20 Great PHP frameworks for developers

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20 Great PHP frameworks for developers
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A good PHP framework can help you develope aPHP application quickly, with more simplicity and with a vision"best-practices-oriented".


Take a look at this list with20 great PHP frameworks and suggest that you prefer or a new link to aframework not included into this list.

1. CodeIgniter
CodeIgniteris a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for PHPcoders who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featuredweb applications.
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2. CakePHP
CakePHPis a rapid development framework for PHP that provides an extensiblearchitecture for developing, maintaining, and deploying applications.
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3. Symfony
Symfonyis a full-stack framework, a library of cohesive classes written inPHP5. It provides an architecture, components and tools for developersto build complex web applications faster. Choosing symfony allows youto release your applications earlier, host and scale them withoutproblem, and maintain them over time with no surprise.
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4. Prado
PRADOTMis a component-based and event-driven programming framework fordeveloping Web applications in PHP 5. PRADO stands for PHP RapidApplication Development Object-oriented.
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5. Qcodo
Itis a completely object-oriented framework that takes the best of PHPand provides a truly rapid application development platform. Initialprototypes roll out in minutes instead of hours. Iterations come aroundin hours instead of days (or even weeks). As projects iterate into morecohesive solutions, the framework allows developers to take prototypesto the next level by providing the capability of bringing theapplication maturity.
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6. Zend Framework
Zend Frameworkis focused on building more secure, reliable, and modern Web 2.0applications & web services, and consuming widely available APIsfrom leading vendors like Google, Amazon, Yahoo!, Flickr, as well asAPI providers and cataloguers like StrikeIron and ProgrammableWeb.
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7. Akelos
TheAkelos PHP Framework is a web application development platform based onthe MVC (Model View Controller) design pattern. Based on goodpractices, it allows you to:
Write views using Ajax easily, Controlrequests and responses through a controller, Manage internationalizedapplications, Communicate models and the database using simpleconventions.
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8. Maintainable
TheMaintainable PHP Framework was originally built only for our ownprojects, then released to open source at the request of our customers.Like any framework, it's certainly not appropriate for everyapplication. It's designed primarily for use with small- to mid- sizedapplications.
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9. evoCore
evoCoreis the framework at the heart of the b2evolution blogging application.It is freely available for anyone to use. It is dual licensed so youcan choose to use it either under the GNU GPL or the Mozilla MPLlicense. (b2evo for example is using it under the GPL).
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10. Stratos
TheStratos Framework is an open-source, object-oriented web applicationframework that facilitates the rapid development of well-organized,secure, and maintainable PHP web applications. Stratos frees you fromworking on tedious, routine tasks, and allows you to focus on specificsoftware requirements.
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11. Seagull
Seagullis a mature OOP framework for building web, command line and GUIapplications. Licensed under BSD, the project allows PHP developers toeasily integrate and manage code resources, and build complexapplications quickly.
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12. Zoop
TheZoop Framework is inclusive, cooperating with and containing componentsintegrated from some existing projects including Smarty, the PrototypeJS Framework, and a number of Pear Modules.
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13. php.MVC
php.MVCimplements the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern, andencourages application design based on the Model 2 paradigm. Thisdesign model allows the Web page or other contents (View) to be mostlyseparated from the internal application code (Controller/Model), makingit easier for designers and programmers to focus on their respectiveareas of expertise.
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14. AjaxAC
AjaxACis an open-source framework written in PHP, used todevelop/create/generate AJAX applications. The fundamental idea behindAJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) is to use the XMLHttpRequestobject to change a web page state using background HTTP sub-requestswithout reloading the entire page. It is released under the terms ofthe Apache License v2.0.
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15. xAjax
xAjaxis an open source PHP class library that allows to create quickly  Ajax applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
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16. PHOCOA
PHOCOA(pronounced faux-ko) is PHP framework for developing web applications.PHOCOA's primary intent is to make web application development in PHPeasier, faster, and higher-quality.
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17. Kohana
Kohanais a PHP 5 framework that uses the model view controller architecturalpattern. It aims to be secure, lightweight, and easy to use.
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18. Limb
Limbis an OpenSource(LGPL) PHP framework mostly aimed for rapid webapplication prototyping and development. The current actively developedbranch of framework is Limb3(there is also Limb2 but it's notmaintained anymore).
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19. Solar
Solaris a PHP 5 framework for rapid application development. It is fullyname-spaced and uses enterprise application design patterns, withbuilt-in support for localization and configuration at all levels.
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20. BlueShoes
BlueShoesis a comprehensive application framework and content management system.It is written in the widely used web-scripting language PHP. BlueShoesoffers excellent support for the popular MySQL database as well assupport for Oracle and MSSQL.
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