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Asked: 2026-05-12T21:59:43+00:00

I am going to be builiding a site like ebay – with all the

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I am going to be builiding a site like ebay – with all the features of ebay. Please note my payment method is limited to paypal.

What would be the best PHP framework
to use to build this quickly,
efficiently and with the smallest
learning curve?

I have narrowed down to CodeIgniter as the major contender for this project – but having looked through the docs I couldn’t find a library or class that I can use with paypal – is the same for all frameworks- surley not?

Zend framework – I considered this but although its documentation is very good, hardly any video tutorials – other frameworks seem to have lots of these especially with normal developers creating screencasts – where is the Zend community!

CakePHP – Having read the stackoverflow threads, I gathered this is a slow framework, giving developers little control as it seems to be a CMS backbone rather than a framework – agree? It was also said cakePHP and Zend have a steeper learning curve than CodeIgnitor.

I have start my short-listing again and I would appreciate any help with this.

Thanks all

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’ll very likely find CodeIgniter to have the lowest learning curve. Regardless of the framework you choose, you’ll have to pick up where the framework leaves off, and that is going to mean a significant amount of work on your part (if you truly want to implement all the features of ebay). There seems to be a PayPal lib in the CodeIgniter Wiki. Looks like it would be a great place to start.

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