Pop PHP Framework

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Pop PHP Framework
Developer(s) Nick Sagona
Initial releaseMarch 19, 2012;12 years ago (2012-03-19)
Stable release
5.3.0 [1] / March 4, 2024;30 days ago (2024-03-04)
Repository Pop PHP Repository
Written in PHP
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Web framework
License BSD License
Website popphp.org

The Pop PHP Framework a free and open source PHP Web framework that was created by Nick Sagona. It is distributed under the BSD License and hosted on GitHub. The framework is intended to be utilized for rapid application development, with an emphasis on web applications.

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History

Development on the Pop PHP Framework was officially begun by Nick Sagona in late 2011, when he refactored a set of older library components into the first version of Pop PHP, which was released on March 19, 2012. The focus was for Pop PHP to become a more modern, MVC-style web framework with a set of supporting components to assist in building web applications.

After PHP 5.4 was released, Pop PHP 2 was refactored to take advantage of the new features available in PHP 5.4, as well as fully leveraging Composer by breaking out almost all of the components into separate repositories on GitHub. Pop PHP 2 was first released on July 12, 2015.

Pop PHP 3 was a slight refactor of the existing framework, while adding a handful of new components and deprecating a few older components. Version 3 supports PHP 7 and 5.6 and was released on July 9, 2016. The last version, 3.8.0, was released on August 25, 2018. The EOL version 3.8.9 was released on February 24, 2020.

Pop PHP 4 was a refactor of the existing framework that upgraded and improved existing components and focused on leveraging newly available features in PHP 7.4 and 8.0.

Pop PHP 5 was another major refactor of the framework, adding a number of new features and upgrades and focusing on the new features available in PHP 8.1+. The current version, 5.3.0, supports PHP 8.1+ and was released on April 1, 2024.

The framework has been included on a number of "best of" lists for new and up-and-coming PHP Frameworks. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

The Pop PHP Framework is the framework on which the open source Phire CMS project was built. [9] [10]

Release history

Version 5.3.0 is the current version that is in active development. Versions 4.8.0 and earlier have reached end of life and are no longer supported. A current changelog is maintained for a recent list of changes and how they impact continued development with Pop PHP. [11]

Legend:Old version, not maintainedOlder version, still maintainedCurrent stable versionLatest preview versionFuture release
VersionRelease dateNotes
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.0.0March 19, 2012
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.7.0December 1, 2013Final Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.7.0March 6, 2016EOL
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.0.0July 12, 2015
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.1.0July 8, 2016Final Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.1.0August 31, 2017EOL
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.0.0July 9, 2016
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.5.0February 27, 2017
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.6.0August 31, 2017
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.6.5May 15, 2018
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.7.0June 28, 2018
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.8.0August 25, 2018Final Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.8.9February 24, 2020EOL
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0.1February 9, 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0.2March 12, 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0.3April 9, 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.1.0October 17, 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.5.0May 28, 2020
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.6.0February 12, 2021
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.7.0November 16, 2022
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.8.0September 3, 2023EOL
Older version, yet still maintained: 5.0.0November 8, 2023
Older version, yet still maintained: 5.1.0December 12, 2023
Older version, yet still maintained: 5.2.0March 4, 2024
Current stable version:5.3.0April 1, 2024Current production version

Source: GitHub [12]

Development

While the initial development of the Pop PHP Framework was focused on building web applications, since version 3, Pop PHP fully supports console-based applications to be used on the CLI as well. Pop PHP incorporates current standards, trends and patterns in software development in an attempt to build an ecosystem that is familiar to developers. The framework is heavily unit-tested using PHPUnit and runs through the GitHub Actions workflow platform to ensure the builds of the individual framework components are passing. [13]

Pop PHP 5.1.0 is currently written for and supports PHP 8.1+, and no longer supports PHP <=7.4.

The Pop PHP Framework project welcomes community involvement and contribution via the current available channels. [14]

Features

The base foundation of Pop PHP is the initial set of core components that make up the application stack:

Additionally, there are a number of other components that are available for use in building an application. [15] Some of the commonly used components and what they include are:

Popcorn

Popcorn is a standalone web-based component that serves as a REST-based micro-framework layer to allow developers to quickly build REST-based web applications and APIs. With it, a developer can enforce routes by request methods and direct HTTP requests accordingly. [16] [17] [18]

Kettle

Kettle is a CLI-based helper script available since version 4.0.1. It allows the user to quickly scaffold application files and folders together as well as manage databases and migrations. [19]

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