MVC model (and ORM) frameworks in PHP
I have been researching several MVC frameworks (in particular the Model components of these packages) as well as some separate ORM libraries for PHP. I have been getting more and more into Ruby on Rails ActiveRecord use, and have been interested to see how PHP libraries compare.
So far I have looked at Propel, Biscuit, TaniPHP, WASP, Symphony, Cake, Solar, PHP on Trax, Prado and a few more to boot. The truth is, I just cannot find one that ticks all of the boxes for me.
Many suffer from too little documentation, several seem to be too complicated for their own good, and to be blunt there are just too many separate products trying to be the same thing. Of them all, Biscuit caught my eye but I cannot remember why … perhaps because I like the name and I wanted a cup of tea by that point.
I think the problem for me is that most of the frameworks try to follow Rails too closely, and end up suffering as a result. Now - I may well eat those words after some more research - so don’t blow any fuses yet. I will keep the feedback coming as I find out more over the next couple of weeks.
4 comments February 9th, 2006