There are at least 20 PHP MVC frameworks and trying to break each one down into its component strengths and weaknesses would be foolish.  Each one tries, on some level, to outdo the others through the combination of features catering to some niche audience.  Having been a consumer of everything from Code Igniter to Zend Framework and beyond I can honestly say that no single PHP framework is the “best” or is even deserving of such a title.

I decided to give the recent Symfony 1.1.0 RC1 a try on my macbook. Here are the steps I took to get it working.