a truly modular 'framework'?

vaaaska

With my scant knowledge of digging around these things for some time now, I don't see a PHP framework that really is modular. Meaning, you have your framework files...and then your application files are 100% separate and self-contained*. Any unique, non-standard methods, would be stored in your own container?

MVC is cool and all...but you create a mess of files and storing more than one app per framework could be nutty. Hmmm, ideally, gaining access to your framework should be as simple as a single include. I might be dreaming here...

/ framework (and it's stuff)
/ apps
  / app1
  / app2
    / cache
    / files (etc - you get the idea)

Does this exist?

If not, I don't see why this isn't a good idea...then, it could be possible to quickly load up many apps into a single framework. And even more cool, perhaps there could be a generic 'application index' that would allow for fast access to the various apps.

Ok, I've had too much coffee this morning...and 'Stop Making Sense' is making me totally hyper. Hello!

Sure, it's possible that there could be some redundancy here, but we're talking about separate entities here...

thorpe

Im certain most frameworks would work this way... I know for sure that symfony can be setup this way.

ahundiak

Lot's of frame works can do this including the Zend Framework. You might be looking for the Project keyword since several apps might need to share files (especially Model files).

Framework
Project
..Models
..Apps
....App1
....App2

vaaaska

Guess I asked that question too fast. 😉

Zend is the only one I was seriously considering using...but rumors are that it will need alot of time to be something truly outstanding (which makes sense).

I like Symfony...haven't really had time yet though to seriously try it out (meaning, reading their documentation completely and practicing with it).