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gabrielle27
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php codebase question

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Hi,

I'm new to php (am a perl programmer). I'm looking at taking on a contract project in php. The customer has asked me how I would attack the project regarding "framework, codebase". I understand framework would be something like CakePHP, but I'm not sure what codebase means exactly in reference to php. Thanks in advance for helping me out.
alex.barylski
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Re: php codebase question

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Codebase is pretty generic, could mean the code you write, or the framework or a combination of both, IMHO.
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Thanks, I think it was a pretty vague question and I was probably just over analyzing.
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Re: php codebase question

Post by alex.barylski »

Sounds like it, yup.

My only last suggestion would be to use something like Zend, as opposed to CakePHP or CodeIgnitor, while they are all frameworks, Zend is probably the most focused on OO design and best practices, and if we as developers are going to find a standard Zend might as well be it. :)
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