I sort of evolved my own PHP framework pattern after I did my first few webdev jobs and identified the problem areas. This was before I had ever used a MVC fram

I sort of evolved my own PHP framework pattern after I did my first few webdev jobs and identified the problem areas. This was before I had ever used a MVC framework. Looking back at it now, it had everything your typical web MVC framework has, just slightly diffrent: * Models, with cleanly encapsulated functionality, but without an ORM. I only built small websites, so all related database tables were managed by the same model. * Controllers that handled all input and delegate it to models. * Views in the form of HTML code following the controller code in the same file, but strictly separated. * "Forms" that abstracted away the controller/view and input validation of forms in a neat, reusable package. My point is that whatever you come up with that actually works well and lets you be productive will more-or-less resemble MVC.