might be blasphemy here but

anyone willing to admit to the use of a php code generator and, if so, a
recommendation?

Rather simple database projects with an option for minor custom bits is the
goal.

Hello heathen... ;)

If tried this one:

www.phpobjectgenerator.com (aka POG)

It's open source, has developer API, clean code and easy to use. And no, I
have nothing to do with the site.

Regards, Hans

"FanJet" <FanJet27@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> anyone willing to admit to the use of a php code generator and, if so, a
> recommendation?
>
> Rather simple database projects with an option for minor custom bits is
the
> goal.
>
>

I've just released one, at
http://freshmeat.net/projects/irving...ease_id=232362

More a table editor than a generator, but it's a snap to use. Like edit
three lines in the settings and you're in business.

AS

"FanJet" <FanJet27@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> anyone willing to admit to the use of a php code generator and, if so, a
> recommendation?
>
> Rather simple database projects with an option for minor custom bits is
> the goal.
>

FanJet wrote:
> anyone willing to admit to the use of a php code generator and, if so, a
> recommendation?
>
> Rather simple database projects with an option for minor custom bits is the
> goal.

I have looked at several code generators. I have completed a small
project with AppGeni.

AppGeni or PHPMagic is fine if all you need is a flat-file database
with no security. They are inexpensive, and easy to use. I think about
$35. These applications seem so similar, I can barely tell them apart.

PHPRunner is more powerful. It has some relational ability, and some
authentication, it costs about $200. Also easy to use.

dbQwikSite is supposed to be very powerful. I couldn't get it work. I
found it very slow and very difficult to use. I think the cost is
around $200 - $400.

CodeCharge is very powerful, and popular. A log of people swear by it.
There is a significant learning curve, and it's fairly expensive: $200
- $500.

Dataface is a fairly new F/OSS project. It has authentication, and
relational ability. I haven't tried it, but you can't beat the price.

Look into PHPMaker. I have version 3.2 Looks promising. Very straighforward. All my current
project tend to be very odd ball convuluted stuff, so i have to code everything by hand. But for
starting out a simple app this is a great tool to get started with. The idea is that you create the
database first. Separate all the tables and fields as your application needs and the program will
create an entire application for you quickly. There are many options and tweaks you can make if you
want normalized tables and custom reports ect.

It's best to have good working knowledge of databases and php. It's not going to do everythng for
you. But it will save you tons of time and drudgery coding out CRUD create/read/update/delete
pages. Then when you have a nice working app. Later you can go in a tweak it's as much as you want.

I find it best to set yourself up with own working server first. Go on over to apachefriends and
download this 'lite' xamp it's fantastic!!!! You can have apache/mysql/myphpadmin/perl all
configured and working on your rig in minutes. Literally all you do is download the zip file,
extract it to c:\xampplite then run the set up file answer a few questions and it's done. You
can copy in your existing work in the htdocs folder or create new stuff. Same with the the data
base if you have existing mysql stuff just copy into the mysql/data folder and your done.


On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:46:59 -0400, "FanJet" <FanJet27@hotmail.com> wrote:

>anyone willing to admit to the use of a php code generator and, if so, a
>recommendation?
>
>Rather simple database projects with an option for minor custom bits is the
>goal.
>

Gleep wrote:
> Look into PHPMaker. I have version 3.2 Looks promising. Very straighforward.

I noticed that PHPMaker v4.0.2 was released today 7-31-2006.

Does PHPMaker offer relational capabilities? I consider that critical.

Also, unlike CodeCharge, PHPMaker does not seem to have features to
create forms, reports, or calendars.