So you're looking for a CMS - Wordpress and friends - clone, and not a framework?
Right. This shouldn't be understated. If a CMS is a must, why isn't Wordpress being considered?
Ask HN: What PHP framework would you choose if you could start over?
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Re: Ask HN: What PHP framework would you choose if you could start over?
#42Use the framework that the team likes and wants to learn.
You're going to get the best value from a framework that is matched well to the team's current skills and ambitions. Consider:
* Team currently writes procedural code versus Framework requires understanding of Functional Programming or Object Oriented Programming
* Team writes quickly and loosely versus Framework requires developers to code methodically and carefully (perhaps because it has less "out of the box" features and more "flexibility". Security is a good example here.
* Team likes technical challenges versus Framework makes coding routine boilerplate and boring.
etc.
Re: Ask HN: What PHP framework would you choose if you could start over?
#43> What framework will you choose if you could start over?
Anything that is not Python or Ruby or NodeJS based, i had so many problems and nigthmares with Django/Flask/RoR/bottle.py/web2py/Meteor/etc.
> He say PHP Framework...
Anything but CakePHP, Zend or Code Igniter maybe Laravel or Slim.
Re: Ask HN: What PHP framework would you choose if you could start over?
#44Yii2[0] is simple, elegant and powerful. Unfortunately it does not adhere to: > - no php code in templates But it does abstract the template/view nicely. On a personal note and this will most probably get me down votes. I would not recommend anyone to use PHP frameworks. But I understand real-life factors like current skill set, dev availability, etc. [0]: https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2
I would not recommend anyone to use PHP frameworks.
I haven't created anything in PHP for years. However, I used to create stuff with Yii and I was pretty happy with it.
My feeling was that if you use a proper framework and you're a decent programmer, PHP is actually not that bad.
Why do you advise against it?
Re: Ask HN: What PHP framework would you choose if you could start over?
#45Basically 2 stages:
Migrate existing code to something you're stable with.
Then go on improve it, standardise, basic migration path.
PHP, or .NET or Java, doesn't matter a lot. Get the job done.
Re: Ask HN: What PHP framework would you choose if you could start over?
#46> What framework will you choose if you could start over? Anything that is not Python or Ruby or NodeJS based, i had so many problems and nigthmares with Django/Flask/RoR/bottle.py/web2py/Meteor/etc. > He say PHP Framework... Anything but CakePHP, Zend or Code Igniter maybe Laravel or Slim.
There is a lot of Node.js frameworks out there. Meteor is not really representative of them. Did you have issues with other Node.js frameworks too?
Re: Ask HN: What PHP framework would you choose if you could start over?
#47Re: Ask HN: What PHP framework would you choose if you could start over?
#48I use Symfony and love it.
Re: Ask HN: What PHP framework would you choose if you could start over?
#49As someone with positive experience in Ruby on Rails, I would choose (and have chosen) Laravel. Specifically version 5.1 which is the current LTS release. It does not have a CMS module nor an ecommerce add on as far as I'm aware, but depending on the complexity of your requirements they might not be difficult to do yourself (eg just a few pages of editable content with a few wysiwyg editors here and there, and a stra…
> It does not have a CMS module octobercms.com is based on Laravel
October is based on Laravel, but it is not a module that you can "plug in" to an existing Laravel site -- hence it does not meet the OP's requirements.
Re: Ask HN: What PHP framework would you choose if you could start over?
#50Definitely Laravel. My company switched over at the end of last year and it's been great. I think it meets all your requirements except for `no php code in templates`, though I think you'll always have to have some minimum template code for looping/displaying data in any framework.
fyi Laravel does not use PHP code in templates. It has its own templating language called "Blade" (which I personally don't like, so I swap out Twig instead).