PHP Framework Suggestions?

JoeWed · 28 Jul 2008 at 18:36

Hi all,

I have a personal project that I want to put together reasonably quickly and then if it works as I hope rebuild it properly at a later date.

I've never used a PHP Framework, but I am very comfortable with PHP (and ASP.NET) code. I've looked at the following (but don't know which to choose):

* Symfony
* Zend Framework
* CakePHP
* CodeIgniter

Could anyone give suggestions on which you think is best and why? It doesn't have to be out of the ones mentioned above, I'm open to any alternatives.

Thanks in advance.

nav... · 29 Jul 2008 at 01:26

I'd personally choose code igniter.

http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/

Definitely wouldn't choose Symfony.

Inquisitor · 29 Jul 2008 at 01:57

If you have access to PHP5 then there's no reason to choose CodeIgniter; Kohana is basically a much better version written exclusively for PHP5:

http://kohanaphp.com/home.html

Another good one is the Picora micro framework:

http://picora.org/

Website seems a bit lacking at the moment though

JoeWed · 29 Jul 2008 at 09:15

Thanks, I'll try the ones you both mentioned and see which I like best

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Out of interest why would you definitely not choose symfony? Almost every blog I had read recommended symfony.

Ekim · 29 Jul 2008 at 10:03

I'd be interested to see what people have to say on this matter to. I have been working with CakePHP and am pretty comfortable with it. I am currently developing a large site and want to ensure that I use the best framework available. I'm not sure whether its worth getting to grips with another framework or just use CakePHP again.

Dj_Jestar · 30 Jul 2008 at 01:39

out of those, Symfony or Zend. Cake I wouldn't touch with a barge pole, far too much multiple behaviour 'objects' for my liking. Code igniter is not much better because it is only minimal OO, too dependant on functions.