Php frameworks 2010

Question

i am looking for a new php(5) framework it must be lightweight(x<500kb), oop, have orm, active record built in, simple to learn, fast to use, active community and dev. I need it for small, personal app development. My php skills are quite low and i have .net background. I have previously used LightVc+cough and codeIgnitor php frameworks.

There are so-many frameworks there and it is quite hard to find the best. I have checked the other threads here but they are to old to consider sustainable.

Thanks for your time.

Answer 1

I think you dig out the http://www.phpframeworks.com/. It has details about each and every accepted framework.

Answer 2

Code Igniter is very popular and also supports PHP4: http://codeigniter.com/

Answer 3

Unlike .NET and miscellaneous other programming languages, you really don't need a framework to write a PHP application. In fact, I'd advise against it. Learn the language, not a framework.

Answer 4

For someone with low PHP skills I'd say codeigniter although it doesn't have ORM built-in (it has a sort of lightweight active record class), but there are tutorials on how to use Doctrine (a good PHP ORM solution) with it.

However if you want a PHP5 only framework (as in written to take full advantage of PHP5) then I'd suggest looking at Kohana (a PHP5 only fork of codeigniter), Yii or Zend framework.