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How can I get Biscuit?

svn checkout http://biscuitproject.tigris.org/svn/biscuitproject/trunk/biscuitproject/ biscuitproject --username guest

Mission

The mission of this project is to port Ruby on Rails. to PHP5 (minus the Ruby part ;-)

Why not just use Rails?

Obviously the popularity of PHP has its advantages over the relatively new RoR. Sometimes we simply do not have the choice to use RoR when working on projects.

Won't this take away from Rails?

This is not the desire of this project, and we hope that doesn't happen. We just need something similar that works on PHP. Most of us actually love Rails, which is why we have spent many hours on this project.

What is the scope of this project?

• KISS
• Build a framework for PHP based on RoR.
• Try to do the above without breaking our necks, or making PHP something that it is not. (This means we are not trying to implement all of Ruby's objects.)

Features

• Easy Install (No Install Needed Really)
• MVC Framework based on Ruby on Rails
• Simple implementation of models views, and controllers
• It already Supports many Rails features, documentation coming soon!

Links

• Flinn Mueller (former maintainer/Ruby convert)
• Biscuit page from Ben Nolan (Original Author) aka. the guy who won't answer emails from me.
• PHP Biscuit Google Group
• PHP On Trax - A similar project, PHP5 only.
• Cake is similar project that is going about development in a different way than we are. Their goals are similar, but they seem to be doing something much more complex.
• Ruby on Rails
• Prototype for easier javascript
• Script.aculo.us for web 2.0 javascript tricks