Looking for good PHP Framework ?
 

Hello,

Anyone has used any PHP framework in coding. Which is the best PHP Framework ?

Re: Looking for good PHP Framework ?
 

It depends on what you are trying to do.

Personally I've tried out symfony, cakephp and codeigniter.

Symfony was yuck.

Cakephp was very good for prototyping but quite strict after a while and
difficult to really get under the covers and use properly.

Codeigniter was the most flexible and easiest to get to grips with, plus it has a very good documentation system, and some nice tutorial videos around.

Try codeigniter first and if it doesn't meet your needs then look at cakephp.

Kind regards, Spencer

Re: Looking for good PHP Framework ?
 

I'm not using one myself at the moment but, cakephp and codeigniter do seem to be the favourites and, anything with cake in it must be good!

Re: Looking for good PHP Framework ?
 

I don't know if you really consider Smarty a framework or not, but I've been using it for 7 years (since PHPLib went bust) to develop apps that separate code and layout, and the cache functions are just awesome. Wish I could say I had more experience in this area. Smarty has sure sped up development for me and it is still in active development. I'm going to take a look at codeigniter now that it has been mentioned too.

Re: Looking for good PHP Framework ?
 

Another vote for Code Igniter here. I've also tried a bunch of frameworks like CakePHP, Symfony, Mojavi, Zend... While CodeIgniter wasn't exactly the best, I find it very easy to use and I can make sites "rapidly"... Many still claims Symfony to be the most powerful one once you get the hang of it *cough* symfony configs and setup *cough*...

If I were to use another framework besides Code Igniter, I would definitely consider Zend's very own as it was built and implemented "naturally" from base PHP coding style. The only reason I still use Code Igniter is because of how fast I can make apps from it.

Re: Looking for good PHP Framework ?
 

A vote for CakePHP here. I use it for everything!

There is a fairly steep learning curve with it however but once you're through that its so simple.

Codeigniter is great as well.

I'll also mirror Marks suggestion. Zend is a beast and capable of a hell of a lot of features out of the box.

Either of those 3 have my tick of approval :)