My reason for asking this is simple: I don't have any favorite PHP framework even after coding PHP for like 10yrs+.

So let the trollin' begin!

Snake PHP

Laravel

Jregz:
Snake PHP

Snake PHP = Python (you are fired from this disgrace in disgrace too - i actually searched google)

Awesome never knew it existed though, was trolling

Laravel or Auraphp for me.. Though there's this new kid making a lot of wave - - opulencePHP

Lol.

I like Laravel, Codeigniter for their simplicity and maybe CakePHP

dhtml18:

Snake PHP = Python (you are fired from this disgrace in disgrace too - i actually searched google)

Laravel it is, no doubts about that.

{{omolara}}

LARAVEL

The only problem I have with PHP is that it is like one of the slowest PHP frameworks - that is a problem on its own.

I am trying to do an upgrade version of my www.Nairaland.com - and I am wondering the best framework to use (I was thinking of using Yii but I later decided codigniter, cohana framework and then laravel) - before I now decided to create this thread.

There are just too many gaddamn PHP frameworks out there!!

Laravel simply because of the awesome community support.

efreaky:
Laravel simply because of the awesome community support.

Plus documentation

@dhtml18
I prefer Zend or Symfony. They are the best for enterprise application, because they got all it takes.

Or there's an "enterprise" behind them

Go with codeigniter boss. ->lightweight ->"bend it"(flexibility) ->less preamble ->well supported & documented ->closest thing to bare PHP

I appreciate all the review guys, despite the fact that I will rather go with laravel, I had to settle for codigniter due to the reasons given by the poster above me.
And also because codigniter is the closest to my own personal framework - it is easy for me to port extensions from my framework to codigniter.

I don't love codeigniter neither do i hate it, but I really enjoy using it.
And it is about the only php framework I have used, of which I don't plan on changing anytime soon

Use Ruby-on-Wheels

KazukiIto:
Use Ruby-on-Wheels

Ruby on Wheels ===== CakePHP

I have selected codigniter, I am already transcribing my modules into codigniter libraries. CI dudes, here I come!

dhtml18:
Ruby on Wheels

That's a thing?!

dhtml18:

Ruby on Wheels ===== CakePHP

I have selected codigniter, I am already transcribing my modules into codigniter libraries. CI dudes, here I come!

Seriously dude, I love your spirit -- always after the latest tech.Man must Chao naw abi.

Bumped

ekeroyal:
Go with codeigniter boss.
->lightweight
->"bend it"(flexibility)
->less preamble
->well supported & documented
->closest thing to bare PHP

And who told you laravel doesn't have those?

Laravel is newer, better and more popular than CI. A peek at both projects on github shows Laravel as twice as much stars than Code igniter.

I wanted to use laravel mind you, but I setup and compared the two. CI is closer to my style of coding, and so is faster for me to migrate my existing codes to.
However, I still feel that laravel is better and plan to use it in the nearest future. CI is just a fast way out for me at the moment.

well if you ask me, ill say go with codeigniter. reason being that its very flexible, and learning curve is as simple as just know the basis of oop. intresting people who i have enganged in why they prefer laravel to codeigniter would say because it dosent use namespaces features and so on. but then its about the only framework that works on php 5.2 till 7.0 without throwing one single error. i made a go to create a framework just like codeigniter, then used namespaces, composer's autoloader and pdo instead of default mysqli for database driver and then the same person who complained of codeigniter not using namespaces and all said the routing method isnt like laravel. so in all of this i would conclude that the battle between codeigniter and laravel is unfair and based on opinion of what other people have said on the net and not necessarily based on individual experiences.
back to your question. how about using python flask for your upgrade.

^^^^I shall do my upgrade with codigniter. The current Nairaland is built on my own personal framework which is very much like codigniter - it is faster for me to use codigniter for this upgrade.
If i were doing a new project all together, I might have considered python flask or even laravel.

dhtml18:
^^^^I shall do my upgrade with codigniter. The current Nairaland is built on my own personal framework which is very much like codigniter - it is faster for me to use codigniter for this upgrade.
If i were doing a new project all together, I might have considered python flask or even laravel.

No problem, if you do need help with codeigniter at any point, feel free to contact me.
im one of those people who love codeigniter more than php itself

Interesting, since I am a codigniter newbie - looking at Nairaland.com - what extensions or codigniter resources do you guys believe I might need or that is worth looking at?

^^^ oya all the CI boys fall in and start recommending extentions for Nairaland

kindly check this link below, see a list of large extensions you can pick from once you go down.
github.com/codeigniter-id/awesome-codeigniter
in addition, ill recommend phill sturgeons api library for api, so we can directly extends applications based on Nairaland.

^^^That was super-awesome, gracias!!

You might also want to take a look at https://bitbucket.org/wiredesignz/codeigniter-modular-extensions-hmvc