In order to build impactful business web applications, PHP frameworks are in high demand today. The two most popular frameworks for developing web applications are Laravel and Yii. 

Both the framework (Laravel and Yii) offers high-quality & swift website development. Here, the question arises which one to choose for app development; from here, only the Laravel vs Yii war begins.

78.9% OF THE MAJORITY WEB SERVERS Use PHP server-side programing language.

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Let’s start the Laravel vs Yii war by analyzing the various factors of both PHP frameworks.

Laravel

Laravel indeed is a great framework and considered to be the best nowadays. It is used when a sophisticated syntax application is to be built. , we have also supported this fact and still believe in it. 

Key Features

• OO Libraries


• Technique of Authorization


• Artisan


• MVC Support


• Migrating Database


• Blade Templating Engine


• Automatic discovery of Package

Yii

Yii is used as a high-performance framework that provides top-rated development process. It is an open-source, object-oriented based MVC PHP web application framework.

Key Features

• Great Security


• Highly extensible and modern technologies


• Easy installation


• Extreme acceleration for performance


• CRUD feature and easy form validation


• Handling errors


• Growth friendly

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Laravel vs YII: Interest Over Time & USAGE

If we talk about Google trends search and usage factor then here Laravel wins the Larvel vs Yii war. From the below mention search stats you can analyse how popular Larvel framework is:

43.7% of users used the Laravel PHP framework to develop various enterprise projects. 

Laravel Vs Yii: 8 Factors To Choose Best Among Laravel & Yii

Let us compare both Yii vs Laravel frameworks to see how they are different.

1) VALIDATION Laravel vs Yii

Laravel:: No scenario-based validation is available in the default package of Laravel. It does not provide any construct to validate a model at different scenarios. Moreover, there is no way to define fillable attributes based on the scenario. You will have to custom code everything.

Yii:: Both massive assignments of the model from the request parameters and its validation can be done based on the scenario. Here is an example of Data type validation in Yii2.

 2) CLIENT SIDE VALIDATION Laravel vs Yii

Laravel:: No default support is available on Laravel.

Yii:: Provides out of box client-side (jаvascript) validation of the form. You need to define only one set of rules of the model for validation in server-side and client-side.

3) ROUTING Yii vs Laravel

Laravel:: We are supposed to declare route to each and every action in all controllers. We find its quite odd !! Besides why the protected function of the controller is being accessed from outside if provided in route. Somehow we believe that it should be the task of a framework to provide default routing. Even CodeIgniter provides it !! Though we thank Laravel for providing Resource Routing.

Yii:: Simple routing is possible as we don’t need mention route to each and every action. Route of actions is pickup by default. This same is the case of CodeIgniter as well.

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4) CRUD GENERATION Laravel vs Yii2

Laravel:: No default support. Many projects have an admin panel for CRUD functionality from various tables.

Yii::  Yii2 includes a handy tool, named Gii, that provides rapid prototyping by generating commonly used code snippets as well as complete CRUD controllers.

Yii provides a Web-based interface for you to interactively generate the code you want. It also provides a command-line interface for people who prefer to work with their console windows most of the time.

 5) DOCUMENTATION Yii vs Laravel

Laravel:: Laravel has the best documentation for sure.  However, we personally believe the documentation could have been organized better and written in a more generic way as when you create a big thing, you increase the chances of making loopholes.

Yii:: On the other hand, though Yii does not have very strong documentation like Laravel still it’s pretty organized. Moreover, it does not have a steep learning curve. If you are only following the docs you can easily start with basic coding.

 6) THE PROMISE

Laravel:: “The PHP Framework For Web Artisans”, even after working for one year, we are still trying to get the feel of an “Artisian”. Frankly, we choose to work in Laravel because of such “razzmatazz”.

Yii:: Yii on the other hand has a pretty simple outlook where you can call the database from one model AND write code easily without creating many files.

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 7) RESOURCES AND SUPPORT Laravel vs Yii2

Laravel:: Laravel has a large community with good support and it’s growing every day. However, it is a new framework(Since 2012) as compared to others.

Yii: As Yii is an old framework (Since 2008) and has many developers associated with it already, it offers better support to developers with it’s larger community.

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 8) AUDIENCE

Laravel:: Laravel is a very focused framework which targets only web developers.

Yii:: Yii is for a broader set of audience. It caters to beginners, web developers, system administrators, media and publishing and research & development.

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CONCLUSION OF LARAVEL VS YII wAR

In the war of Laravel vs Yii, there is no doubt that Laravel is the largest used PHP framework in recent times and offers you numerous features to choose from. If you are trying to build a large scale web application or an enterprise-grade app then Laravel is the best choice you can make. However, if you are looking for a framework that offers simple development opportunity and your goal is to develop small to medium grade applications then Yii2 is your cut.

At , we have a large PHP development team who are adept at both the frameworks. If you are looking to then we can provide the same. However, if you are facing the above-discussed difficulties then you canfrom us too.

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