Php FrameWork

PHP frameworks make agile development possible. If you are starting a new PHP project you should definitely consider picking a modern PHP framework to provide well-organized, reusable and maintainable code. They make it easier to grow your application over time and scale.

Most modern PHP frameworks follow the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern that ensures the separation of presentation and logic and promote modern web development practices.

This article provides a brief overview of the following PHP frameworks. They’re listed here in no particular order.

1.  Laravel

2.  Symfony

3.  Zend Framework

Laravel

Laravel is a relatively new PHP framework but un-arguably the most popular PHP Framework out there to date. Learning Laravel is easy since each release is fully documented. They also provide many screencasts, tutorials, and blog updates.

Laravel has many features that make rapid application development possible. The Artisan command-line interface provides a number of helpful commands while developing the application. Laravel has a powerful templating engine too, which enables common tasks such as authentication, caching, sessions, RESTful routing, and queuing easier for developers.

It has a huge ecosystem with an instant hosting and deployment platform. Laravel can be easily developed with the pre-packaged Homestead bundle with Vagrant.

Symfony

Symfony is another popular PHP framework that empowers developers with a set of reusable PHP components and code. When it comes to developing large-scale enterprise projects, Symfony makes a perfect choice among PHP frameworks. The components of the Symfony framework are used by many content management systems like Drupal, PHPBB, PIWIk, OROCRM and even the popular Laravel itself uses it.

Symfony’s ecosystem is huge and is supported by an active community of developers.

Zend Framework

Zend packs a range of features such as a user-friendly drag and drop editor, cryptographic coding tools, a connected Database Wizard, and instant online debugging tools. Its editor supports front-end technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript as well. The scalable framework is ideal for complex websites as it offers a myriad of configuration options. However, it is one of the most difficult to learn.