[UPHPU] PHP Frameworks

[Eric Faerber]

Wade Preston Shearer wrote:
> 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.
>
Most of the frameworks I've used are exactly what you have described. 
They make it a lot easier to build a website from the ground up. You 
don't have to worry about the things you listed. All you have to do is 
create your controllers, models, views, etc and you've got a website. 
You can focus on the actual content and functionality of the site 
without having to worry about all of the base classes and functions.