: PHP framework to use on GoDaddy host with no shell access I'm a Ruby-on-Rails developer but am trying to develop a site to run on a GoDaddy Economy hosting account. This means I don't have

@Looi9037786

Take a look at CodeIgniter, a PHP framework. No shell access required. It isn't as strict as RoR as far as I know and the documentation and community are excellent.

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@Lengel546

Symfony is rails like (I believe it's essentially of php port of rails) and although I've not used GoDaddy for hosting before it seems others have had success hosting it there. gfaraj.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/deploying-a-symfony-project-on-godaddy-shared-hosting/

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@Barnes591

You can use Zend Framework. It's a good framework, but not very like Rails. Otherwise, it don't need shell access.

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@Kaufman445

If you are a Rails developer, your best choice would be to develop a Rails application. There are awesome web hosts out there like Site5 which will be happy to assist you with whatever Rails issues you have. You can check this page.

Also, they let you use SSH if you are still up for PHP.

To answer your question directly - use Yii framework. It has its own GUI and if you can code in PHP, you'll love it. I promise.

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@Sims2060225

CakePHP is similar to RoR, but the bake utility is a console app. You could bake your code locally and upload it to your GoDaddy account though. However, you'll have to do all of your unit testing via the browser or do it locally if you want to test via the CLI. It's a bit less convenient, but that's the cost of choosing an economy hosting package.

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