General
Criteria
| Criteria |
Weight (1-5) |
Symfony 2 |
Yii
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| Ease of use, low learning curve |
5 |
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| Native support of Postgres/mySQL/MSSQL database systems |
5 |
|
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| Handles some form of namespacing |
5 |
|
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| Supports creation of an application installer which handles DB setup properly without using commandline or weird workarounds |
5 |
|
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| Pluggable authentication system |
4 |
|
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| Activity and maturity |
4 |
|
|
| DB Active Records handling similar to CodeIgniter |
3 |
|
|
| Handles real 5.3 namespaces |
2 |
|
|
| XML-RPC server support or support for a similar RESTful API (not SOAP) |
2 |
|
|
| Native PHP views |
5 |
|
|
| Templating engine |
4 |
|
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| Support for different template engines |
2 |
|
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| CLI support |
3 |
|
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| ORM support |
2 |
|
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| Unit tests |
X |
|
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| Clean separation between Framework/Application Configuration and User Configuration (Administrative Configuration) |
5 |
|
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| Clean separation between Framework Code and Application Code |
5 |
|
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| Thoughtfull library folder layout for integration with LimesSurvey and 3rd Party Libraries (incl. Autoload) |
4 |
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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)
Other resources
Best Lightweight PHP Frameworks of 2010