My initial plan for this review was to install both frameworks and test both against each other. But after spending a few hours trying to get zend framework to install correctly, I gave up with it...
A PHP based framework should install fairly easy - I will give it another try when I get some spare time (it is a bit sparse at the moment with new baby liam)
Symfony however I have fallen for, every part of the setup is brilliant: from url routing to unit testing.
Initially I had a few problems following there tutorial (it defaults to use Propel ORM when Doctrine seems much better)
I'm still working out how to use most of the features, but that is mainly because there is so much of it.
I am using Crawler Catcher as my main project with symfony (as it needs a rewrite already). With the symfony framework and unit testing which is built in. All the old bugs have already been fixed.
More to come in the near future
posted by Mark Willis
Symfony is pretty cool. I’ve installed all the major frameworks to see what is gonna meet my needs best. Mainly because if the speed, I’ve chosen codeignitor as my main framework. It’s fast and easily adaptable. I think symfony fits into my dev base as a wireframe tool to build demos with. The ORM layer and the class geneators make it an excellent tool FTP quickly build functionality to prototype for new projects.
Zend definitely was the more challenging to install. The other were pretty quick to get the basics going.
Have fun.
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