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Thank you very much, thorpe. I think I'll poke around both CI and Symfony2 and see which "clicks" with me the most, then go from there. I really appreciate the advice given thus far. I know this has been discussed into the ground, but I very much want to get off on the right foot for this project. The personalized input is greatly valued, especially because I don't have a lot of time to test drive different frameworks. So thank you both very much!

Thank you very much for your input! CodeIgniter was one I was considering due to it claiming to have a small footprint, but I wasn't sure how steep the learning curve was.

I know this topic has been discussed to death and beyond, and I've read through every topic on choosing a framework that showed up in the search as well as plenty of the "best frameworks" lists that have turned up on Google, but I'm still not sure which one I should go for, so I'm hoping there are a few people who aren't too exasperated by these posts that could possibly help me make a decision. The application itself is pretty straight-forward. I need to create an animal management database for an animal shelter which stores information about the animal, where it was found/who it was found by, who adopted/reclaimed it, and medical information. It'll also require a user/login system. I assume these things can be handled by pretty much any framework out there. The big "issues" are my personal limitations and time. I've been coding PHP for a few years, but only procedural, and generally only for small applications. I've only recently begun learning OOP, but I've got a good grasp on the basics. I've also never used a framework because I'm kind of a control freak and having the foundation of an application written by someone else scares the bejeesus out of me. To top things off (and really the main reason I'm considering using a framework at all) this needs to be done, polished, and ready to go on January 1st. So, I'm looking for a framework that has a relatively quick and easy learning curve for someone who isn't well-versed in OOP. I'd also prefer something on the smaller side, so that it's easier for me to get familiar with everything, and since our needs are pretty basic I don't want to be carrying around a lot of extra "baggage". Any help would be greatly appreciated. Our shelter relies heavily on this database and I really want to do the best I can with it.

Double posting is probably frowned upon, but I didn't see an edit option, so I apologize for this, but I just wanted to add that as I was posting my problem (having to do with exploding textarea input on a blank line), I solved it. So once again, this forum has answered my question, thank you PHPFreaks

I'm Sam, an amateur coder and long time lurker. I've used this forum to search for answers an untold number of times over the years. I've finally hit a snag that's big enough for me to actually have to post for help (even though I'm sure I've successfully done what I'm trying to do before...), so I figured while I was registering I might as well introduce myself and finally say thank you to everyone here for providing such a wonderful and helpful resource.