This document summarizes Jake Smith's presentation on micro-frameworks for PHP given at Dallas PHP on 4/12/2011. It introduces Jake and the topic of micro-frameworks, then provides overviews of several popular PHP micro-frameworks: Minimum, Silex, Limonade, and Slim. For each framework, it lists the website, required PHP version, provides a brief example app, and calls out pros and cons. The goal is to help attendees understand what micro-frameworks are and compare options.

1. Intro to Micro-frameworks
Jake Smith
Dallas PHP - 4/12/2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011

2. Who is Jake?
• PHP 5.3 ZCE
• Co-Organizer of DallasPHP
• Co-Organizer of Lone Star PHP
• Your tour on this magical journey called
Micro-frameworks
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4. What is a Micro-
framework?
• Simple, no full stack bloat
• Single Page (usually)
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5. What to expect
• Routing
• HTTP Request/Response
• RESTful
• Template Engine or choice of none
• Helpers and extensions
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6. Why should I use it?
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7. Fishing with dynamite?
• Simple site built using ZF/Symfony/Cake
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8. Small Sites
• Landing Page
• Micro Site
• Quiz/Campaign
• API
• Prototyping/Proof of Concept
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9. Legacy of Sinatra
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10. No...This Sinatra
require 'sinatra'
get '/hi' do
"Hello World!"
end
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11. Sinatra Background
• Minimalist
• Extensible
• Sinatra is not Rails
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12. PHP Micro-frameworks
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13. Minimum
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14. Minimum Profile
• http://jamalsa.tumblr.com/post/1521361137/
lithify-it-like-sinatra
• PHP: 5.3.x
• Proof of Concept
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15. Minimum App
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16. Minimum Pros
• Built using lithium
• Simple to get started
• Filters
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17. Minimum Cons
• More of a Proof of Concept
• No documentation, besides that of Lithium
• Limited feature set
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18. Silex
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19. Silex Profile
• http://silex-project.org/
• PHP: 5.3.x
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20. Silex App
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21. Silex Pros
• Great Documentation (just recently
released)
• Easy to get started (PHAR)
• Unit Test Integration
• Built using Symfony2 libraries
• Easily extendable
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22. Silex Cons
• Utilizing Service Container can be good,
but gets complex quick
• Built using Symfony2 libraries
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23. Limonade
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24. Limonade Profile
• http://www.limonade-php.net/
• PHP: 5.1.x
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25. Limonade App
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26. Limonade Pros
• Longevity
• Isn’t PHP 5.3 only
• Actively updated
• Plenty of helper functions
• txt, html, json, etc.
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27. Limonade Cons
• Not OOP
• Syntax is not as clean
• Not using PHPUnit for Unit Testing
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28. Slim
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29. Slim Profile
• http://www.slimframework.com/
• PHP 5.1.x
• Uses Closures if 5.3.x
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30. Slim App
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31. Slim Pros
• Amazing Documentation, but all on Github
Pages
• Very active development, can talk with
creator almost any time
• Works in 5.1.X, but utilizes closures
• Easy/Extensive template engine support
• Twig, Haanga, Smarty, Mustache, etc.
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32. Slim Cons
• Requires mcrypt for signed sessions
• Needs more exception handling, unwritable
logs directory
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33. Questions? Concerns?
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34. Thanks for listening
Contact Information
[t]: @jakefolio
[e]: jake@phpdallas.org
[w]: http://www.jakefolio.com
[irc]: #dallasphp
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