PHP Framework Comparison

Compare static analysis and code quality metrics of popular PHP frameworks.

Frameworks Analyzed

• cakephp/cakephp
• codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4
• laminas/laminas-mvc
• laravel/framework
• symfony/symfony
• yiisoft/yii2

Metrics Collected

Tool	Description
PHPStan (Level 8)	Static analysis error count
Psalm	Static analysis error count
phploc	Lines of code, classes, methods, complexity
Cognitive Complexity	Method complexity analysis
Silenced Issues	Inline suppressions and baseline entries

Usage

# Run all analyses
php run_all.php

# Or run individual checks
php check_phpstan/run_all.php
php check_psalm/run_all.php
php check_phploc/run_all.php
php check_cognitive/run_all.php
php check_silenced/run_all.php

# Regenerate report from existing JSON
php generate_report.php

Results

See reports/README.md for the latest comparison table.

Note: The results are not interpreted here, only displayed as raw data so far.

TODOs

• visible results as table or graph