April 27th in PHP Scripts by pbu .

Cakephp vs CodeIgniter – which is best php framework?

Today i went through some of the easy to use PHP frameworks, ideal for developing rapid php applications and websites with ease of use.

I did a study on following php toolkits and i was pretty impressed with codeigniter and it is the best easy to use php framework i have seen. All the frameworks work based on MVC (Model View Controller). All the frameworks are open source and licensed GPL or MIT license.

CakePHP – http://cakephp.org/
CodeIgniter – http://www.codeigniter.com
PHPLib - http://phplib.sourceforge.net
Symphony Framework – http://www.symfony-project.org/

CakePHP
Easy to use
Hard to install
Limited libraries

CodeIgniter
Easy to install and configure
Light weight code
Good documentation manual & tutorials
Easy to learn with less understanding on MCV model.
It has built in fileupload, image resizing and email classes and tons of libraries.

PHPLib
Hard to configure
Very easy to use
Support for authentication & sessions.

I would definitely say codeigniter is the clear winner and no wonder it is the hottest frameworks around for php developers.