Re:PHP 8: Before and After
by mgkimsal on Friday October 23, 2020 @08:30AM
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Was going to ask the same thing.
There's not much in PHP 5/7/8 which precludes just doing some raw db queries and including some templates.
The biggest 'drawback' might be that there's not one name-branch 'framework' which takes this approach (indeed, it's the opposite of 'framework' thinking). But if there was some project that documented/demonstrated 'best practices' for 'non-framework' projects, it might help reduce the "I need a framework because raw PHP is so messy" objections.
There's not much in PHP 5/7/8 which precludes just doing some raw db queries and including some templates.
The biggest 'drawback' might be that there's not one name-branch 'framework' which takes this approach (indeed, it's the opposite of 'framework' thinking). But if there was some project that documented/demonstrated 'best practices' for 'non-framework' projects, it might help reduce the "I need a framework because raw PHP is so messy" objections.