Micro-framework (like Flask, or Sinatra) for PHP [closed]

Answer 1

There are a few other good microframeworks written in PHP that you might want to consider:

• Slim
• Limonde
• Flight

Personally, I have used Slim and I think it is good enough to just do the job. Its simple to use and there is ample documentation available on their website.

Answer 2

Maybe you are interested in read this article first http://mwop.net/blog/2012-08-17-on-microframeworks.html

Anyway exists Silex which is a micro framework based in Symfony 2 Framework. Silex is developed and maintained by the same people of Symfony 2

Answer 3

Have a look at Silex micro framework for PHP

Answer 4

Update 2018-05 because this answer still attracts quite some attention. Silex has been discontinued as of January.

There have been talks of getting new maintainers, but as I see it, nothing came of it.

Currently, Slim and Lumen seem like good alternatives, although Symfony v4 can be setup fairly small thanks to the new Flex system.

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Silex is probably the one to go currently. It has the best support of modern PHP programming techniques, is developed in sync with its "big" brother Symfony2, unit-tested, well documented and provides possibility to introduce 3rd party libraries through a very good DI-container mechanism.

Personally, I use this framework for anything that does not need extensive caching, user-managing, heavy database interaction or security. So, basically 95% of the web apps I write.

Answer 5

If you're looking for an extremely lightweight PHP router to build a REST application on, then I'd highly recommend ToroPHP.