Different PhP frameworks

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Top 5

• PhP Framework

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1. Laravel
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PRO's of Laravel

• . A Organize ?les and code
• Rapid application development
• MVC architecture (and PHP7)
• Unit testing (FAST on HHVM)
• Best documentation of any
• High level of abstraction
• Overloading capabilities using dynamic methods
• Tons of out of the box functionality
• payment integration with stripe
• very strong encryption packages
• ORM

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CON's of Laravel

• Does NOT work on Shared hosting plans
• Does Many queries on your database

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2. Phalcon
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PRO's of Phalcon

• Blazing fast with low overheads
• Auto loading
• Unique in that it is based as a C-extension
• VERY good Security features built-in
• Lots of documentation
• Developer friendly

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PRO's of Phalcon

• Not as open source as Laravel
• Bugs need waiting to be patches by developers of
  Phalcon
• Does not work with HHVM

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3. Symfony
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PRO's of Symfony

• High performance, due to byte code
• caching
• Stable
• Well documented, maintained, and supported
• Very good support and is very mature

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CON's of Symfony

• While the documentation is good, there is a
  steep learning curve.
• Companies are moving to MVC Framework
  architectures and Symfony2 does not support MVC.

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4. Codeigniter
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PRO's of Codeigniter

• Very developer friendly Doesn't need any special
  dependencies or supports
• Ability to use normal web hosting services well,
  using standard databases such as MySQL
• Outperforms most other frameworks (non MVC)
• Good documentation and LTS (Long Term Support)

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CON's of Codeigniter

• No namespace's, however this can speed up
• Not as friendly towards unit testing as others
• Few libraries that are built inside the framework

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5. Cakephp
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PRO's of Cakephp

• Modern framework Supports PHP 5.5
• Scaff holding system and Fast builds
• Very good for commercial web applications (MIT
  License)
• Database Access, Caching, Validation,
  Authentication, are built in
• Extensive safekeeping tools include cross site
• scripting prevention, SQL Injection prevention,
• CSRF, and Form Validation

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CON's of Cakephp

• Good Documentation
• Actively developed
• Not as good for constructing Restful APIS as
  Laravel or others listed