I'm a PHP developer looking to speed up my production time, and add a new ability to my CV. I'm after a package that provides the basic CMS features that I can build on for a wide range of purposes.
I've heard of PHPcake, Drupal ect but I don't know enough about these to make an informed decision. What alternatives are there? Are they OO, MVC, producedual? If you could point me to some comparisons or give your option of which actually work.
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There is no magic at all. You will have to learn it. If you are looking for a CMS, I would suggest you to go for Joomla but if you are looking for MVC framework, I would suggest you to go for CodeIgniter. But again, you can compare for yourself and come up with what suites you/your requirements best.
If you're looking for a CMS, I'd pick Wordpress or Drupal. There's certainly a lot of Drupal work around at the moment.
Take a look at the Zend Framework too and Apress' "PHP5 Objects, Paterns and Practice" book.
Good luck and may the force be with you...
PyroCMS is an open source content management system based on CodeIgniter. Its not yet mature, but it would be an example of how to build a CMS using a MVC framework, or perhaps even some blocks to build upon.
I'm not arguing for or against any particular framework, I just want to point out the example.