Which PHP MVC Framework should I use with MongoDB?
- by Justin Jenkins
I have a number of smaller scale PHP projects lined up and would like to take advangtage of a framework.
I've read these questions ...
What PHP framework would you choose
for a new application and why?
Picking a PHP MVC Framework
I found them useful but I need more specific opinions; here are my major requirements ...
MongoDB support (the more 'built-in' the better, a full ORM is not needed however.)
MVC (and nice pretty urls ... if you will ... too!)
Must work on Apache (2.2) on Ubuntu (10.04.1 LTS), but nginx is also a nice plus.
PHP 5.3 or greater.
Nice to haves ...
I'd prefer more readable code than lots of "shortcut" shorthand coding (that just ends up confusing me later.)
I've used PHP for a number of years, but don't use a lot of it's OO (nor do I really care to.)
I really love jQuery, so a framework that "thinks" the same way would be nice.
Lightweight, I don't need a ton of features ... I just need to make my life easier.
I've briefly looked at Lithium, CakePHP, Vork and Symfony ...
What would be the best framework for my needs?
EDIT: Also docs are pretty important, documentaction with examples! I can't stand to waste time figuring how to use a framework if it would have taken less time to code it myself.