Re: Best open source project/framework to support a php training course?

If you want a web application framework that your students can play with may I suggest http://www.radicore.org This is already being used as a training aid by a university in the far east, so it must have some merit. -- Tony Marston http://www.tonymarston.net http://www.radicore.org ""Pinocchio007"" <pirinet@gmx.ch> wrote in message news:7C.E6.02907.1834A154@pb1.pair.com... >I am in charge of outlining a PHP/mySQL course (intro and advanced) for an > education institute. I would like to include in the course program an > in-depth study of an existing open-source project, allowing the students > to > be confronted, from an early stage, to a real-world environment. My > problem > is simple: which project/framework to choose in order to bring the current > "best practice" to our students, and prepare them for the future. Not > being > a professional PHP developer myself, I would appreciate any > recommendation. > Which OS project would you include? Which framework? And why? > > My first idea was "osCommerce", then somebody recommended "Typo3", > followed > by a "go for Joomla". Well, I am hesitating. > Anybody can recommend an article/paper comparing the different PHP > frameworks/application architectures? > Is there a list where such topics are discussed? > > Thanks for your help and recommendations.