title: using a PHP framework for coding a web startup
body: <p>I'm about to embark on a web startup project involving e-commerce. (Somewhat similar to eBay). I've decided to use PHP as the programming language. </p>
  
  <p>Is it recommended to use any PHP framework like CakePHP or Zend with MySQL database for this kind of project? Doing it from scratch can cause much pain and it will be time consuming.  </p>
  
  <p>What is your opinion about this? How other well known startups have done it?</p>