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i think you'll have to back up your statement more than that. Symfony2 and other frameworks that require php 5.3 seem to be quite well maintained.

• citizenkeys 16y ago
  The only thing a framework does is give you new functions to call existing PHP functions. That slows down everything down and results in shoddy junk code. In over 10 years of php development, I have yet to see a single real-world case where using a framework was better than just directly writing lean php code.
  • tgriesser 16y ago
    Real world situation, you decide to move your database from mysql to postgresql because you're unhappy with something that oracle is doing and you want to move to a database that is completely free and open-source. Using a framework, you change the $config['driver'] from "mysql" to "postgres" and you're good to go. Without using a framework, you need to change every query your application makes. Good luck with that. If you don't have to do that because you standardized it yourself with a bunch of functions then you actually are using a framework, just one you made yourself rather than an open source one.
  • gog 16y ago
    Isn't that what PHP does to C and C does to assembler?