PHP Frameworks 06 Php Frameworks

PHP Frameworks - Nathan Barlow

Laravel

Laravel is a PHP framework used by many popular companies, including Twitch, Disney, and The New York Times. It offers a local development environment called "Laravel Homestead" that makes it very easy to get started with. Laravel has over 15,000 packages that can be used in PHP projects, and offers security features, which allow users on a website to securely authenticate, create encrypted passwords, and reset their password. It also ranks well in benchmarks. According to kinsta.com, it is the fasted of the frameworks they tested.

Symfony

Symfony is a PHP framework and a set of PHP components that can be used together to create PHP sites. They offer many common features of PHP frameworks, like forms, emails, and authentication. In addition to the options in their framework, there are optional components that can be installed to include in a project, which makes Symfony modular and scalable. It also has a community of over 600,000 developers, so it is well-supported.

CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter boasts a small footprint and exceptional performance. It is only a 1.2MB download. Additionally, there is minimal configuration needed, which makes it quick and easy to set up. It allows users to connect to databases, handle requests, and more. Since it is a more minimal framework, some features are missing: like the ability to authenticate users.

Summary of the Documentation

There are many worthy PHP frameworks available to make PHP easier to use. It is not necessary to manually create everything for a PHP site, as these frameworks make it much more simple. Many offer features like authentication with encryption and hashing, emails, and forms.