php frameworks
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There are a lot of php frameworks out there, so why should you bother designing a new one, when you could easily get a good framework for free ? Do you even need a framework ?
Yes, you do. Any PHP application, no matter how small needs a framework. Not only does it make you job a lot easier, but it also makes the application easier to modify, add new modules, change the layout.
Each framework provides a somewhat unique approach to the design of the application, depending on what they try to accomplish. You can use Joomla if you want something similar to a blog, and Cake PHP if you want to develop a complex application for some important client, or, if you have the time, you can custom-design your own framework, built especially for you application.
The advantage of building your own framework is that you can focus only on what you need, and thus limit the amount of useless excess-code you would get when downloading something off the net. They all try to generalise their products, adding more and more code and modules, in order to satisfy the needs of all their potential users. Such a mass-production tool will never compare to a small application that only fills the basic needs of your product.
My advice ? Spend more time thinking about what you have to do, before searching for "something similar", make a plan and build a basic, but easily extendable framework
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