What PHP Blogging Software Should I Choose [closed]

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I am thinking of starting a blog, which I would like integrated into my existing website. I come back empty handed from googling for a comparison of blogging software written in PHP.

My requirements:

• Simple but not rudimentary (not a result of a 15 minute CodeIgniter tutorial)
• Quality source code (I'd like to be able to learn from it and maybe change it)
• Prefer PHP5 over PHP4
• Work with MySQL
• Easy to integrate into an existing website (I don't want it to be a separate application with a different look and feel under a "blog" directory
• Run under safe_mode

Built-in or easy-to-add source code highlighting would be a plus.

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Many programmers use Serendipity.

Wordpress' code base is really a mess. A bunch of functions operating on global variables.

I don't ask you to simply trust me, or anyone else. Go look yourself at the code!

And it's written in php4 style, so definitely not what the topic starter asked for.

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Wordpress definitely... Great support, many plugins, many themes, etc.

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why not try with wordpress ? I think really fit in all your points

Update:

if you still dont like wordpress I can recommend Mephisto which was wrote in ruby. I have tried it but for me was a pain in the ass. Simply wasn't intuitive for me as user.

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Wordpress, no question.

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You can always have the best with Wordpress + Host it on your own to utilize all of it's great features.