Best PHP framework

This question is pretty subjective, since almost every programmer will recommend the framework they are using. There's enough of a learning curve between frameworks that once you chose one, you most likely wont learn another one.

Market demand would be Zend and only Zend. I'm not a huge fan of it, but it's used in Magento and more corporate programming than any other. After that I would go yii or symfony 2. Codeignitor is a great framework, but I still far prefer symfony over it, again refer back to the framework you first start with.

Basically, if your goal is to get a job programming php at some point, Zend, then yii or symfony. For strictly personal usage, symfony, yii, or codeignitor.

Cake is absolutely out of the question for me. The lack of 3rd party ORM support and some other issues preclude it from even being a consideration. Apart from that it kind of gained popularity due to its cute name. Symfony, CI, and Yii are superior in pretty much every aspect.

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