Re: Beginner Question: Define PHP "framework" for me

Scott Auge wrote:

> In article <dbhg2s$q30$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, adykes@xxxxxxxxx (Al Dykes)
> wrote:
>
>> I've just grabbed a PHP book and can deal with the syntax and now I
>> need to decide to learn specific packages and features.
>>
>> Define "framework".
>>
>
> A frame work is a set of classes that can be used to perform the more
> mundane manipulations of the data in your application.
>

Dunno about a 'frame work' but a framework is more loosely defined than
that. It's merely a library of code and data structures and typically some
rules about how to use them which make developing applications easier and
more consistent. Really the term is rather mis-applied in PHP since it
refers to a system which you embed your own code into (rather than a set of
functions/classes accessed bound together by your code).

Mixing 'frameworks' is obviously inappropriate given the more correct
definition. The approach taken by most PHP framework developers should make
it possible to mix and match however most try to comprehensive so there
will be a lot of overlap. PEAR (which I don't think describes itself as a
framework) could be used with other libraries.

Frameworks typicaaly provide facitilities for
- templating
- navigation
- access control
- database abstraction

HTH

C.

.

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