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Comparison chart of the stable versions of best PHP frameworks in order to help you to choose the PHP framework adapted to your specific needs: Agile Toolkit vs Banshee vs CakePHP vs CakePHP2 vs CodeIgniter vs Fat-Free vs FuelPHP vs Jelix vs Kohana vs Laravel vs Lithium vs Mako vs MkFramework vs PPI Framework vs Solar vs Symfony vs Symfony2 vs Yii vs Zend Framework vs Zend Framework 2 vs Zikula.

Features

This part in the comparison table try to summarize the important features of the main PHP frameworks.

Object-relational mapping (ORM) are components that helps you to transform your databases access in a more friendly object oriented manner. Instead of manipulating records, you manipulate objects and could most of the time forget about all the SQL queries that goes behind the scene.

Code generation make developers life easier by creating files and default content automatically so you don't have to.

Edge Side Includes (ESI) allows, with a compliant gateway cache, to cache a page fully and to update only parts of the page that have changed.

Resources

This section is an important part, it helps you to directly go to the section essential when using a new framework: the tutorials and documentation. Have a look at the tutorial and documentation to get a quick view at the code verbosity, and the documentation quality.

Do not hesitate to add comparison criteria, other PHP Framework or simply leave a comment or rate the framework you know...

YiiCodeIgniterSymfonyLaravelFat-Free (F3)CakePHP2Agile ToolkitFuelPHPJelixKohanaZend Framework 2PPI FrameworkMkFrameworkMoufOpenbiz CubiphalconPHPixieClanCatsFrameworkBansheeMakoSilex frameworkSlim frameworkSolarZikula
Websitehttp://www.yiiframework.com/http://codeigniter.com/http://symfony.com/http://laravel.com/http://fatfreeframework.com/homehttp://cakephp.org/http://agiletoolkit.org/http://fuelphp.com/http://jelix.org/http://kohanaframework.org/http://framework.zend.com/http://www.ppi.iohttp://mkframework.com/http://mouf-php.comhttp://www.openbiz.mehttp://phalconphp.com/http://phpixie.comhttp://clancats.iohttp://www.banshee-php.org/http://makoframework.comhttp://silex.sensiolabs.org/http://www.slimframework.com/http://solarphp.com/http://zikula.org/
Latest version2.0.52.2.12.6.45.53.4.02.6.24.31.7.21.5.53.3.12.2.01.0v4.133.02.03.0.91.3.32.*@dev2.0.64.24.4.51.2.32.6.01.1.21.3.9
Release date2019-07-022015-01-152015-02-032017-07-102015-01-012015-02-192015-01-172014-07-132015-02-242013-09-042013-05-152012-01-012018-08-182015-01-072013-03-062014-09-242014-03-182014-09-162014-08-142015-03-062015-01-202015-03-012010-11-092014-08-22
LicenseBSDBSD-styleMITMITGPL3MITMITMITLGPLBSDBSDMITLGPLV3MITBSDNew BSD LicenseBSDMITOpenSource (custom)BSDMITBSDGPL
Requirements>= PHP 5.4>= PHP 5.1.6>= PHP 5.5.9PHP >= 7.0.0, OpenSSL PHP Extension, PDO PHP Extension, Mbstring PHP Extension, Tokenizer PHP Extension, XML PHP Extension,>=PHP 5.3>= PHP 5.2.8>=PHP5.3>= PHP 5.3>= PHP 5.2>= PHP 5>= PHP 5.3>= 5.3.0PHP >= 5.2>= PHP 5.3.2>=PHP5>=PHP 5.3.0>= PHP 5.3>= PHP 5.3.1>=PHP 5.3.0>=PHP 5.3.0>= PHP 5.2>= PHP 5.3
Backward compatibilityToute la branche 4.* , depuis 2009
Features
Internationalization I18N / L10ngettext
database
PHP array		language classXML (XLIFF)
CSV
PHP		PHP array, gettext via extensionICU/intlgettext, PHP arraycallback gettext arrayPHP arrayXML File, PHP Arraygettext, PHP arrayplugin_i18nFINEZend I18N has UI interfacePHP arraylanguage classlanguage classgettext
Code generationYii CLI, Gii (Web based)CLICLICLIDiscouragedCLICLIMkbuilder: générateur WebDiscouraged, use advanced configuration via dependency injection insteadhas built in Openbiz AppbuilderCLIModule Studio
ORMDatabase Access Objects (DAO), Active Record (AR)ActiveRecordDoctrine 2, Propel (active record)ELOQUENT ORM (active record)Axon (SQL), M2 (MongoDB), and Jig (flat files)CustomAgile Data (http://git.io/ad) (full domain logic mapping and NoSQL support)CustomData Access Object (DAO)CustomDoctrine
Propel2		Custom possibilité facilement d'utiliser un autre (doctrine par exemple)TDBM or DoctrineSupported Metadata Level ORMPHPixie ORMCCF ORM - DB\ModelThird party. Doctrine, Propel ...Doctrine
Cache storageAPC,
Database,
eAccelerator,
File,
Memcache,
WinCache,
XCache,
ZendPlatform		File, apc, memcached, xcacheHTTP,
APC,
eAccelerator,
XCache		File System, Database, Memcached, APC, Redis, Xcache, WinCache, Memory (Arrays)APC, xCache, WinCache, Memcache, Filesystem, Shared memoryMemcache, APC File, APC, Memcache, RedisExtensible (Provided Session, Arrays)File, Redis, Memcache, APCFile, APC, Memcache, RedisAPC,
File,
Memcached,
Memcached-tags,
SQLite,
Wincache		APC
Redis
File
Memcached
XCache		cache html de page complète et/ou de "zones"/"modules" du siteAPC, File, Memcache, Memory, or any Doctrine Cache implementationBased on Zend_CacheAPC,
File,
Memcache / Memcached,
Memory,
Redis,
SQLite,
XCache,
ZendDisk,
ZendMemory,
WinCache		APC,


