Choosing a PHP framework

At some point of time in their lives, the most proficient PHP developers would have blundered by choosing a PHP framework which proved to be unsuitable. May be that is what makes them the experts today. 

Just about any developer can make a mistake when choosing a framework, however, it is a wise idea to learn from ones mistakes and subsequently limit these mistakes to develop web applications that run more smoothly. While mistakes are not uncommon in any type of programming, PHP frameworks go a long way to help to reduce these mistakes greatly by providing good quality code that is tested true right from the start of the software development process. The biggest advantage that comes from using framework is elimination of any mistakes that happen because of repetitive coding.

The most important point to bear in mind while choosing a framework is to ensure, that it should not be so small that it is unable to offer any support. Most of the times such small frameworks are created by developers who themselves lack in PHP proficiency. Ideally, while choosing a framework.

Unless you belong to the league of advanced PHP programmers, it is important you must use a PHP framework that is both easy to use and understand. Notwithstanding the above fact, you must always ensure that your database and web server are compatible with your chosen framework.  This is another common mistake which occurs mainly because the developer believes that he has found the perfect framework, and in the midst of all that he forgets to check the technical feasibility. While PHP 4.3 is the minimum requirement, most of the frameworks work fine on PHP 5 along with its later versions. In case of MySQL, the versions 4.0, 4.1.x and 5.0 are all supported.

All the above mistakes could be the genesis of various issues to arise with your business applications and will eventually stunt their proper functioning. At the same time, if the above requirements aren't in place, your chosen framework will not give you the desired performance. Most importantly, using a PHP framework is a greatly beneficial when you are working on one of those projects which have tight deadlines, for it markedly accelerates the coding process. Another instance when PHP frameworks add great value to your work is when you’re working on projects with considerable amounts of repetitive coding. Here they help make the job much less tedious. This being said, if you face a crunch of skilled PHP developers you may hire PHP framework developers and can outsource your software development project to a company with great PHP development skills, look no further than Mindfire Solutions. Mindfire Solutions is a leader in PHP development and has been successfully closing projects that require skilled PHP development personnel. While most of our 70 member team consists of Zend certified developers, we also undertake projects that deal with all the other PHP frameworks.

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