Comparison of PHP applications development using the Yii2 and Laravel examples

Olena Sydorchuk

helena.sydorchuk@gmail.com
Lublin University of Technology (Ukraine)

Abstract

The paper presents the results of comparison of the possibilities of creating web applications in PHP technology on the example of
popular programming platforms Yii2 and Laravel. The research was carried out by implementing two applications with the same functionality using the same database. In both technologies, the application structure, elements of creating the graphical interface, selected code metrics and efficiency of working with databases were compared. The summary indicates the most important advantages and disadvantages of both solutions.


Keywords:

Yii2; Laravel;PHP;

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Published
2019-06-30

Cited by

Sydorchuk , O. (2019). Comparison of PHP applications development using the Yii2 and Laravel examples . Journal of Computer Sciences Institute, 11, 125–130. https://doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.167

Authors

Olena Sydorchuk  
helena.sydorchuk@gmail.com
Lublin University of Technology Ukraine

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