[UPHPU] PHP Frameworks

[Wade Preston Shearer]

> Id like to know what PHP frameworks if any you use.

I don't use any. I have never felt like I needed one or that there  
would be much benefit, or that the cons would outweigh the benefits.

I think they are dumb, generally because they are unnecessary bloat.  
They have to make be generic and all encompassing to work for many  
scenarios so you have bloat. I like my stuff to be lean and mean and  
completely custom. I'm not saying that I like to reinvent the wheel  
just for the fun of it, but I need to have complete control of  
everything including the display and have confidence in ever aspect of  
the application from performance to security. There are a couple that  
I might consider like Code Ignighter, but for the most part there is  
no interest.

If a framework comes with a few things like a DB-connect module, a  
form engine, a validator, an authentication module… has a templating  
engine (separates the display from the business logic)… and a few  
other things like that… and that is all it does… then it could be  
helpful in jumpstarting you on a project and not reinventing the wheel  
each time, but if it does much more than that, then it's bloat and  
will actually be a hinderance as you will waste more time figuring out  
how to use it and trying to customize it then you would have just  
writing it yourself.
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