PHP Framework comparison

Framework

PHP4

PHP5

MVC

Multiple DB's

ORM

DB Objects

Templates

Caching

Validation

Ajax

Auth Module

Modules

EDP

Akelos

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ash.MVC

-

-

-

-

-

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CakePHP

-

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CodeIgniter

-

-

-

-

-

DIY

-

-

-

-

-

-

eZ Components

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-

-

-

-

-

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Fusebox

-

-

-

-

-

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PHP on TRAX

-

-

-

-

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PHPDevShell

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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PhpOpenbiz

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-

-

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Prado

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QPHP

-

-

Seagull

-

-

-

Symfony Project

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-

-

WACT

-

-

-

-

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WASP

-

-

-

-

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Zend

-

-

-

-

ZooP

-

-

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• 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!

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