What PHP application design/design patterns do you use?

Question

Please share your favorite application design / design patterns for use in PHP with me. Some things I\'d like to know:

• How your folders are designed
• How y

Answer 1

I started out with the smarty templating engine when i first got tired of mixing code and html. After hacking for a while, I realized that writing my own framework is just duplicating work.

I've done a few projects with Joomla, which is really a CMS but it gives clients a lot of control over content.

Ultimately I've settled on using a real framework for my projects. I'm using symfony, which is inspired by Rails and is very well documented, but I've heard cakePHP and ZendFramework are also very good.