[FX.php List] PHP Frameworks

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cake failed miserably on my machine and i didn't receive any help  
debugging it. symfony is PHP5 only so i stayed away from it.

so, i found code igniter which has been good so far. good docs and  
active community.  i've developed 3 apps with it and it is simple  
light and fast - and oriented towards using an SQL type database  
rather than old FMP. my first app was a tinyurl clone and it took me  
1/2 a day to get it working! second app is a web crawling robot -  
that took a bit longer. third app is a scheduling program for my  
kids' nursery school - that one was several weeks. as long as you  
know some SQL you'll be fine... if you don't know SQL you can use the  
active record set up for simple things, but anything more complex  
demands a working knowledge of SQL.

i've considered writing some code to slot FX.php as another DB object  
(next to mySQL, Postgres, etc...) into the active record database  
paradigm but it always seems too clunky. the FMP world does not gel  
too well with the SQL world.

you could certainly use FX.php as a library in any one of the  
frameworks and get all the other goodies they offer. i'm thinking of  
doing just that in codeigniter  in my next project. let me know if  
you head that way and i'll see if i can lend a hand.

also, Steve Hannah (on this list) has a framework called dataface  
that is worth a look. he's got a video tutorial and growing docs.  
google dataface and framework.

dan

On Dec 15, 2006, at 6:50 PM, John Lannon wrote:

> Is anyone on this list using PHP frameworks such as Code Igniter,
> CakePHP and Symfony for development with Filemaker as a back end?
>
> What sort of experiences have you encountered? Have you been able to
> easily integrate Fx.php?
>
> Thanks,
> John Lannon
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