Basically I want the flexibilities of ExpressionEngine, and nearly the same idea, yet free. I use EE2 on dozens of my clients sites, but the $299 hit is cutting a ton off my income since most are just easy $1,500 projects.
Most important is the ability to use PHP in the templates/script.
WordPress looks solid, but I noticed it does not store files on the server, only in a DB. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Thanks!
I think WordPress has excellent templating system and it does not store files in the database but there is a themes directory where all files are stored.
To get more idea, have a look at: