Question

I’m been programming with Python in AppEngine for the last months, and I need to use PHP for a new project.

What PHP framework could you recommend me that feels like working with AppEngine?

Some things I’d want to keep are:

• Easy database definition (models.py) and abstraction
• Easy URI definitions
• Easy deploy

One thing I definitively want to benefit from using PHP is speed.

Since I’m a junior developer, I’d also like to find a framework with a strong community and/or documentation available.

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Try the symfony webframework. It uses the twig templating engine which is similar to the one Django uses. Furthermore it is fairly inspired by Django in the way it is build, and there is an easy way of doing datamapping.