PHP is free software released under the PHP License, which is incompatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL) due to restrictions on the usage of the term PHP. PHP can be deployed on most web servers and also as a standalone shell on almost every operating system and platform, free of charge. PHP is now installed on more than 244 million websites and 2.1 million web servers.
This post will guide you about the best PHP frameworks available for developers.
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Yii PHP Framework
Yii is a high-performance PHP framework best for developing Web 2.0 applications. Yii comes with rich features: MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, testing, etc. It can reduce your development time significantly.
Zend Framework
Zend Framework is an open source framework for developing web applications and services using PHP 5.3+. Zend Framework uses 100% object-oriented code and utilises most of the new features of PHP 5.3, namely namespaces, late static binding, lambda functions and closures.
CodeIgniter
CodeIgniter is a proven, agile & open PHP web application framework with a small footprint. It is powering the next generation of web apps.
Laravel
Laravel is a clean and classy framework for PHP web development. Freeing you from spaghetti code, Laravel helps you create wonderful applications using simple, expressive syntax. Laravel is well readable and well-documented that helps you speed up your coding. Laravel makes development easy and more creative for developers and lets them produce some outstanding result with it.
Cake PHP
CakePHP makes building web applications simpler, faster and require less code. No complicated XML or YAML files. Just setup your database and you’re ready to bake.
The things you need are built-in translations, database access, caching, validation, authentication, and much more are all built into one of the original PHP MVC frameworks.
CakePHP comes with built-in tools for input validation, CSRF protection, Form tampering protection, SQL injection prevention, and XSS prevention, helping you keep your application safe & secure.
Symfony
Symfony is a PHP framework for web projects. Speed up the creation and maintenance of your PHP web applications. Replace the repetitive coding tasks by power, control and pleasure.
High Performance Open Source PHP Framework – DooPHP
Doo framework is one of the fastest, if not the fastest PHP framework available. It enables developers at all levels to rapidly develop robust web 2.0 applications.
Atsumi PHP Framework
Atsumi is an open source MVC framework for PHP. The word atsumi comes from the ancient japanese game ‘Go’. Atsumi means to create thickness, strength and structure. The atsumi PHP framework is a robust PHP MVC framework to build your web application upon.
Prado
Prado is a component-based and event-driven framework for rapid Web programming in PHP 5. PRADO reconceptualizes Web application development in terms of components, events and properties instead of procedures, URLs and query parameters.
A Prado component is a combination of a specification file (in XML), an HTML template and a PHP class. PRADO components are combined together to form larger components or complete PRADO pages.
Qcodo
The Qcodo Development Framework is an open-source PHP framework that focuses on freeing developers from unnecessary tedious, mundane coding.
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