On 29 Sep 2003 19:22:54 -0000 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am working on a fairly large scale (for myself anyway) project using PHP > and MySQL. I am victim of teaching myself to program, not separating > presentation from my code-- all the things that lead to masses of spaghetti > code so atrocious even I can't figure out what I was doing an hour ago. > > I'm not looking for an IDE or code generator so much as some practical > advice for organization and framework when developing a larger app. I know > of PHP Fusebox, having programmed with Cold Fusion fusebox for a while, but > it seems like that might be too much. Maybe I just need a sensical, > practical approach to application layout. What do you all do? How can I > learn to be a better PHP programmer in this regard?
So far I haven't heard of any school teaching php or a particularly recommended methodology so we are all more or less in the same boat. I used the book by Luke Wellington and Laura Thomson which aside from being a well written book uses the same programming approach for all examples. That is: keep all html in one file and access it as functions, split php code in logical components (build dynamic content, database access, etc.). Not very different from when I was using cgis. I looked at Smarty but having to learn almost a new language turned me off. So far I tried to stay away from OO which IMHO can add unnecessary complexity if used where functions would do just fine. If I were to advice someone on the most important thing to look for when choosing a method of programming that would be: don't trust anybody, don't use something just because a lot of people use it. Evaluate and judge for yourself. > > c > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > ____ Regards, Andu Novac -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
