20 popular PHP frameworks are recommended (1)

20 popular PHP frameworks are recommended (1)

For Web developers, PHP is a very powerful and popular programming language. Many of the world's top websites are developed based on PHP. This article will review the 20 best PHP frameworks in 2014.

Every developer knows that a powerful framework can make development work faster, safer, and more effective. Choosing a suitable framework before a development project can lay a solid foundation for the future. The following 20 PHP frameworks can be selected for use and will certainly help you.

1. Laravel

Laravel is a free and open-source PHP application framework designed to develop MVC-based WEB applications. I personally think Laravel is the best PHP framework in 2014, it helps you create some cool WEB applications and easily use permission verification, URL routing, Session, cache, and other functions.

Http://laravel.com/

2. Phalcon

Phalcon is the fastest-running PHP framework, which is implemented in C at the underlying layer, but the upper layer provides some PHP extensions. As a PHP framework, Phalcon is known for its high performance and low consumption. Although it is implemented in C language, we do not need to use C language. You only need to use PHP.

Http://phalconphp.com/en/

3. Symfony

Symfony is a PHP framework for Web projects. It can help you quickly create and maintain PHP applications. Symfony helps you save a lot of repetitive coding work and shift your focus to design and control.

Symfony is a reusable PHP component. It is an open-source software based on the MIT protocol. Many CMS systems and Forum programs are developed based on Symfony, such as Drupal and phpBB.

Http://symfony.com/

4. Yii

Yii is a fast, secure, and professional PHP framework. It is also a high-performance PHP framework for developing WEB 2.0 applications. Yii is very powerful and has the following built-in functions: MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N, permission verification, caching, security control, testing, and data access objects.

Http://www.yiiframework.com/

5. CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter is a very agile open-source PHP framework. If you want to use PHP to develop a simple and elegant toolkit, CodeIgniter is very suitable.

Https://ellislab.com/codeigniter