March 2009
Getting started with PHP frameworks
These 5 articles on PHP frameworks will get you quickly familiar with Zend, symfony, and CakePHP. This series is designed for PHP developers who want to start using a PHP framework, but have not examined the available frameworks in detail. You will examine their similarities and differences while building and extending a sample application. using Ajax and by integrating external tasks.
February 2008
See How Zend, CakePHP, and symfony handles Ajax
The use of Ajax, using native code and third-party PHP frameworks, is examined — specifically, how the Zend Framework, CakePHP, and the symfony framework, behaves and accepts specific popular libraries. After reading this article you should have a basic understanding of how each framework provides (or doesn't provide) support for Ajax.
December 2007
Exploring MVC-style in Zend PHP, symfony, and CakePHP
This article walks through extending the sample application, Blahg, in each of the three frameworks (Zend PHP, symfony, and CakePHP). This is a great way to see each framwork in action by examining their similarities and differences while applying each framework and extending a sample application.
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