A quick question that may have been answered before

[John_Betong]

I’m hoping to update this topic which may be of interest and especially the link to the Joel blog:

Advice required on how to simplify a new addition to an old site

This is the challenging part: Short of seeing the actual source code I don’t see how anyone could really suggest alternatives without knowing how much you actually understand. You could consider posting a link to your source code repository assuming the code is yours to share. Otherwise, consider just jumping in and creating a Symfony project and re-implementing some of your app. Don’t think of it as refactoring your app so much as a learning experience. You might very well end up tossing …