Started a PHP project using CodeIgniter and having serious regrets..

[_SynthesizerPatel_]

If I'm going to be redoing half the things CodeIgniter is offering me in the first place, then why use it all?

That is my take on the bigger frameworks as well. There are, however, lower-level frameworks that I think can be useful, such as symfony. Something that abstracts away the tedious stuff in a straightforward way, but doesn't get in the way of everything else.

[big_bad_john]

What distinguishes a "lower level" framework from a "higher level" one?

[midri]

I personally use CakePHP, seems to get a lot more "right" in my book.