Research Documentation 06 Frameworks

Research Documentation 06 Frameworks

PHP Frameworks

Laravel Homestead

Laravel Homestead is a prepackaged done for you virtual development environment. With Laravel homestead there is no need to install PHP or server software to your computer. In testing according to kinsta Laravel is the fastest PHP framework that they tested. You can find it here Here

Symfony

Symfony is both a PHP framework and a collection of PHP components for building websites. Symfony is modular and according to Kinsta.com is the most scalable framework and supports the most databases such as drizzle, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQlite etc. Symfony also has over 4000 packages that you can download and use. Symfony is backed by Sensio labs which means that you have professional support with Symfony. You can find Symfony and everything you might want to know about it Here.

CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter is touted as the easiest to learn and enables you to build websites super-fast because it needs minimal configuration. CodeIgniter is known for its speed and is the second fastest PHP framework that Kinsta tested. CodeIgniter can be found Here

Summary

Of the three frameworks listed here CodeIgniter has the most impressive list of sites that use it. They include G-Shock, WooBox, Buffer, TestandTrack, Casio, Bike Easy, and Barracuda to name a few. It also has the smallest footprint at only a 1.2mb download size so you can install only the components that you need. Symfony has the best support, and Laravel boasts the most complete development environment. According to Trio.dev the most popular PHP frameworks in use in 2023 are as follows:

  1. Laravel
  2. Laminas
  3. CodeIgniter
  4. Slim
  5. Symfony