Tutorial: Simplify PHP 5 Database-Driven Application Development with WASP

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WASP (Web Application Structure for PHP) is a three-tier framework built on PHP 5. Lately, more software engineers are moving from cumbersome "enterprise" languages such as Java and C# to languages such as Python and Ruby and PHP. With version 5, PHP has finally reached the point where these developers can feel at home in what used to be considered a hacker's language. By demonstrating that it is possible to create and use complicated, "enterprise-class" frameworks effectively in PHP 5, WASP will help more developers make the switch.

This article demonstrates how to build a small database-driven application: a simple task-list web application. This example is short; however, it demonstrates most of the powerful features that WASP has to offer

full article: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2006/01/...intro.html