I think the particular thing about PHP that makes it framework-like is that it handles HTTP almost 100% transparently for the PHP coder. In any other language I

I think the particular thing about PHP that makes it framework-like is that it handles HTTP almost 100% transparently for the PHP coder. In any other language I've seen, the coder is responsible for handling and outputting HTTP headers, parsing the query, etc... PHP just does that stuff.