Whats the best general purpose PHP framework?

Question

I know there may be a better framework depending on what type of project you are working on. However, if I just wanted to learn one PHP framework, which one would be the best all-purpose solution? Or should I just not use a framework like I have been doing?

Answer 1

Zend Framework. This product from PHP founders Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans.

Answer 2

Use whatever you feel most comfortable with. I like CakePHP, so I used that. Some people like Symfony, some Zend, others CodeIgniter.

Answer 3

Definitely use a framework so as to avoid reinventing the wheel. I like a good MVC framework, and one such example is CodeIgniter. It's pretty small and very generic so it doesn't force you into a specific coding style. It's extremely flexible so you can apply it to varying types of projects.

A list of its features: http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/overview/features.html