Newbie in PHP dev...need some cruel advice!

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minorimada
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Newbie in PHP dev...need some cruel advice!

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Hi guys
Many of you are expert developers, not my case, I am new to PHP, but I do have a light knowledge of php.

This time, I have a project and for it I have seen a couple of solutions, one is PHPMaker and the other ScriptCase, also AppGinni.

What I need Is to make an app for a customer that needs to deliver some reports online of his activities to each customer. So the app needs to handle the creation of user accounts, creation of custom fields , access to reports sorted by different concepts and dates. And print, export pdf too.

I dont know if those solutions mentioned above are ok for an amateur in php and if will do the job of helping me creating such app. Do anyone knows them? could they work to help me create what I need?...any advice regarding this Is welcome.

And about the cruel advice subject, its because this isn´t my field, so I am open to hear anyone saying...forget about it, hire a Developer!
Thanks
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Re: Newbie in PHP dev...need some cruel advice!

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minorimada wrote:What I need Is to make an app for a customer that needs to deliver some reports online of his activities to each customer. So the app needs to handle the creation of user accounts, creation of custom fields , access to reports sorted by different concepts and dates. And print, export pdf too.
I think that is a lot for a beginning PHP programmer.

Besides the app generators you list, you might want to look into CMSs like Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress, etc. They also have site building and may have plugins for the reports.
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Re: Newbie in PHP dev...need some cruel advice!

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We actually work with joomla, and the site will be done in Joomla,but I thought of making the system independent from the site. Joomla is great for certain kind of websites, even some big companies use it, but the idea Is to make it apart of the website so it can grow.

My last resource could be a joomla extension, would be a faster way. I do filmmaking and photography, but also I love anything that can make life and work even better such as a nice software, both worlds require creativity and discipline, so, thats the reason I would like to see if ScriptCase, PHPMaker and AppGini are tools to make what I need and can be used by an intermediate programmer.

I also have done some filemaker work, I thought of installing a filemaker server in my customer server and create an app...of course, will be pricey and I think php is just great for the project

Thanks for your suggestion...I will see if I can find any joomla extension out there.
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