PHP WEB FRAMEWORKSAN INTRODUCTION

Who Am I?

Adam Englanderadamenglander@yahoo.com@adam_englanderhttp://adamknowsstuff.comhttps://github.com/derptest

• DirectEdge Brands Director of Software Development

• Coupla CTO

• Founder/Organizer of Las Vegas PHP Users Group

• Co-Organizer of Las Vegas Developers Users Group

• #VegasTech Enthusiast

Overview

In this presentation we will briefly touch on a variety of PHP Web Frameworks. They come in three categories: Legacy Next Generation CMS Up and Comers

Legacy Frameworks

Zend Framework Cake PHP Code Igniter

These frameworks are not heavily object oriented. Zend and Cake have large installed bases and large communities. Progress is slow.

Zend Framework

Oldest large framework left Mostly a collection of libraries that are

poorly coupled Sponsored by “The PHP company” Large community Large installed base

Cake PHP

True complete framework Provides tightly coupled components Has a number of code generators to

help speed up development Large community Mostly modular Many modules available Trying to transition to a modern

framework

Code Igniter

Simple framework Barely object based Very little installed base remains Only had on release in the last year Poorly documented

Next Generation Frameworks

Symfony Silex Laravel

Modularized and heavily object oriented. All use dependency injection containers.

Symfony

Core components used in all next generation frameworks as well as CMS platforms

Highly modular for drop in functionality Spring based DIC Supports multiple ORMs Corporate sponsor Avid community

Silex

Symfony components Easy to stand up quickly Somewhat middleware based Can get confusing with larger

applications Fairly large number of pluggable

components Simple callback based DIC

Laravel

Symfony component based Full stack MVC Modularized for larger applications Easy message queue based integration ORM supports multiple RDMBS and

NoSQL databases Active user base Corporate sponsorship

CMS

WordPress Drupal

PHP CMS systems drive a large amount of the internet and can be very useful if you need mostly content and few additional features.

WordPress

Extensible CMS system Huge install base Large community Easy to start up Highly extensible within the framework Must extend within the framework Old school implementation and modules

Drupal

Symfony components Complex Symfony DIC Highly extensible Highly customizable Large community Many modules available in the

community Can get out of hand

Up and Comers

Phalcon Yolo

Up and comers are newer frameworks that show promise but have not been widely adopted.

Phalcon

Inner working code is C Very fast Very specific Can be limiting

Yolo

Middleware based framework Symfony components As simple or complex as you like A great alternative to writing your own

framework without being constricted within a larger framework.