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Top 10 Lightweight Frameworks for PHP Development

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Using a framework greatly aids in the development process, but tools like the Zend Framework, Ruby on Rails, and Grails require developers to spend a lot of time learning to use them. However, most developers can learn these lightweight PHP frameworks more quickly:

  1. DooPHP
  2. Fat-Free
  3. Kohana
  4. Limonade
  5. Recess
  6. Orinoco
  7. No-Framework PHP MVC Framework
  8. Simple PHP Framework
  9. Yii
  10. Zend Framework

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