Pop PHP Framework

Pop PHP Framework

Developer(s)	Nick Sagona
Initial release	March 19, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-19)
Stable release	5.4.0[1] / September 10, 2024; 3 months ago (2024-09-10)
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.

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, 5.4.0, supports PHP 8.1+ and was released on September 10, 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 5.4.0 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 maintained	Old version, still maintained	Current stable version	Latest preview version	Future release

Version	Release date	Notes
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.0.0	March 19, 2012
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.7.0	December 1, 2013	Final Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.7.0	March 6, 2016	EOL
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.0.0	July 12, 2015
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.1.0	July 8, 2016	Final Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.1.0	August 31, 2017	EOL
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.0.0	July 9, 2016
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.5.0	February 27, 2017
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.6.0	August 31, 2017
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.6.5	May 15, 2018
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.7.0	June 28, 2018
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.8.0	August 25, 2018	Final Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.8.9	February 24, 2020	EOL
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0.1	February 9, 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0.2	March 12, 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0.3	April 9, 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.1.0	October 17, 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.5.0	May 28, 2020
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.6.0	February 12, 2021
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.7.0	November 16, 2022
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.8.0	September 3, 2023	EOL
Old version, yet still maintained: 5.0.0	November 8, 2023
Old version, yet still maintained: 5.1.0	December 12, 2023
Old version, yet still maintained: 5.2.0	March 4, 2024
Old version, yet still maintained: 5.3.0	April 1, 2024
Current stable version: 5.4.0	September 10, 2024	Current 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 5.4.0 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:

• The Application Object
• The Router
• The Service Locator
• The Event Manager
• The Module Manager
• The Base Controller Class

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:

• Database Abstraction (popphp/pop-db)
  • Database adapters
  • Active record
  • Query builder
  • SQL migration
• HTTP Abstraction (popphp/pop-http)
  • HTTP client & server classes
  • Promises
  • Headers & Auth
  • Request & response handlers
  • File uploads
• HTML Form Generation (popphp/pop-form)
  • Simple form configuration & rendering
  • HTML form validation
• PDF Generation (popphp/pop-pdf)
  • PDF creation & editing
• Job Queue (popphp/pop-queue)
  • Job queue management & scheduler
• Mail (popphp/pop-mail)
  • Support for popular mail APIs
  • SMTP support
  • Mail queues
  • IMAP/POP client
• Storage (popphp/pop-storage)
  • Support for popular cloud-based storage APIs
• Auditing (popphp/pop-audit)
• Caching (popphp/pop-cache)
• Debugging (popphp/pop-debug)
• Logging (popphp/pop-log)
• Image Manipulation (popphp/pop-image)
• Views (popphp/pop-view)
• Sessions (popphp/pop-session)
• Console (popphp/pop-console)
• Cookies (popphp/pop-cookie)

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]

References

1. "popphp/popphp-framework: Release v5.4.0". github.com.
2. "Guide to 24 PHP Frameworks". anastasionico.uk. Nico Anastasio.
3. "List of Top 10 Best PHP Frameworks". catswhocode.com. Cats Who Code.
4. "List of Top 10 Best PHP Frameworks". themangomedia.com. Mango Media.
5. "List of 15 New Best Frameworks". codegeekz.com. Code Geekz. 17 February 2014.
6. "Best MVC PHP Frameworks for Developers". bestjquery.com. Best jQuery.
7. "Best PHP Frameworks". firebearstudio.com. Firebear Studios. 20 January 2015.
8. "Best PHP Frameworks". indefiniteloop.com. Indefinite Loop.
9. "Phire CMS". phirecms.org.
10. "Phire CMS on GitHub". github.com.
11. "Github: Pop PHP Framework Changelog". github.com.
12. "Github: Pop PHP Framework Releases". github.com.
13. "GitHub Actions". github.com/features/actions.
14. "Pop PHP Development". popphp.org.
15. "Pop PHP Components". github.com.
16. "Popcorn". popphp.org.
17. "Popcorn Overview". popphp.org.
18. "Popcorn on GitHub". github.com.
19. "Kettle on GitHub". github.com.

External links

• Official Website