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Apr 08.2015

I’m putting together a simple web application running on my laptop to demonstrate an idea. I’m still debating on what database to use, either SQLite, MySQL or SQL Server Express so I need a web framework that can work with those databases.

Can you recommend a web framework that I can use please? My web application will have fields, buttons, drop down list box …etc. for users to interact with.

I have Java background, worked a little bit with PHP but I don’t mind learning new technology.

Thanks

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@hoangtu69authorApr 08.2015 — I picked SQLite as the database. Any recommendation on what web framework I should use?
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@NogDogApr 08.2015 — If you use PHP on the server side and use its PDO database extension, you can pretty easily switch between database engines as needed (and it supports all the main players, including SQLite). As to what framework (or CMS to use, there are all sorts of variables, including developer personal preferences). Without know much else about what needs to be done and assuming it's a non-trivial application that I could whip up in a few files, for PHP I'd use the Laravel framework -- unless there was some existing CMS (Drupal, Joomla, even WordPress) that already does most of what I need. But Ruby on Rails could be just as good, or NodeJS, etc., etc....
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@GavThomas15Apr 11.2015 — Hi hoangtu69.

If you are just looking for a temporary solution to demonstrate an idea, than I'd recommend basic procedural PHP code using PDO database extension to query the database.

When it comes to building the system properly (once its functions are properly scoped and mapped out), there are a number of PHP frameworks that you could use. NogDog mentioned Laravel which is very popular at the moment. Yii 2 is a framework that our company uses.

But I sense from the way you worded the question that you may be novice when it comes to using PHP frameworks. There is certainly a learning curve to using a PHP framework, thus my original recommendation to express your initial concept with basic PHP procedural code, and then once the idea is mapped out fully you can work with a framework.
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