Is it a good idea to use the Zend Framework on a mid-sized website?

Question

Although this thread recommends using it, I have few problems:

I started with Zend Framework 1.6, like 8 months ago. Now they have released 1.10. Thus, they release a new version every 2 months.

There are several things that have been radically changed (for example, the bootstrap class in the main folder of the application, this was not earlier). This is just a php file, AFAIR). Several functions in Zend_DB (and possibly other modules) were replaced, and he recommended against using older functions.

Doctrine integration is far from complete.

As already mentioned, the new namespace (php 5.3 namespace) will also change a lot. etc...

So my question is ...

Should I use the Zend Framework now and update the code every 2 months? Or do you have to wait until a more stable, less frequently changing version appears?

EDIT

If someone like me already uses it, what is best for updating the Zend Framework?

Answer 1

Please see my accepted answer to this related question

• Is zend stable?

Keep in mind that you do not need to update your version every time Zend updates ZF. And you also do not need to use each function. Since ZF is the basis of adhesives, you can use components from it as you wish. If you do not want to use Zend_Application, save your boot file.

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Answer 2

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