PHP Frameworks

PHP Framework PHP4 PHP5 MVC Multiple DB's ORM DB Objects Templates Caching Validation Ajax Auth Module Modules EDP Akelos yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes - ash.MVC - yes yes - - yes yes - yes - yes yes - CakePHP yes yes yes yes yes yes - yes yes yes yes yes - CodeIgniter yes yes yes yes - yes yes yes yes - - - - DIY - yes yes - yes yes yes yes - yes - - - eZ Components - yes - yes - yes yes yes yes - - - - Fusebox yes yes yes yes - - - yes - yes - yes - PHP on TRAX - yes yes yes yes yes - - yes yes - yes - PHPDevShell - yes - - - - yes - - yes yes yes - PhpOpenbiz - yes yes yes yes yes yes - yes yes yes - - Prado - yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes QPHP yes yes yes yes - yes yes - yes yes yes yes yes Seagull yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes - Symfony - yes yes yes yes yes - yes yes yes yes yes - WACT yes yes yes yes - yes yes - yes - - yes - WASP - yes yes - - yes yes - yes yes yes yes - Yii - yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Zend - yes yes yes yes yes - yes yes yes yes yes - ZooP yes yes yes yes - yes yes yes yes yes yes - -

MVC: Indicates whether the framework comes with inbuilt support for a Model-View-Controller setup. Multiple DB's: Indicates whether the framework supports multiple databases without having to change anything. ORM: Indicates whether the framework supports an object-record mapper, usually an implementation of ActiveRecord. DB Objects: Indicates whether the framework includes other database objects, like a TableGateWay. Templates: Indicates whether the framework has an inbuilt template engine. Caching: Indicates whether the framework includes a caching object or some way other way of caching. Validation: Indicates whether the framework has an inbuilt validation or filtering component. Ajax: Indicates whether the framework comes with inbuilt support for Ajax. Auth Module: Indicates whether the framework has an inbuilt module for handling user authentication. Modules: Indicates whether the framework has other modules, like an RSS feed parser, PDF module or anything else (useful). EDP: Event Driven Programming.New!