MVC Frameworks for Building PHP Web Applications

In this course, author Drew Falkman tours four open-source PHP frameworks: Zend, Symfony, CakePHP, and CodeIgniter. The course covers basic framework concepts; explores the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern as a means of simplifying, organizing, and maintaining code; and details the ins and outs of developing basic applications in each of the four frameworks. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:

Why use a framework?

Exploring basic framework concepts

Comparing Zend, Symfony, CakePHP, and CodeIgniter

Downloading and installing each framework

Exploring MVC in each framework

Creating basic PHP projects