Best and Top Trending PHP Frameworks in 2016
Laravel
CodeIgniter
Yii 2
CakePHP
Symfony2
Zend Framework 2
Conclusion
Offering well-organized and secure development possibilities, PHP web development is the most popular option among developers and programmers in the recent times. PHP frameworks help in a faster project development without any compromise in the performance. This grandeur success is vastly accounted to the variety of frameworks PHP has to offer. Every year, right from it's initiation, PHP frameworks were able to match the trends and offer viable solutions efficiently and 2016 has taken its popularity to new heights. This article will discuss the top trending PHP frameworks at present.
Laravel
One can safely say that Laravel is the most famous and popular PHP framework right now. Laravel aims to make web development easy and swift with brilliant and immaculate syntax. It enabled developers work with ease by simplifying all common tasks with the help of its built-in tools. Routing, authentication, queuing and caching are to name a few.
The second most trending and a lightweight, dynamic PHP framework in 2016 is the CodeIgniter. Also known as an Application Development Framework, CodeIgniter offers a set of libraries for the most common tasks and a simple interface and logical structure to access them. This enables the developers to have the main focus on the project rather than spending time coding for a given task.
Yii 2
An object-oriented framework, Yii 2 offers high performance and is used to develop modern web applications. Yii is at its optimal best in developing large-scale applications like portals, content management systems, forums, etc. Enhanced performance, short development time, simple and secure security and highly extendible are factors that make Yii 2 a hit among developers.
CakePHP
Requiring very less coding, CakePHP is also popular for being faster and lightweight. The flexible templates of CakePHP make it easy to learn. The built-in “CRUD”, one of the most sought-out feature, helps in handy database interactions.
Having the reputation of being the most stable PHP framework, Symfony2 is widely used to create websites and robust web applications. It is flexible, scalable and has a low performance overhead. Symfony's components are decoupled and reusable and have been used to built major PHP applications like Drupal, eZ Publish, etc.
Zend Framework 2
Zend Framework 2 is a successful evolution of the Zend Framework 1, that had over 15 million downloads. A well-known modular PHP framework, Zend Framework 2 uses 100% object-oriented coding. The popularity of this framework is attributed directly to its efficient characteristics like easy to adapt, secure, well-oiled performance tuning and much more.
Conclusion
PHP frameworks are always on an upward rise and 2016 had some interesting and popular PHP frameworks fighting for pole positions. But the most underlying factor is that all the discussed frameworks were able to solve development issues and made PHP web development companies offer world-class products. With exciting and unique features differentiating them from the competitors. PHP frameworks are going to be on-trend for a long time.