Memcache,



XCache
Dependency injection containerYesYes With autowiringYesYes With graphical interface, compatible with ContainerInterop
ServicesSOAP / WebServicesXML-RPCOpenID, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Akismet, XML-RPC, SOAP, PingbackThird partyIntegrated with packagist.orgXML-RPC and many others provided on booster.jelix.orgAll ZF componentsWebServices
Template SystemPHP and Prado's - Several others using Extensions (Razor, Smarty, Twig, etc)PHP, Simple template parser "{var_name}"PHP, TwigBlade, PHP, CustomPHP, custom plugin, Twig, Haanga, Smarty, etc.Custom but Smarty/Twig can be usedFast, simple built-in passive template enginePHP, Dwoo, HAML, JADE, Markdown, Mustache, Smarty, TwigjTplPHP
Twig
Smarty
PHPTal		Built-in Twig supportSmarty and PHPPHPPHP, CCTemplatesXSLTPHPPHPSmarty
Web2.0built-in jQuery, extendable to any javascript frameworkjQuery HTML5boilerplateJS-library agnosticFull jQuery, jQuery UI, Grid System, Native AJAX,RestFulFull jQuery, jQuery UI, Grid System, Native AJAX, Popovers, Custom JS widgetsJS-library agnosticjQueryjQuery
Html5bolierplate
Twitter Bootstrap
Modernizr		built-in jQuery and PrototypeJS-library agnostic
Testing libraryPHPUnit, SeleniumPHPUnit (In development)PHPUnitPHPUnitBuilt-inPHPUnitPHPUnit or internal UI testing class.PHPUnitPHPUnitPHPUnitPHPUnitPHPUnitPHPUnit
Edge Side IncludesYes include tag only
Code generationYii CLI, Gii (Web based)CLICLICLIDiscouragedCLICLIMkbuilder: générateur WebDiscouraged, use advanced configuration via dependency injection insteadhas built in Openbiz AppbuilderCLIModule Studio
Layer generatorYes DoctrineBundle, PropelBundleYes
Menu generatorYes $menu->addItem('blah');YesYes
CRUD generationYes GiiYes SensioGeneratorBundleYes $crud->setModel('Order');YesYes Evolugrid and BCEYes
Logging managementYes PSR-3 compliantYesYesYes Audit Extension: (http://www.agiletoolkit.org/data/extensions/audit)YesYes PSR-3 compliantYes
User interfaceYes Built-in components and add-ons.Yes Oui : BuilderYes Extensible
Multiple databasesYesYesYesYesYes
Security
XssYes Built-inYesYesYes Built-inYesYes addonYesYes Via TwigYes
XsrfYes Built-inYesYesYes Built-inYesYes addonYesYes
Sql injectionYes Built-inYesYes Built-inYesYes http://git.io/dsqlYesYes Via TDBM or DoctrineYes
Auth moduleYesYesYesYes Généré via le buider
Resources
Websitehttp://www.yiiframework.com/http://codeigniter.com/http://symfony.com/http://laravel.com/http://fatfreeframework.com/homehttp://cakephp.org/http://agiletoolkit.org/http://fuelphp.com/http://jelix.org/http://kohanaframework.org/http://framework.zend.com/http://www.ppi.iohttp://mkframework.com/http://mouf-php.comhttp://www.openbiz.mehttp://phalconphp.com/http://phpixie.comhttp://clancats.iohttp://www.banshee-php.org/http://makoframework.comhttp://silex.sensiolabs.org/http://www.slimframework.com/http://solarphp.com/http://zikula.org/
