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Best PHP Frameworks for Beginners to Learn
We all know that PHP is the most popular language for server side scripting in the world. Nowdays we can develop almost any kind of website or web applications.
Imagine you are a PHP Developer and you’ve got some work to develop a complex web application.
Now, if you’d think that I should develop it from SCRATCH. 😛
It is indeed a good thought but it would take
To much time
And probably too much struggle
And after completion your app could have some security loop holes.
So here, we got the need of a PHP Framework.
What is a PHP Framework?
In the simplest form we can say a PHP Framework is a library or collection of predefined classes and codes that helps us in developing a web application.
Why Use a PHP Framework?
I already told you why we need a PHP framework. I picked out some points why a developer need to use a PHP Framework.
A framework will speed up your development. You can quickly create complex web apps with a framework.
You can maintain your app very easily. Using a framework makes your web app maintainable and it increases the reusability of the code.
You do not need to think about low level security threats, as you are using a framework and the countermeasures for the common security threats is already defined in a framework.
Almost all frameworks follows the most popular MVC framework to separate the presentation and logic of the application.
Which is the Best PHP Framework?
This is a very obvious question which you might just thought about. And the funny part is there is no accurate answer for this question. 😛 LOL
There are number of frameworks available, and you have to choose one. Confused Right?
But still you have to take decision which one to choose. So here I picked some of the best php frameworks currently active.
10 Best PHP Frameworks
1. Symfony
It is probably the best open source php framework. It follows the MVC pattern. It was released on 27th October 2015.
Many popular projects are using Symfony. Some examples of the popular projects using Symfony are Drupal and PhpBB.
You are aware with Drupal, it is one of the most popular Content Management System, and it is being developed in Symfony.
PhpBB is also the most popular forum software using Symfony.
Symfony has a very wide developer community. So starting learning and developing in Symfony is quite easy.
The next framework (Laravel) we are going to discuss is also relies in Symfony.
Symfony has a number of reusable libraries that can be used in various tasks in web application development. You can easily perform the tasks like form creation, authentication, templating etc. easily by using Symfony Components. We can any components of Symfony by using the PHP Dependency manager composer. If you wanna see all the projects developed using Symfony then you can also go to the showcase section of their website.
2. Laravel
Laravel is also one of the best php frameworks. It is also open source and free having a solid developer community.
It is a new PHP Framework released only 4 years before (June 2011). Some says that it is the best PHP Framework.
You can get the complete documentation and tutorials from its official website.
Laravel has made the rapid web app development possible. Laravel has a very light weight templating system called “blade”.
You can easily used their libraries for the common tasks like, authentication, session, caching etc.
3. CodeIgniter
This is my favourite PHP Framework. And also it is the first framework I started working with. It was released in 2006.
CodeIgniter doesn’t require too much configuration. And I guess it is the easiest framework to start with.
CodeIgniter also follows MVC pattern. The controller class is must and model and views are optional with CodeIgniter.
It is very light weight framework having size only 2mb. It also has a great developer community. And you can also use third party plugin for more complex functionalities.
You can create almost any type of web application using CodeIgniter Framework.
4. CakePHP
CakePHP was released on 2005. It 10 years old framework and still managed to be in the list of most popular php frameworks.
Some big brands like Hyundai and BMW’s website uses CakePHP.
CakePHP is the best choice if you are more concerned about security of your web application.
CakePHP has built in XSS, SQL Injection, CSRF etc. protection.
So I can say that it is the best if the security matters. And security matters everywhere.
5. Zend Framework
The biggest PHP Framework. Zend has partnered with the big brands like Google, Microsoft, IBM and Adobe.
Zend framework is packed with a lot of configuration option and hence it is not recommended for small projects.
The current release is Zend Framework 2 and it supports 5.5 onwards. The upcoming release would be Zend Framework 3 and it will support PHP 7.
The Zend Framework is mainly focused on developing high quality web application for enterprise clients.
In this list I picked out these 5 Best PHP Frameworks but there are a lot more like PHPixie, FuelPHP etc. You can start with any framework that is your matter of choice. But I guess these 5 PHP Frameworks are the Best PHP Frameworks till date and you should go with anyone of these.
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