What is the latest on MVC Frameworks?

[boony]

Hi Folks,

After spending some time investigating various CMS packages I have come to the conclusion that CMSMS is perhaps the most flexible and user friendly system available. 

I'm a PHP programmer and generally use the codeigniter framework to develop dynamic sites.  However, one of the reasons I was searching for a CMS was that I need to use one and codeigniter has not yet come up with one that provides the robustness of CMSMS.  I noted that there was some discussion on frameworks in the past.  I'm wondering if people have successfully used a framework like codeigniter with CMSMS?

I need to use a MVC design pattern to produce a number of dynamic tables etc but don't have the time to investigate the use of codeigniter so am wondering how easy/hard it is to use the 2 together and more importantly how best to do it.

Regards
boony

[Jeff]

http://blog.cmsmadesimple.org/2008/12/3 ... framework/

[Pierre M.]

Hello,

two cents, hope it helps :
-there are people in this forum who seem to see and use CMSms as a PHP/Smarty development framework. They don't deliver the package "asis" to their customers, they hack it deeply. Do you feel on this side ?
-on the other side there are people (I'm one of them) who see CMSms as a final product, with design samples, content samples and end usage tutorials. I strongly think this way ensures productivity, maintenance and upgradability and prevents third party lock-in.

Pierre M.

[boony]

Hi

Thanks for that.  I don't mind a bit of deep hacking, but that takes time and effort.  I was hoping that anyone who had combined codeigniter and CMSMS could post their findings and maybe some tips on how best to go about it.

I had a look at SILK but I don't have the time at this stage to do anything with it.  I will wait to see what develops on that front in the mean time I have to try and get my current project completed.