A History Of PHP Frameworks/Library Collections
These are the years-of-introduction of various notable frameworks and library collection projects.
pre-2000
2000
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Horde 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20000303030737/http://web.horde.org/
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Pear 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20001017231542/http://pear.php.net/
2001
- PAT (PHP Application Tools): http://www.php-tools.net/site.php?file=news/archive2001.xml
2002
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Horde 2: http://marc.info/?l=horde-dev&m=101003795801512&w=4
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Phrame: https://web.archive.org/web/20021119091123/http://phrame.itsd.ttu.edu/
2003
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Mojavi: http://web.archive.org/web/20040520071127/http://www.mojavi.org/ , released October 22nd, 2003
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Seagull: https://sourceforge.net/projects/seagull/files/Seagull%20old%20releases/seagull.0.3.3.p1-beta
2004
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Prado version 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20060514124647/http://www.xisc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7 Sep 13, 2004
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Horde 3: https://web.archive.org/web/20041229092356/http://www.horde.org/ Dec 23, 2004
2005
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Solar (nee "Hive"): http://paul-m-jones.com/archives/105
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CakePHP: https://web.archive.org/web/20050416071448/http://sputnik.pl/cake/
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Agavi: http://web.archive.org/web/20050710000645/http://www.agavi.org/
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Prado version 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20060322070507/http://www.xisc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1044 Mar 15, 2005
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Symfony: https://web.archive.org/web/20051023011952/http://www.symfony-project.com/
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ezComponents (later Zeta Components): http://ezcomponents.org/download/dl_components
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QCodo: http://web.archive.org/web/20051204033658/http://www.qcodo.com/downloads/
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TinyMVC: https://github.com/mohrt/tinymvc-php/blob/master/NEWS
2006
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CodeIgniter 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20060303085522/http://www.codeigniter.com/
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Zend Framework: https://web.archive.org/web/20060404214442/http://framework.zend.com/
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Prado version 3: https://web.archive.org/web/20060514124523/http://www.xisc.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1&topicdays=0&start=0
2007
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Kohana 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohana_(framework) July 2007
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Kohana 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohana_(framework) November 2007
2008
- Yii version 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20081007231834/http://www.yiiframework.com/ December 3rd 2008
2009
2010
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Zend Framework 2: https://github.com/zendframework/zf2/commit/fbde290971b7dda54d11f90e1f84c9818392f21d
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Symfony 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20110317011324/http://symfony.com/
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Aura (essentially Solar 2): http://paul-m-jones.com/archives/1738
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Slim 1.0: https://github.com/codeguy/Slim/wiki/Road-Map#version-10-released-november-2-2010
2011
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CodeIgniter 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20110805025800/http://codeigniter.com/news/codeigniter_2.0.0_released/
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FuelPHP: https://philsturgeon.uk/blog/2011/01/introducing-fuelphp/
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Horde 4: http://www.techworld.com.au/article/382641/open_source_horde_groupware_reaches_version_4/
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Laravel 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20121025120359/http://forums.laravel.com/viewtopic.php?id=29
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Laravel 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20121025120041/http://forums.laravel.com/viewtopic.php?id=403
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CakePHP 2: http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/lorenzo/2011/10/16/cakephp_2_0_released
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Typo3 Flow 1: http://typo3.org/about/the-history-of-typo3/
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Composer: http://nelm.io/blog/2011/12/composer-part-1-what-why/
2012
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Laravel 3: https://web.archive.org/web/20121025120144/http://forums.laravel.com/viewtopic.php?id=573
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Slim 2.0: https://github.com/codeguy/Slim/releases/tag/2.0.0
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Phalcon 0.3.0: https://blog.phalcon.io/post/phalcon-0-3-0-released
2013
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CodeIgniter announces "end-of-life": https://ellislab.com/blog/entry/ellislab-seeking-new-owner-for-codeigniter
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Laravel 4: http://forumsarchive.laravel.io/viewtopic.php?id=9146
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League of Extraordinary Packages (nee PHP Super Best Friends Club): https://twitter.com/philsturgeon/status/322409684151701504
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Joomla! Framework 1: http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5521-joomla-framework-1-0-released.html
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Slim 2.3.0: https://github.com/codeguy/Slim/releases/tag/2.3.0
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Phalcon 1.0.0: https://blog.phalcon.io/post/phalcon-1-0-released
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Swoole 1.6.7: https://pecl.php.net/package/swoole/1.6.7
2014
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CodeIgniter changes owners: https://ellislab.com/blog/entry/your-favorite-php-framework-codeigniter-has-a-new-home
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Yii 2: http://www.yiiframework.com/news/81/yii-2-0-0-is-released/
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Silex 1: http://silex.sensiolabs.org/doc/master/changelog.html
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PHPixie 2: https://phpixie.com/blog/new-phpixie-database-and-configuration-libraries.html
2015
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Laravel 5: https://laravel-news.com/2015/02/laravel-5-released/
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CakePHP 3: http://bakery.cakephp.org/2015/03/22/CakePHP-3-0-0-is-Here.html
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CodeIgniter 3: http://forum.codeigniter.com/thread-1657.html
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Aura 3: http://auraphp.com/blog/2015/12/01/aura-3-stable-releases
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Phalcon 2.0.0: https://blog.phalcon.io/post/phalcon-2-released
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Slim 3.0.0: http://www.slimframework.com/2015/12/07/slim-3.html
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Symfony 3.0.0: http://symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-0-0-released
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Simple MVC Framework 2.1: https://packagist.org/packages/simple-mvc-framework/v2#v2.1
2016
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Phalcon 3.0.0: https://blog.phalcon.io/post/phalcon-3-0-0-released
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Zend Framework 3: https://framework.zend.com/blog/2016-06-28-zend-framework-3.html
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Silex 2: http://silex.sensiolabs.org/doc/master/changelog.html
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NOVA Framework 3: https://github.com/nova-framework/framework/tree/3.0-nova
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Swoole 2.0.8: https://pecl.php.net/package/swoole/2.0.8
2017
- Symfony 4: https://symfony.com/releases/4.0
2018
2019
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ReactPHP: https://github.com/reactphp/reactphp/releases/tag/v1.0.0
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Zend Framework becomes Laminas: https://framework.zend.com/blog/2019-04-17-announcing-laminas.html
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Symfony 5: https://symfony.com/releases/5.0
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Slim 4: https://www.slimframework.com/2019/08/01/slim-4.0.0-release.html
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Laravel 6: https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v6.0.0
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Phalcon 4: https://blog.phalcon.io/post/phalcon-4-0-0-released
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CakePHP 4: https://bakery.cakephp.org/2019/12/15/cakephp_400_released.html