Re: [PHPLIB-DEV] A framework for web applications From: Sylvan Ravinet (sylvan <email protected>)
Date: 01/15/00

Teodor Cimpoesu wrote:
>
> Sylvan Ravinet wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Has anyone implemented or is anyone interested in building a web
> > application framework, implemented first using PHP? PHPlib will
> > be of great help in this framework.
> >
> > I'm currently implementing an application for a student project
> > which is using such a framework.
> >
> > Possibly more details on your requests.
>
> There is something like this called Midgard -- which I only played with
> but didn't use.

Midgard does not seem to be a framework (maybe you have to check
the OOP meaning of this word) but a content management system.

> I'm currently working with Zope for some projects & I would really want
> to see something similar implemented with/over PHP.

Zope is an application server. I don't want (now) to make an
application server for PHP.

This web aplication framework is language independent. Of course,
the implementation
is language dependent, and I'm starting woth PHP.
 
> Second, everybody is waiting for 4.0 final and I guess PHPLIB will have
> to adapt some of it's functionalities to make use of the new features.
> (I'm currently fiddling w/ sessions).
>
> But, why not start already by making a draft structure, identify
> main functionalities and build us some use cases?

I don't see the use of use cases here (as no user will really have
access to it, it's a developer tool) but a draft structure and the
main functionalities are already identified.
I only have to put it into a fancy format.
 
The main functionalities are:

- user authentication etc.
- session mechanism
- protocol independence
- output format independence and structure oriented content (XML,
templates)

if I remember well.

I will think about it and make a draft paper and draft
implementation available soon.

> I think that would be an interesting future for PHPLIB, so I am looking
> fwd
> for some starting suggestions.

I's not a feature for PHPlib. But PHPlib could be of great help in
implementing a PHP version of this framework.

Maybe you're looking for an application server for PHP, in this
case I would like to see something similar to Smartworker, built
for Perl. This could/should be pretty easy to port it to PHP.

Cheers,

-Sylvan 

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