Planning a PHP project, how do you do it?

I'm currently planning on making a new PHP project. I mean, everyone should plan before creating a php project.

But, there are several methods. And I was wondering, what's your method on planning a project?

Please share with me, as I might be able to learn from it. And hey, when one can learn about things related to PHP, who would deny such a chance? At least not me.

 

mmm you can learn from www.phpfreaks.com

best

 

Yeah, I've got that tutorial from there saved on my HD. Just wanted to know if there were any other things people did.

 

First: Security. Is there ANY way users can interact directly with the script? If so, use a regex command to filter out unexpected results. Don't let someone type

into your password box, etc.

Second: Write out the features you want.

Third: Discard features that are too complex

Fourth: Order features in logical order.

Fifth: Get coding.

 

Thanks kamus Short steps, but very powerful.

 

1. Make the DB structure with features in mind.
2. Start coding
Its simple and easy and you never get confused.

 

First UML!
Then smart and hacker's safe coding..

 

writing ideas down on paper, takes a few pages depending on your project. Find a constant way of displaying pages in php, for example I use classes for each category and a function for the page like this

class Members
{
 private $url,
           $template,
           $ect;
public function list()
   {
   ?>
   list made here....
   <?php
   }
public function edit()
   {
   ?>
   Edit whatever here
   <?php
   }
public function profile()
   {
    ?>
    profile here
    <?php
   } 
}

PHP:

the way I build my script it would show up like this
index.php?cat=members&view=profile
or
index.php?cat=members&view=edit

ect...

Than just tweak your code until it works like a charm

 

iterate over smaller projects, don't spend to much time on coding without launching a part of the site.

You should already market it somehow.

 

I really don't have much planning involved when working with PHP.

My PHP work usually consists of connecting other technology together, all the planning has already been done in a sense.