Topic: PHP Framework Experience?

[Mike]

Lets not start religious debates

Correct me if i'm wrong (i probably am) but framework's for php is basically the same as pre-built libs for C++ right? Just predefined functions you can call on to do what you need.

Nope, frameworks and libraries are two vastly different things.

A framework is generally the entry point for the code.  You might do some config stuff before starting the framework or it might be done by reading a config file.  The framework does its thing calling your code when it needs to (vs a library in which you call its code when you need to).

[Steve]

Oh ok that makes sense. I never paid much attention to the termonology, but now the "dot net framework" and software requiring it makes more sense. I could see then why you wouldn't have a lot of use for it. So for what webwhy is doing he, in a way, needs a framework no?