What is a framework (php)?



Ok. I have been studying web design for a year now. Just now, more than ever, I am hearing about frameworks (mainly CakePHP). So I have a couple of questions to present to you.

1. What is a framework?
And when I say frameword, I mean CakePHP or other things that I keep hearing people say makes it simpler to use them. Please make it easy for me to understand.

2. Which is better, PHP framework, or Ruby on Rails?
I keep hearing about this Ruby on Rails stuff. I know for a fact it’s a resource hog (the sites I have went to that have used it are not the fastest of sites). Please just explain it more.

3. For someone who has been studying PHP for a couple of months and has a good understanding of it (everything except the automatic memorization of existing functions defined within PHP, and OOP), where would you suggest I go from here? Use PHP only? PHP with framework? Ruby on Rails (or something else)?

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Posted by admin on Jul 31 2009 in Programming Design

2 Responses to “What is a framework (php)?”

  1. Colinc Says:
    August 2nd, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    Frameworks appeal to the lazy. They can never have as much control on the system as a manually written php script.

  2. Alex D Says:
    August 4th, 2009 at 4:23 am

    For large projects if your just have simple tasks you focus on rails you load framework site httpframeworkzendcom alex.

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