Popular PHP-frameworks | Comparison tables

Link	CakePHP	CodeIgniter	FuelPHP	Kohana	Laravel	MkFramework	Mouf	Nette	Openbiz Cubi	phalcon	PHPixie	PPI Framework	Silex framework	Slim framework	Solar	Symfony	Yii	Zend Framework 2	Zikula
Website	cakephp.org	codeigniter.com	fuelphp.com	kohanaframework.org	laravel.com	mkframework.com	mouf-php.com	nette.org		phalcon.io	phpixie.com	www.ppi.io	symfony.com	slimframework.com	solarphp.com	symfony.com	yiiframework.com	zend.com	ziku.la
Latest version	5.2.3	4.6.1	1.8.2	3.3.6	12.0.7	1.6.0	2.0	2.1.12	3.0.9	4.0.6	2.*@dev	1.0	1.2.3	4.5.0	1.1.2	7.2.6	2.0.52	2.2.0	3.0.3
Release date	Apr. 24^th 2025	May 2^nd 2025	Jun. 27^th 2019	Jul. 25^th 2016	Apr. 15^th 2025	Apr. 8^th 2020	Jan. 7^th 2015	Dec. 3^rd 2015	Mar. 6^th 2013	May 16^th 2020	Mar. 18^th 2014	Jan. 1^st 2012	Jun. 1^st 2018	Apr. 14^th 2020	Nov. 9^th 2010	May 2^nd 2025	Feb. 13^th 2025	May 15^th 2013	Sep. 4^th 2020
Requirements	>= PHP 8.1	>= PHP 8.4	>= PHP 5.4	>= PHP 5	PHP >= 8.2, OpenSSL PHP Extension, PDO PHP Extension, Mbstring PHP Extension, Tokenizer PHP Extension, XML PHP Extension,	PHP >= 5.2	>= PHP 5.3.2		>=PHP5		>=PHP 5.3.0	>= 5.3.0	>=PHP 5.3.0	>=PHP 5.3.0	>= PHP 5.2	>= PHP 8.2	>= PHP 7.3	>= PHP 5.3	>= PHP 5.3
License	MIT	BSD-style	MIT	BSD	MIT	LGPLV3	MIT		BSD	New BSD License	BSD	MIT	MIT		BSD	MIT	BSD	BSD	GPL
Features
Internationalization I18N / L10n	gettext, PHP array	language class	PHP array		PHP array, gettext via extension	plugin_i18n	FINE		Zend I18N has UI interface			gettext, PHP array			language class	XML (XLIFF) CSV PHP	gettext database PHP array		gettext
Code generation	CLI		CLI		CLI	Mkbuilder: générateur Web	Discouraged, use advanced configuration via dependency injection instead		has built in Openbiz Appbuilder							CLI	Yii CLI, Gii (Web based)		Module Studio
ORM	Custom	ActiveRecord	Custom	Custom	ELOQUENT ORM (active record)	Custom possibilité facilement d'utiliser un autre (doctrine par exemple)	TDBM or Doctrine		Supported Metadata Level ORM		PHPixie ORM	Doctrine Propel2				Doctrine 2, Propel (active record)	Database Access Objects (DAO), Active Record (AR)		Doctrine
Cache storage	Memcache, APC File, APC, Memcache, Redis	File, apc, memcached, xcache	File, Redis, Memcache, APC	APC, File, Memcached, Memcached-tags, SQLite, Wincache	File System, Database, Memcached, APC, Redis, Xcache, WinCache, Memory (Arrays)	cache html de page complète et/ou de "zones"/"modules" du site	APC, File, Memcache, Memory, or any Doctrine Cache implementation		Based on Zend_Cache			APC Redis File Memcached XCache			APC, Memcache, XCache	HTTP, APC, eAccelerator, XCache	APC, Database, eAccelerator, File, Memcache, WinCache, XCache, ZendPlatform
Services	Third party	XML-RPC							WebServices			All ZF components					SOAP / WebServices
