200 > From: Onur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] php framework > To: NYPHP Talk <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Sean wrote: >> which php framework would you recommend? >> > Hi, > > You can look this image for choosing your framework > http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/3619/frameworkkarsilastirma7dm.png > > Best Regards, > Onur Yerlikaya > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
