FuelPHP is an HMVC PHP framework positioned between CodeIgniter and Zend. It started development in 2010 and supports namespaces, ORM, authentication, and scaffolding. While some initial developers left for Laravel, FuelPHP continues development with a focus on version 2.0 improvements and maintaining a stable API. Benchmarks show it has Symfony-like performance for simple applications.

1. A Non-Technical
Introduction To
FuelPHP
Nitin Reddy Katkam
www.nitinkatkam.com

2. What is FuelPHP?
O An HMVC framework for PHP 5.3 and
higher
O Supports Namespaces
O Provides ORM, authentication, scaffolding
functionality
O Positioned between CodeIgniter and Zend

3. How It All Began
O Started development in 2010
O Initial dev team
O Dan Horrigan
O Phil Sturgeon
O Jelmer Schreuder
O Harro Verton
O Created with a desire to incorporate best
practices of other frameworks

4. Current State of Affairs
O Lost some of the initial dev team to
Laravel
O Planning major features for 2.0
O Some 2.0 features back-ported to 1.6

5. Roadmap
O Beta of FuelPHP 1.0 in January 2011
O FuelPHP 1.0 in July 2011
O FuelPHP 1.5 in January 2013
O FuelPHP 1.5.2 (current) in February 2013
O FuelPHP 1.6 (coming soon)
O FuelPHP 2.0 (on the roadmap)

6. Why FuelPHP?
O Lower learning curve
O Stable API
O New versions will not break old code
O Flexible
O Driver-based design enables the use of
other libraries
O Includes DB features such as soft
deletion, temporal data, and database
schema migration

7. Where’s FuelPHP Used?
O FuelBlog, a blog engine
https://github.com/anothertestaccount/fuelblog
O CruiseSouthHampton.com
http://cruisesouthampton.com/
O Bushido Tickets, an issue tracker
http://bushidotickets.com
O Kroobe, a classifieds for social networks
http://www.kroobe.com/
O …and more

8. Where’s The Action?
O FuelPHP Forum
O #fuelphp on Freenode
O twitter.com/fuelphp
O reddit.com/r/fuelphp
O FuelPHP Blog

9. “Hello World” Benchmarks
Requests / sec.
Source: http://www.ruilog.com/blog/view/b6f0e42cf705.html

10. “Hello World” Benchmarks
O Summary
O Yaf excels in performance, being a C/C++ built
module for PHP
O Symfony-like performance
O Criticism
O Real-world apps wouldn’t be hello-world
O Benchmarks don’t indicate framework-specific
optimization
O Most real-world apps are cached
(output-caching, opcode-caching, proxy
caching)

11. Who is Who?
Core Developers
O WanWizard, Harro Verton http://wanwizard.eu
O From Belgium, runs a web dev firm, leads the
FuelPHP dev effort
O uru, Steve West http://uruwolf.com
O From London, software engineer, builds the
fieldset, validation, and DB components
O FrenkyNet, Frank de Jonge http://frenky.net
O From Amsterdam, software contractor (?),
builds the query builder and email components

12. Who is Who? (Contd)
Other Community Folk
O _Anderi_, Andrei Curelaru
http://twitter.com/AndreiCurelaru
O From Nimes France, social media consultant &
web designer
O chrismeller, Chris Meller http://chrismeller.com
O From Austin TX, web developer of Habari fame
O dmyers, Derek Myers
http://github.com/dmyers
O From Oklahoma City OK, sr. developer for
onesite.com, 7 yrs of web dev experience,
builds social media packages for FuelPHP

13. Who is Who? (Contd)
Other Community Folk (Contd)
O efx, Laurent Marques http://electroheadfx.fr
O From Paris France, software developer and
independent contractor
O huglester, Jaroslav http://webas.lt
O From Lithuania, runs a web dev firm
O SCIF, Alexander Zhuravlev
O From Vladivostok Russia, web dev currently
working on
http://vladmama.ru/category/consulting

14. Who is Who? (Contd)
Other Community Folk (Contd)
O snowyrooftops, Nitin Reddy Katkam
http://nitinkatkam.com
O From Dubai, software contractor / trainer /
author
O zombor, Jeremy Bush http://zombor.net
O From Kenosha WI, sr. software engineer at
sittercity.com
O …and more

15. Learning Material
O FuelPHP Docs
O FuelPHP Guide for Kindle by Nitin
O NetTuts+ Screencast by Phil

16. The End
(Credits on next slide)

17. Credits
Thanks go out to the following individuals for
providing info included in these slides:
O Harro Verton (WanWizard)
O Uru

18. Also See
O http://fuelphpguidebook.wordpress.com