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| '''Criteria '''|| '''Weight (1-5)'''||Symfony 2||Yii | | '''Criteria '''|| '''Weight (1-5)'''||Symfony 2||Yii | ||
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|Ease of use, low learning curve||5|| || | |Ease of use, low learning curve||5|| ||X | ||
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|Native support of Postgres/mySQL/MSSQL database systems||5|| || | |Native support of Postgres/mySQL/MSSQL database systems||5||X||X | ||
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| | |Handles some form of namespacing||5||X||X | ||
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| | |Supports creation of an application installer which handles DB setup properly without using commandline or weird workarounds||5||X||X | ||
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| | |Pluggable authentication system||4||X||X | ||
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| | |Activity and maturity||4||X||X | ||
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| | |DB Active Records handling similar to CodeIgniter||3|| ||X | ||
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| | |Handles real 5.3 namespaces||2||X||X | ||
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| | |XML-RPC server support or support for a similar RESTful API (not SOAP)||2||X||X | ||
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| | |Native PHP views||5||X||X | ||
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| | |Templating engine||4||X||X | ||
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| | |Support for different template engines||2||X||X | ||
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| | |CLI support||3||X||X | ||
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| | |ORM support||2||X||X | ||
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| | |Unit tests||X||X||X | ||
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| | |Clean separation between Framework/Application Configuration and User Configuration (Administrative Configuration)||5||X||X | ||
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|Clean separation between Framework Code and Application Code||5||X||X | |||
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|Thoughtfull library folder layout for integration with LimesSurvey and 3rd Party Libraries (incl. Autoload)||4||X||X | |||
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*Support of Postgres/mySQL/MSSQL database systems | *Support of Postgres/mySQL/MSSQL database systems | ||
*MVC model | *MVC model | ||
*Requires at least PHP 5.1 | |||
=Non-criteria= | =Non-criteria= | ||
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=Other resources= | =Other resources= | ||
#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Web_application_frameworks#PHP_2 List & comparison of web frameworks] | |||
[http://webification.com/best-lightweight-php-frameworks-2010 Best Lightweight PHP Frameworks of 2010] | #[http://webification.com/best-lightweight-php-frameworks-2010 Best Lightweight PHP Frameworks of 2010] | ||
#[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2578540/php-frameworks-codeigniter-yii-cakephp-vs-django/3027690#3027690 Short comparison Yii - CI] | |||
#[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7799012/yii-or-codeigniter-for-a-large-web-application/7799226#7799226 Short comparison Yii - CI #2] | |||
#[http://firmy007.blogspot.com/2011/06/codeigniter-versus-yii-my-thoughts.html Blog article "Yii vs CodeIgniter] | |||
#[http://codecult.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/kurze-zusammenfassung-bephpug-treffen-1-2-2011-php-frameworks/ Short summary of PHP frameworks (Germany, 02-2011)] | |||
#[http://harrywolff.com/2011/09/my-experience-with-php-frameworks-yii-codeignitor-and-symfony/ Blog post "Yii vs CodeIgniter vs Simfony] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:36, 11 November 2011
General
Criteria
| Criteria | Weight (1-5) | Symfony 2 | Yii |
| Ease of use, low learning curve | 5 | X | |
| Native support of Postgres/mySQL/MSSQL database systems | 5 | X | X |
| Handles some form of namespacing | 5 | X | X |
| Supports creation of an application installer which handles DB setup properly without using commandline or weird workarounds | 5 | X | X |
| Pluggable authentication system | 4 | X | X |
| Activity and maturity | 4 | X | X |
| DB Active Records handling similar to CodeIgniter | 3 | X | |
| Handles real 5.3 namespaces | 2 | X | X |
| XML-RPC server support or support for a similar RESTful API (not SOAP) | 2 | X | X |
| Native PHP views | 5 | X | X |
| Templating engine | 4 | X | X |
| Support for different template engines | 2 | X | X |
| CLI support | 3 | X | X |
| ORM support | 2 | X | X |
| Unit tests | X | X | X |
| Clean separation between Framework/Application Configuration and User Configuration (Administrative Configuration) | 5 | X | X |
| Clean separation between Framework Code and Application Code | 5 | X | X |
| Thoughtfull library folder layout for integration with LimesSurvey and 3rd Party Libraries (incl. Autoload) | 4 | X | X |
Must-haves
- GPL compatible license
- Support of Postgres/mySQL/MSSQL database systems
- MVC model
- Requires at least PHP 5.1
Non-criteria
- ACL (because LimeSurvey provides it's own CRUD ACL)