orkestra
Orkestra is a lightweight and highly extensible PHP framework. (by Luc-cpl)
Symfony
The Symfony PHP framework (by symfony)
| orkestra | Symfony | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 176 | |
| 5 | 30,323 | |
| - | 0.9% | |
| 8.5 | 10.0 | |
| 8 days ago | about 20 hours ago | |
| PHP | PHP | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
orkestra
Posts with mentions or reviews of orkestra.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-05-05.
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The PHP Orkestra Framework
With this ready you can start building your application by following the documentation.
Symfony
Posts with mentions or reviews of Symfony.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-03-27.
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Storyblok unveils new PHP packages in collaboration with SensioLabs
That's why we're thrilled to announce that long with our partners SensioLabs, creators of Symfony, we've completely rebuilt our PHP packages from the ground up.
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2025 Best PHP Micro Frameworks: Slim, Flight, Fat-Free, Lumen, and More!
Silex: A Symfony-backed micro framework that's sadly deprecated and no longer support. You gave it your all Silex!
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A Symfony - React SPA application. The Reload problem
In this article, I would like to share with you a problem I encountered while developing a SPA in React within a Symfony project and how I resolved it.
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How do I create my docker images for my Symfony projects
Imagine you have your Symfony project ready and working and you want other technicians and developers to be able to install and use it easily so that they can give you some feedback and advice. Installing a Symfony project can involve many tasks such as:
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From Motion designer to Full Stack developer
Then we quickly learned about Symfony. That was the highlight of the journey, really. Learning a framework not even 3 months in, might sound a little too soon (rightfully) but in my case it helped me learn what it means to code — to develop.
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Build a Symfony 7 boilerplate using FrankenPHP, Docker, PostgreSQL and php 8.4
Hi everyone, in this post we're going to build a boilerplate to start any kind of Symfony project, such like a monolith or an API. We'll use the top tier app server FrankenPHP written in Go. The boilerplate will also use PostgreSQL SGDB for relational database.
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SymfonyCon Vienna 2024: Recap of our Experience
The conference kicked off with an inspiring keynote by Fabien Potencier, the author of Symfony. His presentation focused on Twig, Symfony's powerful templating engine that allows developers to write clean, maintainable templates. The upcoming Twig release introduces exciting features that showcase the continuous innovation in the PHP ecosystem.
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Writing high quality tests
Of course the most important consideration when writing assertions is that it correctly tests the code's behavior. But a very close second is how the assertion behaves when the code is failing. If an assertions fails for whatever reason, the problem should be as obvious to the developer as possible. A situation in which this is apparent is the situation that is currently being worked on in this Symfony pull request. Symfony comes with a assertResponseStatusCodeSame method, which allows to check for the status code of a response in a functional test:
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5 Ways to Optimize Symfony Application Performance
Symfony applications often face slow load times and high server strain due to issues like inefficient database queries, poor caching, and unoptimized settings. Here’s a quick breakdown of how to fix these problems and boost performance:
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Creating focused domain applications. A Symfony approach (Saving the entity)
If you like my content and enjoy reading it and you are interested in learning more about PHP, you can read my ebook about how to create an operation-oriented API using PHP and the Symfony Framework. You can find it here: Building an Operation-Oriented Api using PHP and the Symfony Framework: A step-by-step guide
What are some alternatives?
When comparing orkestra and Symfony you can also consider the following projects:
orkestra-wp
Swoole - 🚀 Coroutine-based concurrency library for PHP
Pest - Pest is an elegant PHP testing Framework with a focus on simplicity, meticulously designed to bring back the joy of testing in PHP.
Slim Framework - Slim is a PHP micro framework that helps you quickly write simple yet powerful web applications and APIs.
Laravel - Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We’ve already laid the foundation for your next big idea — freeing you to create without sweating the small things.