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  • Active Community

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    Despite being a bit less widely known compared to frameworks like Laravel or Symfony, Phalcon has an active community and ongoing development.

  • Easy Integration

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    Phalcon can be easily integrated with other libraries and tools commonly used in PHP development.

  • Modular Approach

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    It follows a modular approach, allowing developers to use specific components (like ORM or caching) independently of the full framework.

  • Full-stack Framework

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    Phalcon is a full-stack framework, meaning it provides a wide range of features out of the box, including routing, caching, ORM (Object-Relational Mapping), and more.

  • Low Overhead

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    Due to its architecture, Phalcon has lower overhead compared to traditional PHP frameworks. This can result in better performance for applications.

  • High Performance

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    Phalcon is implemented as a C-extension for PHP, rather than a PHP framework written in PHP. This architecture makes it extremely fast and efficient.

  • Comparison with other frameworks

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    Phalcon has several advantages in comparison with other frameworks. For example, its indicators of performance are greater than those of similar frameworks. This is due to the fact that Phalcon differs from traditional PHP frameworks whose files can be dragged to a server. In fact, Phalcon is considered as the PHP extension, written in the…

  • The features of Phalcon

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    1. As the link between the framework’s components is weak, Phalcon provides an opportunity to use a customized database or its disconnected elements. 2. Low-level optimization allows users to minimize additional charges during the application development using the MVC pattern. 3. Interaction with database is performed in the C programming language and works on the ORM technology that allows…

  • The history of Phalcon

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    The framework was developed by Phalcon Team that managed to maximize its performance by removing unnecessary testing, reducing code size, and performing a low-level optimization.

  • Conclusion

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    Choosing between different frameworks is always a very difficult task for developers. And in fact this choice depends directly on the goals of your project. For example, working with the Phalcon framework is a bit time consuming and not suitable for time-limited projects. On the other hand, because they can manage and process a large…