Thanks

A basic question to start: what version of each framework did you use? (Some frameworks get faster as they mature; others may slow down. An example of speeding up was Zend Framework 2 [one that I know pretty well], which started slow with their DI component, then later sped up without it.)

Did you use each framework’s “quick start” application? It seems that you tweaked each one to try to make them somewhat equal. Nevertheless, each quick start application may have been created to demonstrate different features, whether performance, ease of use, or enterprise capabilities. For example, ZF 2′s quick start application enables a translation service to demonstrate a multilingual setup. This will slow down the application, but as an optional setting, doesn’t mean the framework itself has to be slow. What I’m getting at: despite your best efforts, your results may actually be testing the speed of the quick start applications, not the frameworks alone–or perhaps a combination of both.

You also touched on the fact that your framework choice, Zend, can be accelerated by production-ready performance configurations that are not reflected in the quick start application. Other frameworks may have similar techniques and recommendations not reflected here. (Perhaps framework makers should produce two quick start apps: one simple setup and one tweaked for performance, as a guide for experienced users and for benchmark testers.)

I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts.

Can you please add also to this benchmark the PHPixie framework?

CAM you please add also to this benchmark the PHPixie framework?

really nice article. I’d like to ask which exactly version of symfony 2 did you test.