Which best & eaiset Framework/Class/Template Engine you chose?

[alMubarmij]

Which best and eaiset Framework , Class or Template Engine you chose for PHP web development on medium websites?

And why?

[alMubarmij]

And what about of these?:

1- anyDB
2- PEAR::DB
3- ADOdb
3- ezSQL & EZ Results
4- MetaBase
5- TinyButStrong Template Engine
6- Zend Framework 

[alMubarmij]

http://PHPClasses.org/

[markl999]

I use the rather unpopular choice of PHP as my framework, PHP for my classes and PHP as my template engine.

(sorry .. some one had to say it )

[<h1>]

^^ I agree, perhaps we are missing out on something we don't know about ?

As far as templating goes, this is a good example of using php's templating abilities without using an additional compiler: http://www.massassi.com/php/articles/template_engines/

I am currently working with a mailing class/s that seems to be quite very useful to me.. swiftmailer

[devbanana]

I use CakePHP as my framework. It just tends to be a whole lot faster on most projects. Also they're beginning to introduce some very interesting functionality into the upcoming release.

[earl-grey]

I use CakePHP too.

[pmm001]

I use Smarty Template Engine and most classes come from phpclasses.org

[alMubarmij]

I found anyDB is the easiest and the best Database Abstraction Layer.

But I don't understand how and why it supports ADOdb, PEAR::DB and PHPLIB ?!

http://lensphp.sourceforge.net/
http://lensphp.sourceforge.net/anydb/readme.html
http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/846.html

[ses5909]

I have always just used PHP and classes. But I am about to give cakePHP a shot. Might as well see what the hype is about

[Dan Grossman]

I didn't like Cake. Or CodeIgniter.

I use Symfony. So does Yahoo! Bookmarks.

[Tailslide]

Could someone explain to me what the advantage of using a framework like Cake or Pear over plain old fashioned PHP?

I'm not too experienced with PHP - I can do what I need to to get a fairly simple database working and returning whatever info is required for the site. But that's about it. Enter information, store information, retrieve information - that's about it.

Will learning a framework make my life easier? Do I have to be very knowledgeable at PHP first?

[PHPycho]

PEAR packages and classes from phpclasses.org

[Ize]

Could someone explain to me what the advantage of using a framework like Cake or Pear over plain old fashioned PHP?

I'm not too experienced with PHP - I can do what I need to to get a fairly simple database working and returning whatever info is required for the site. But that's about it. Enter information, store information, retrieve information - that's about it.

Will learning a framework make my life easier? Do I have to be very knowledgeable at PHP first?

The advantage is that you don't have to do/know/learn everything yourself, but build upon an existing system that already tackles the most common problems.

Kind of takes the fun out of programming if you ask me

[earl-grey]

The advantage is that you don't have to do/know/learn everything yourself, but build upon an existing system that already tackles the most common problems.

Kind of takes the fun out of programming if you ask me

Well, for in most cases it takes out the boring part, not fun, IMHO.

[Ize]

Well, for in most cases it takes out the boring part, not fun, IMHO.

Sure, you are right of course, but I think for programmers that have just started it's more fun to explore a language, see what's possible, see what's impossible and sometimes manually conquer the impossible
I also believe beginning programmers learn more from toying around with the core language instead of with someone else's API.

And finally, I think it's pretty satisfactory to build a large application with your own code.

(but yes, I do understand the advantages of frameworks )