Best Framework for getting back to freelancing with PHP?

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Hi guys,

I've been working with PHP for 10 years, however for most of the time I've been with the same company and got stuck in the culture of doing things there.

This year I am spending more time doing freelancing. While I developed things myself in the past from scratch, I understand now there are some really good frameworks out there.

Just wondering what your ideas are. I think I have seen codeigniter referenced a lot.
#programming #back #framework #freelancing #php
  • There are quite a few frameworks in the ranks at the moment.
    Yii PHP Framework: Best for Web 2.0 Development
    http://codeigniter.com/
    Kohana: The Swift PHP Framework
    symfony | Web PHP Framework
    of course Zend Framework

    I have played with them all and personally like codeigniter the best.
    But I am involved in a community project, well 2 actually that are going to start using symfony.

    CodeIgniter has by far the best documentation.

    I may as well mention Doctrine ORM http://www.doctrine-project.org/
    Very useful when building something that will need sophisticated database structures.
    Quite a few frameworks already include support for it or have extensive tutorials on setting it up in their framework.
  • I was reading something on frameworks before, can't remember the page but Yii was one of the most highly rated, CodeIgniter was popular too as well as CakePHP.

    You can always build your own framework over time too.....
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    • I personally use CodeIgniter. It's quite flexible and has a lot of support. Plus the userguide is quite detailed.

      The forum is also a great resource.

      It all depends upon your requirements.
      Cheers
      Tim
  • I vote for codeigniter.
    A lot of tutorials and very active forum. I learn a lot by rewrite old project with framework. Force me to learn more in OOP.
  • I vote for CodeIgniter, too! Light, fast, easy and great documentation.
  • I too vote for CodeIgniter. It is fastest, easiest and very good documentation.
  • Smart idea to specialize.

    But before you decide on a framework that _you_ want to freelance in, might also be a good idea to see how many projects there are out there available for that framework to be hired for.

    I think its far to say that hiring a joomla freelancer is cheaper than hiring a drupal freelancer. (at least in my experience.)

    Think about your pay-rate, your competition and where you are going to get the work from. and also how much you want to get paid.
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