Dependency injection container					Yes With autowiring		Yes With graphical interface, compatible with ContainerInterop									Yes		Yes
Template System	Custom but Smarty/Twig can be used	PHP, Simple template parser "{var_name}"	PHP, Dwoo, HAML, JADE, Markdown, Mustache, Smarty, Twig		Blade, PHP, Custom		Built-in Twig support	Latte	Smarty and PHP		PHP	PHP Twig Smarty PHPTal			PHP	PHP, Twig	PHP and Prado's - Several others using Extensions (Razor, Smarty, Twig, etc)		Smarty
MVC								Yes MVP								Yes	Yes	Yes Optional
Web2.0	Full jQuery, jQuery UI, Grid System, Native AJAX,RestFul	jQuery HTML5boilerplate	JS-library agnostic						built-in jQuery and Prototype			jQuery Html5bolierplate Twitter Bootstrap Modernizr					built-in jQuery, extendable to any javascript framework
Testing library	PHPUnit	PHPUnit (In development)	PHPUnit		PHPUnit				PHPUnit			PHPUnit				PHPUnit	PHPUnit, Selenium	PHPUnit
Code generation	CLI		CLI		CLI	Mkbuilder: générateur Web	Discouraged, use advanced configuration via dependency injection instead		has built in Openbiz Appbuilder							CLI	Yii CLI, Gii (Web based)		Module Studio
Menu generator						Yes	Yes
CRUD generation						Yes	Yes Evolugrid and BCE									Yes SensioGeneratorBundle	Yes Gii
Logging management					Yes	Yes	Yes PSR-3 compliant									Yes PSR-3 compliant
User interface						Yes Oui : Builder	Yes Extensible
Resources
Website	cakephp.org	codeigniter.com	fuelphp.com	kohanaframework.org	laravel.com	mkframework.com	mouf-php.com	nette.org		phalcon.io	phpixie.com	www.ppi.io	symfony.com	slimframework.com	solarphp.com	symfony.com	yiiframework.com	zend.com	ziku.la
Official Certification																Yes exam-based		Yes
Offcial Training																Yes		Yes
Tutorial	cakephp.org/...	codeigniter.com/...		kohanaframework.org/...	laravel.com/...	developpez.com/...	mouf-php.com/...		google.com/...		phpixie.com/...	www.ppi.io/...			solarphp.com/...	symfony.com/...	yiiframework.com/...	zend.com/...
Github / Bitbucket / Sourceforge	github.com/...	github.com/...	github.com/...		github.com/...	github.com/...	github.com/...		google.com/...	github.com/...	github.com/...					github.com/...	github.com/...		github.com/...
Commercial Support
Notable projects using it	Hot Scripts, Affilorama...	expressionengine.com skyclerk.com				dupot.org supercapote.com	packanalyst.com pathefilms.com wabel.com webikeo.com and many more!					bestbuys.com, joined.com, many many more				Dailymotion: symfony.com/... Drupal 8 eZ Publish 5	stay.com fictioncity.net humhub.org
X (Twitter)	@cakephp	@CodeIgniter	@fuelphp		@laravelphp	@mkframework	@mouf_php									@symfony	@yiiframework
Development community
Active community																	Yes
Community																	yiiframework.com/...