Tutorialhttp://www.yiiframework.com/doc/blog/http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/tutorial/index.htmlhttp://symfony.com/doc/current/quick_tour/index.htmlhttp://laravel.com/docshttp://fatfreeframework.com/user-guidehttp://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/tutorials-and-examples/blog/blog.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyeZhwP1LP4http://jelix.org/articles/en/tutorialshttp://kohanaframework.org/3.2/guide/kohana/tutorialshttp://framework.zend.com/manual/en/learning.quickstart.intro.htmlhttp://www.ppi.io/docshttp://www.developpez.com/index/redirect/14907/Introduction-au-mkframework-un-framework-PHP-simple-a-prendre-en-main-par-Michael-Bertocchi/http://mouf-php.com/packages/mouf/getting-things-done-basic-edition/index.mdhttp://code.google.com/p/openbiz-cubihttp://phpixie.com/tutorials/learn-phpixie-in-30-minutes/http://clancats.io/docs/http://solarphp.com/manual/blog-demo
Github / Bitbucket / Sourceforgehttps://github.com/yiisoft/yiihttps://github.com/EllisLab/CodeIgniterhttps://github.com/symfony/symfonyhttps://github.com/laravel/laravelhttps://github.com/bcosca/fatfreehttps://github.com/cakephp/cakephphttp://github.com/atk4/atk4/https://github.com/fuelhttps://github.com/imikado/mkframeworkhttps://github.com/thecodingmachine/moufhttp://code.google.com/p/openbiz-cubihttps://github.com/phalconhttps://github.com/dracony/PHPixiehttps://github.com/ClanCats/Frameworkhttps://github.com/zikula
Commercial SupportYes http://www.clevertech.biz/blog/yii/Yes www.expressionengine.comYes http://symfony.com/services/supportNoYes http://cakedc.comYes http://agiletech.ie/NoYes http://www.zend.com/en/support-center/support/Yes http://www.openbiz.me
Notable projects using ithttp://www.stay.com http://www.fictioncity.net https://www.humhub.orghttp://expressionengine.com http://skyclerk.com/Dailymotion:
http://symfony.com/blog/dailymotion-powered-by-symfony
Drupal 8
eZ Publish 5
http://fatfree.sf.netHot Scripts, Affilorama...http://linkedfinance.com/ http://sortmybooks.com/HaveFnuBB forum project : http://www.havefnubb.orghttp://www.bestbuys.com, http://www.joined.com, many many morehttp://dupot.org http://supercapote.comhttp://packanalyst.com/ http://www.pathefilms.com/ http://www.wabel.com/ http://www.webikeo.com/ and many more!golfimport.ch clancats.com
Twitterhttp://twitter.com/yiiframeworkhttps://twitter.com/CodeIgniterhttps://twitter.com/symfonyhttps://twitter.com/laravelphphttps://twitter.com/phpfatfreehttps://twitter.com/cakephphttps://twitter.com/atk4http://twitter.com/fuelphphttps://twitter.com/jelixfmkhttps://twitter.com/mkframeworkhttps://twitter.com/mouf_phphttps://twitter.com/CCF_IOhttp://twitter.com/makoframework
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