Topic: Which framework?

[xionhack]

Hello. Im used to coding all my php in Dreamweaver CS4. IS there any reason for me to use a framework? And if there is, which one would u recommend? Thanks!

[thorpe]

What editor you use has no real relation to what framework you use.

[mapleleaf]

Codeigniter.
Easy to learn. Great documentation.

[lostnucleus]

i think by framework u mean IDE here , yes  Eclipse PDT , APTANA are way ahead of  dreamweaver .

[sunwukung]

Dreamweaver is a poor IDE for coding PHP, Netbeans or Eclipse are far better. PhpDesigner isn't bad either.

Here's my 2 pence review

CodeIgniter: easy to learn, but based on PHP4. May lack power for more complex jobs. Great documentation - best starting point for beginner.
Kohana: basically an OOP/PHP5 version of CodeIgniter, with less documentation.
CakePHP: forces convention over configuration. What that means is that it offers you one way to skin a cat so you don't get confused.
Zend: The antithesis of Cake - you can configure this all over the place, and it can be very confusing. Documentation can sometimes be confusing.
Symfony: uses a lot of configuration again, but is recognised by the enterprise community.

[thorpe]

Symfony: uses a lot of configuration again, but is recognised by the enterprise community.

I would put Zend in the enterprise basket as well.

[ignace]

For an editor I really recommend PhpStorm link in my sig as for the framework I would suggest Zend it taught me a lot and has great potential