Interesting concept. Obviously blazingly fast. Interested to note that Codeigniter (which is not a C extension) is close on it's heels for speed. I guess the + is speed. The - is you can't easily modify it.
On Tuesday, 10 September 2013 17:12:20 UTC+12, Gian Basagre wrote: > > I recently came across this PHP framework called Phalcon ( > http://phalconphp.com). It's an MVC framework written as a C-extension. > Just want to know if this community has any experience using it in > production. I'm interested on what the challenges are and also this > community's opinion on PHP frameworks as a C-extension (there's also Yaf > http://www.yafdev.com/). > > It's been kicking every other PHP framework out there in terms of > performance according to this benchmark: > http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r6&hw=i7&test=db&l=sg . > I've tried it myself by building simple CRUD app. I must say it really is > fast. You know that feeling when you first installed an SSD, it's like the > same feeling for me. :) > > It has a growing community and for version 2, they're going to release a > programming called Zephir that's like in between PHP and C, to aid the > development of the framework. > http://blog.phalconphp.com/post/57161129440/phalcon-2-0-the-future > > I don't want to turn this thread into a framework war. Just a guy really > amazed with this framework and the initiative of the guys who created this. > > What do you guys think? > > Gian > -- -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NZ PHP Users Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
