OM2 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Can someone recommend a form generator I only came across this today! I didn't realise I could have the form code generated for me Ideally, what I'd like is: - spam protection - fields iin form and image generator - the option to have a database connected as well Can someone recommend something? I've googled and there's quite a few out there available - not sure which to go for Would prefer: open source and free and well developed But, also OK to pay a small amount for a good product Thanks OM Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/167414-need-a-recommended-form-generator/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Sounds like you should look into a framework, like Zend or CakePHP Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/167414-need-a-recommended-form-generator/#findComment-882784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vineld Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Or CodeIgniter. However, it is difficult to automate every single form you create and I am personally not very fond of frameworks. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/167414-need-a-recommended-form-generator/#findComment-882792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM2 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 thanks for the replies i'm struggling with whether i want to really start learning php - or just hire people! i already know a fair amount (just over basic, i would classify myself!) how much work is there in getting to grips with zend, cakephp or codeignitor? zend: is that a paid version or something ALSO though, i came across: http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpformgen/ this looks really good i've even tried out: it's quite good only thing, it seems to be 5 years old - the latest version i can download is from 2004 does anyone have any comments on this one? thanks Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/167414-need-a-recommended-form-generator/#findComment-883548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 the zend framework itself is free and open source. But they offer a bunch of things for $$ like support, an IDE, etc... one of the (supposedly) great things about the zend framework is that the zend company was founded and basically run by some of the devs who made php. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/167414-need-a-recommended-form-generator/#findComment-883584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vineld Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Whether you would want to hire people or do the job yourself all depends on the situation but no matter what you probably want to be able to judge the result. The frameworks are of course slightly less time consuming to learn than PHP itself although you still need to understand how it all works in order to make the most of it. The main reason why I am not fond of frameworks myself is that they are usually poor performance wise compared to basic PHP and is never an option for larger systems. We should all care for the environment as well. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/167414-need-a-recommended-form-generator/#findComment-883591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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