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  • Rated by Bunty on Mar 31 2009, 8:40pm

    Like (and originally based on) CodeIgniter, but with many more awesomes. It removes some of the klunks and bumps (including the PHP 4 compatability), and, so far (I've semi-converted one CI project I was working on to use it), seems more elegant in terms of its fundamental approach. I particularly like the pimped-up benchmarking/profiler and stack trace for errors (with automatic dumps of any objects involved); cuts out a lot of the time between "WTF?" and "Oh, DOH!". And now, to try plugging Zend into it, a la http://www.beyondcoding.com/2008/11/14/using-zend-framework-with-kohana/ for those jubbly API modules.

  • Rated by Iain-Davidson on Feb 20 2009, 11:16pm

    From page:" Kohana is a PHP 5 framework that uses the Model View Controller architectural pattern. It aims to be secure, lightweight, and easy to use. Features * Highly secure * Extremely lightweight * Short learning curve * Uses the MVC pattern * 100% UTF-8 compatible * Loosely coupled architecture * Extremely easy to extend Technology * Strict PHP 5 OOP * Simple database abstraction using SQL helpers * Multiple session drivers (native, database, and cookie) * Powerful event handler allows small modifications dynamically * Originally based on CodeIgniter How is Kohana Different? Although Kohana reuses many common design patterns and concepts, there are some things that make Kohana stand out: 1. Community, not company, driven. Kohana development is driven by a team of dedicated people that need a framework for fast, powerful solutions. 2. Strict PHP 5 OOP. Offers many benefits: visibility protection, automatic class loading, overloading, interfaces, abstracts, and singletons. 3. Extremely lightweight. Kohana has no dependencies on PECL extensions or PEAR libraries. Large, monolithic libraries are avoided in favor of optimized solutions. 4. GET, POST, COOKIE, and SESSION arrays all work as expected. Kohana does not limit your access to global data, but offers filtering and XSS protection. 5. True auto-loading of classes. True on-demand loading of classes, as they are requested in your application. 6. No namespace conflicts. All classes are suffixed to allow similar names between components, for a more coherent API. . . ."