[PHP] What tools do you use to develop PHP?

[Gerry Kirk]

Hi,

I'm putting together a PHP development framework for our small group. We
have worked on a couple of small apps, so now it's time to do things a
little more methodically, i.e. make life easier for everyone. :)

So, I scanned the web and found quite a few options for code libraries,
and a few for PHP code editors. 

I'm interested to know what tools / libraries people prefer -

1. Code libraries:
a) Metabase (for database abstraction)
b) PHPLib
c) PEAR
d) BinaryCloud
e) other

2. What code editor do you use?

3. Source code control. CVS appears to be the only real option here.

TIA,
Gerry


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[PHP] What tools do you use to develop with PHP? (more questions)

[Gerry Kirk]

I forgot to also ask, how many are using templates, and if so, are you
using a template framework:
a) PHPLib
b) Smarty
c) other?

Gerry


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[PHP] Feasibility of using XML, PHP for a database-driven web application

[Gerry Kirk]

Hello,

I've been doing some research to assess the feasibility of using PHP and 
XML for a web-based database-driven application. From what I've read, it 
seems that presently the costs of using XML outweigh the benefits.

Here are the costs I see:
1. XML standards are still maturing
2. XSLT is complex and difficult to understand
3. Their is minimal support for XML in relational databases, and none for MySQL
4. PHP's XML tools are still in their infancy
5. The processing time to go from SQL to XML to HTML via XSLT is often high.

The benefits?
1. Greater abstraction between data, logic and presentation which can be 
easier to design, develop and maintain.

Your thoughts?

Thanks,
Gerry Kirk


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[PHP] Results of survey I asked

[Gerry Kirk]

Earlier, I asked some questions about what you use in developing PHP 
applications. First, the questions, and then the answers:

Questions
1. Code libraries used:
a) Metabase (for database abstraction)
b) PHPLib
c) PEAR
d) BinaryCloud
e) other

2. What code editor do you use?

3. How many are using templates, and if so, are you using a template 
framework:
a) PHPLib
b) Smarty
c) other?

Answers (number of respondents in brackets)
1.  adodb (1)
 BinaryCloud (1)
 A mixture of PEAR's database abstraction, PHPLIB's template class 
and my own libraries and classes (1)

2. UltraEdit (1), DreamWeaver 4 (2), AceHTML4 Pro from visicom.com (1), 
Homesite (2), vim (1), FrontPage (1), PHPCoder http://www.phpide.de (2), 
emacs (1), TextPad (1), ConTEXT (1), EditPlus (1)

3. Smarty (1)

Summary: not a huge statistical sample, but interestingly there were hardly 
any duplicate responses. Also, it seems using published templates and code 
libraries is not that popular, i.e. most people are writing their own code 
from scratch.

Gerry