For learning, this is great. For actual apps, this is plain stupid. Not to mention that no one has the time to cook up a framework every time one wants to build

For learning, this is great. For actual apps, this is plain stupid. Not to mention that no one has the time to cook up a framework every time one wants to build an app. Or all the rest of the components that are missing here. This whole PHP without a framework--whether it be creating your own framework or using raw PHP--trend seems like it's promoted only by inexperienced devs who don't need to work on real project in real companies in real life. I would literally fire someone if the insisted on doing this for wasting company resources and time unnecessarily.