devReview() http://devreview.com Web development resource reviews and news Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:17:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 The Big List of PHP Frameworks http://devreview.com/big-list-of-php-frameworks/ http://devreview.com/big-list-of-php-frameworks/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:30:36 +0000 Ernie Leseberg http://devreview.com/?p=441 For the start of a new year, it was time to clean out the list of PHP frameworks. A few have fallen by the wayside, but many new ones have been added. It seems that patterns and MVC is still all the rage, but less are professing to being Rails clones, though the inspiration of convention is still strong. There are a wide variety of framework types. From full stack (cakePHP, Symfony) to components (eZ), a bit of both (Zend) and minimalist (LightVC, TinyMVC, Pluf).

To be on the list, the framework needed to be PHP based (4 or 5), and have releases or code updates in the last 12 months. If it was close they have been left in the list. For the purposes of this article and site, the framework needed to have information available in English, though not necessarily as the first language. At this time projects that are content systems but can function as a framework, like Joomla, have been left off. I am inclined to create a new category for them.

A few frameworks are on the watch list, but not included in this update, generally because of a lack of documentation. These are:

  • Nette Framework
  • Orinoco Framework
  • Flow3
  • Recess!
  • Kimura Framework

I am sure that at least 1 active project has been missed. If so, add a comment, and it will be checked out.

Please don’t let the comments descend into a my framework is better than yours shout off. If you have comments about a particular framework, then follow the review link add a review with detail, and help out your fellow developer.

Name URL Uses
Adventure PHP Framework adventure-php-framework.org PHP4 & 5 Reviews
Agavi http://www.agavi.org/ PHP5 Reviews
Akelos Framework http://trac.akelos.org/ PHP4 & 5 Reviews
ATK Framework http://www.atk-framework.com/ Reviews
CakePHP http://cakephp.org/ PHP4 & 5 Reviews
CodeIgniter Framework http://codeigniter.com/ PHP4 & 5 Reviews
CoughPHP www.coughphp.com/ PHP5 Reviews
evoCore evocore.net/ PHP4 & 5 Reviews
eZ components http://ez.no/ezcomponents PHP5 Reviews
FUSE MVC Framework http://www.phpfuse.net/ PHP5 Reviews
Fusebox Framework http://www.fusebox.org/ PHP5 Reviews
Horde Application Framework http://horde.org/horde/ PHP4 & 5 Reviews
InterJinn http://www.interjinn.com/ PHP4 & 5 Reviews
Jelix http://jelix.org/ PHP5 Reviews
KISSMVC http://kissmvc.com/ Reviews
KohanaPHP http://kohanaphp.com/ PHP5 Reviews
Kolibri https://launchpad.net/kolibri PHP5 Reviews
Konstrukt http://konstrukt.dk/ PHP5 Reviews
LightVC www.lightvc.org PHP5 Reviews
Limb3 http://limb-project.com/ Reviews
Lion framework http://www.lionframework.org Reviews
Madeam PHP Framework http://madeam.com/ PHP5 Reviews
Maintainable PHP Framework http://framework.maintainable.com/ PHP5 Reviews
OpenBiz http://www.phpopenbiz.org PHP5 Reviews
P4A http://p4a.crealabsfoundation.org/ PHP5 Reviews
PHP on TRAX http://www.phpontrax.com/ PHP5 Reviews
PHPDevShell http://www.phpdevshell.org PHP5 Reviews
PHOCOA http://phocoa.com PHP5 Reviews
PhpPeanuts http://www.phppeanuts.org PHP4 & 5 Reviews
PHPulse http://www.phpulse.com/ PHP5 Reviews
Pluf http://www.pluf.org/ PHP5 Reviews
Prado Framework http://www.pradosoft.com/ PHP5 Reviews
Qcodo http://qcodo.com/ PHP5 Reviews
QCubed http://qcu.be/ PHP5 Reviews
QPHP http://qphp.net/ PHP4 & 5 Reviews
Sapphire http://silverstripe.org/sapphire PHP5 Reviews
Seagull Framework http://seagullproject.org/ PHP4 & 5 Reviews
SOLAR Framework http://solarphp.com/ PHP5 Reviews
Stubbles http://www.stubbles.net/ PHP5 Reviews
Swat https://code.silverorange.com/wiki/Swat PHP5 Reviews
Symfony http://www.symfony-project.org/ PHP5 Reviews
Tangra Framework tangraframework.net PHP5 Reviews
Tigermouse http://tigermouse.epsi.pl/ PHP5 Reviews
TinyMVC http://www.tinymvc.com/ PHP5 Reviews
Xajax www.xajaxproject.org/ PHP4 & 5 Reviews
Xataface http://xataface.com/ Reviews
Yii PHP Framework http://www.yiiframework.com/ PHP5 Reviews
Zend Framework http://framework.zend.com/ PHP5 Reviews
ZOOP Framework http://zoopframework.com/ PHP4 & 5 Reviews

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