StackOverflow	31 332	69 123			173 276			<100			<100					68 862	14k	25k
Your reviews
Simplicity	*4.3/5* 3 ratings	*4.7/5* 10 ratings	*5.0/5* 1 rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	*5.0/5* 6 ratings	*5.0/5* 3 ratings	*3.0/5* 2 ratings	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*3.8/5* 4 ratings	*4.7/5* 3 ratings	*3.1/5* 7 ratings	no rating
Learning Curve	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*4.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	*2.0/5* 1 rating	no rating
Stability	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating
Long Term Stability	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*3.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating
Active international social community	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	*5.0/5* 2 ratings	no rating	no rating
Features	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	no rating	no rating
Flexibility	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*3.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	no rating	no rating
Large projects	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*3.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	*4.0/5* 1 rating	no rating
Performance	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*2.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	*2.0/5* 1 rating	no rating
Used by large companies	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*2.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating	*5.0/5* 1 rating	no rating
Like	Likes 8	Likes 40	Likes 4	Likes 4	Likes 18	Likes 1	Likes 1	Likes 0	Likes 1	Likes 1	Likes 1	Likes 3	Likes 0	Likes 0	Likes 0	Likes 19	Likes 36	Likes 4	Likes 0
Popularity 2015 at Work	255	597	25	35	1,659			671		169	418		65	79		1,067	504	390
Popularity 2015 personal	229	482	27	22	2,112			703		231	420		142	158		1,005	620	346
Popularity 2014	4.51 %	7.62 %		1.5 %	25.85 %			0 %		16.73 %			1.5 %	1.5 %		10.62 %	7.62 %	4.51 %
Security
XSRF	Yes	Yes Built-in			Yes	Yes										Yes
XSS	Yes	Yes Built-in			Yes	Yes	Yes Via Twig									Yes
NullByte						Yes
SQL injection	Yes	Yes Built-in			Yes	Yes	Yes Via TDBM or Doctrine									Yes

User reviews and comments

Jo999uk on Apr. 14^th 2020 7:30:27 AM
rated CodeIgniter: Simplicity 5/5
good
julien on Aug. 20^th 2019 11:19:01 AM
rated Mouf: Simplicity 1/5
wajidkhan on Jul. 10^th 2019 8:09:05 PM
suggested on Zend Framework 2 to set Name to Zend Framework
Jani Ali on Feb. 28^th 2019 10:14:32 AM
rated Zend Framework 2: Simplicity 5/5
wajidkhan on Feb. 26^th 2019 8:36:07 AM
rated CodeIgniter: Simplicity 5/5
wajidkhan on Feb. 26^th 2019 8:35:50 AM
rated Laravel: Simplicity 5/5
wajidkhan on Feb. 26^th 2019 8:35:29 AM
rated CakePHP: Simplicity 4/5
nbtai91 on Oct. 23^rd 2018 8:18:51 AM
rated Symfony: Simplicity 5/5
oliver russell on Sep. 14^th 2018 9:39:10 AM
Most of the frameworks listed here shouldn't be counted as popular because they have low user base and downloads. You cannot compare them with best php frameworks (cloudways.com/... ) like laravel, symfony and yii.
jugcosta on Mar. 21^st 2018 12:40:41 AM
rated Yii: Active international social community 5/5
comunidade em português
jugcosta on Mar. 21^st 2018 12:39:55 AM
rated Yii: Simplicity 5/5
excelent
codiiv on Jan. 29^th 2018 12:41:36 PM
rated Laravel: Simplicity 5/5
By far the most versatile, powerful and beautiful Framework. Its ORM, CI, ECHO, ELOQUENT, etc... are some of the feature the modern web dev should have
valcanarias on Jun. 20^th 2017 10:05:47 AM
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Alvin Bunk on May 13^th 2016 8:27:08 AM
suggested on Symfony to set Name to Symfony3
Version 3 is now commonly used.
Antonín Slejška on Mar. 29^th 2016 1:47:42 PM
rated Yii: Simplicity 5/5
Antonín Slejška on Mar. 29^th 2016 1:47:36 PM
rated Yii: Active international social community 5/5
SuperMario on Mar. 23^rd 2016 5:38:13 PM
rated Symfony: Simplicity 4/5
SuperMario on Mar. 23^rd 2016 5:37:40 PM
rated Zend Framework 2: Simplicity 1/5
flexjoly on Jan. 7^th 2016 7:26:32 PM
rated Laravel: Used by large companies 2/5
flexjoly on Jan. 7^th 2016 7:25:13 PM
rated Symfony: Used by large companies 5/5

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