Posted by Colin McKinnon on 02/19/06 01:13

dbee wrote:

> I'm a web developer who works with php - I'm looking for a class
> library where I can just cut and paste code and review classes from at
> will. I'm particularly interested in a library that contains code for
> things like logins, sessions and the day-to-day things that go with
> forums, ecommerce sites, cms stuff etc...
>
> Anyone know where I should start looking ?

If you don't even know where to start looking, you're going to be very
overwhelmed when you do find somewhere sensible to begin. There are, quite
literally, hundreds of things describing themselves as PHP frameworks. Most
are very restrictive and nearly all of them address the same issues in the
same way (e.g. little more than overblown templating systems / typically a
very simple and inflexible access model - if any / poorly documented /
don't actually invert control or use code templates / trivial shopping
baskets with no concept of stock management). But there are a few gems out
there. After a lengthy investigation, I ended up using Seagull before - but
it might not be suitable for you.

There are also lots of sites aggregating free cut & paste code from
world+dog. Unfortunately the quality of product varies greatly and you need
to know how to avoid the bad stuff. I sometimes use phpclasses.

By the sound of things you should be looking for a good quality library with
a good (guaranteed?) levels of support. This rather points to a commercial
package. The only one I can think of which might fit the bill is BlueShoes.

HTH

C.

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