Systems designed as a framework for building full-scale Content Management (CMS, Weblogs, etc.) System by building upon the core API available by the Framework. Frameworks in this category may also have a CMS or Weblog System based upon the Framework but they can be downloaded separately. 1. Achievo ATK - An object oriented Web-application Framework, written in PHP. It is targeted at developers who wish to focus on business logic, instead of coding HTML. [Open source] 2. An Introduction to the PHP Base Library - A tutorial on the PHP Base Library (PHPLib) by Clancy Malcolm that also includes a quick reference. 3. BlueShoes PHP Framework - An application framework and content management system written in PHP 4. [Freeware and commercial versions] 4. Comprehensive Web Programming API - A comprehensive library of PHP classes and functions for building secure scalable web applications. Includes configuration, templates and 'DSN' style database management. 5. ErisX - A PHP5 framework for Web-based applications. 6. FireSite - An expandable collection of API functions to use in developing a web site. Includes functions for user and session management, news, articles and XML. 7. IDriver - A library/framework for developing database-oriented Web applications with PHP MySQL. [Open source, GPL] 8. Japha - An effort to implement the major functionality of the Java library in PHP5 classes and interface. [Open source, LGPL] 9. PHITE PHP Site Framework - A site framework written in PHP. Run whole site from a single HTML file. Add content and structure by dropping text, HTML or PHP snippets into directory structure. Easy site maintenance. 10. PHPTAL :: Template Attribute Language for PHP - PHPTAL is an implementation of TAL, METAL, I18N (the ZPT project) for PHP. It is used to create pure XHTML templates in order to separate the user interface from business logic [Open Source, LGPL]. 11. SCA - Smart Class Archive - A PHP4/PHP5 class library which makes fundamental functions for PHP projects available. Contains a DataRecord class, a Localizer class, TemplateParser, ListGenerator, FormGenerator. [Open source, LGPL] 12. simple HTML Templating - Library provides a simple way of separating the HTML content from the code written in PHP or ASP. It is designed to use the same templates and provide identical interface in both these languages. [Open source, LGPL] 13. Smarty - Template Engine - A library that allows the creation of HTML templates that are imported and used in PHP scripts to ease the process of web page design and includes caching capaibility. [Open Source, LGPL] 14. The NO-SOD Project - A framework to implement web based solutions for regulated industries, including audit trails and security features. Main product is a web based full featured Document Management System (eDMS). [Open source, LGPL] 15. TicaTK - A GUI toolkit for Web applications based on Javascript (client side) and PHP (server side). It provides an OO PHP API which allows complex Web interface creation and management. [Open source, GPL] 16. Web Application Component Toolkit - A modular patterns based framework for creating high performance web applications in PHP. [Open source, LGPL] 17. Cake - A framework for PHP, based on Rails for Ruby. Its aim is to aid programming web applications. [Open source, Public Domain] 18. Carthag - A PHP 5 native platform for developing enterprise level applications, with J2SE-like API. [Open source, MPL] 19. DotPHP - A framework that wants to be like ASP.NET. [Open source, GPL] 20. Freeform Framework - A web application framework aimed at creating scalable web apllications. Support MVC (Model-View-Controller)architecture, standartized forms processing, class and resource packaging, sessions and security. 21. Fusebox for PHP - The web application development framework originally for ColdFusion, now extended to PHP. 22. Good GUI Framework NEW! - An object oriented application framework to apply basic principles of good GUI-design to the development of HTML-applications. The client side is pure HTML while the server side is pure object oriented PHP5. PHP classes are provided to work with database tables for the purpose of browsing, using nested transactions, handling large datasets and much more. 23. LIMB - A MVC (Model-view-controller) CMF with tree/OO based controller. [Open source, LGPL] 24. Midgard Project Framework - The core of the midgard system. Midgard also has a CMS based on this framework [Open Source, GPL]. 25. Mirchev Ideas PHP Framework - Professional RAD framework for PHP includes sorting, filtering, searching, listing, paging, adding, editing, deleting functions. It's Database independent and have localization support. [Open Source, GPL] 26. Mojavi Project - A MVC (Model-View-Controller) framework for PHP. [Open source, LGPL] 27. Openology - Project to build a web application development framework and associated applications on top of it. [Open source] 28. P4A - PHP For Applications - Object-Oriented Framework for building web-based event-driven applications. It features tableless HTML, accesskey support, point&click app generator, auto data type recognition, UTF-8, i18n/l10n, PEAR integration [Open Source, GPL]. 29. PEAR - The PHP Extension and Application Repository - A framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. [Open source] 30. PHP Base Library (PHPLib) - A toolkit for PHP developers supporting them in the development of Web applications. [Opne source, LGPL] 31. PHP Fusebox 4 Wiki - For documentation, tips, usage hints and links for developing Fusebox 4 Framework/Methodology with PHP. 32. php.MVC - A framework for PHP web applications that implements the MVC design pattern. Also include SleeK Action Wizard tool.[Open source, LGPL] 33. phpHtmlLib - A set of PHP classes and library functions to help facilitate building, debugging, and rendering of XML, HTML, XHTML, WAP/WML Documents, and SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) images as well as complex HTML 'widgets'. [Open source, LGPL] 34. phpPeanuts - An object-oriented application framework. Generates user interface that dynamicly adapts to changes in domain classes. Includes a component model, persistency and navigational queries. [Open source, Academic Free License] 35. Phrame - A web development platform that encourages application architectures based on the "Model2" approach, a variation of Model-View-Controller (MVC) design paradigm. [Open source, LGPL] 36. Plankton Web Application Framework - Integrated collection of classes that provide the building blocks and underlying architecture for an entire PHP web application. [Open source, BSD License] 37. PRADO - An event-driven and component-based framework for developing Web applications using PHP5. By Xi Software Community. 38. Resty - A PHP-based web application framework. [Open source, GPL] 39. Roadsend SiteManager - A web application framework for PHP Developers that includes a framework for code modules and layout templates, database connectivity, SmartForms, sessions, and other tools. [Open source, Q Public License] 40. Seagull - An OO PHP framework with the core modules licensed under BSD. 41. SMART - Simple to use PHP event driven MVC framework. [Open source, GPL] 42. SOLAR for PHP 5 NEW! - The Simple Object Library and Application Repository (SOLAR) is a library-like framework organized in a fashion similar to PEAR and Horde, and is PHP5 E_STRICT compliant [LGPL]. 43. struts4php - An application framework for PHP which is designed with the MVC pattern like Jakarta struts. [Open source, GPL] 44. The Horde Application Framework - The Horde Application Framework is a general-purpose web application framework in PHP, providing classes for dealing with preferences, compression, browser detection, connection tracking, MIME handling, and more. Demo implementations frameworks are viewable [Open Source, LGPL]. 45. Yawp - Yet Another Web Programming foundation for PHP applications. 46. Zend Framework NEW! - Framework project maintained by Zend Technologies, the company behind the Zend Engine that powers the PHP scripting language. Zend Framework has a core of providing an architecture for developing entire applications with no other library dependencies [code is considered preview state].

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