The Akelos PHP Framework is a web application development platform based on the MVC (Model View Controller) design pattern. Based on good practices, it allows you to:

• Write views using Ajax easily
• Control requests and responses through a controller
• Manage internationalized applications
• Communicate models and the database using simple conventions.

Your Akelos based applications can run on most shared hosting service providers since Akelos only requires that PHP be available at the server. This means that the Akelos PHP Framework is the ideal candidate for distributing standalone web applications as it does not require any non-standard PHP configuration to run.

Who can benefit from the Akelos PHP Framework?

• Web developers writing database applications using PHP.
• PHP developers who want a more enjoyable experience writing applications.
• Ruby developers that need to code in PHP and want an easier and more enjoyable way to do so.
• Companies and developers looking to sell or distribute their applications without requiring special deployment configurations.
• Developers looking to develop multilingual applications for localized markets.
• Development teams that require a method with a few simple conventions to ensure that team members will understand the work done by their peers.

Being a Ruby on Rails port to PHP, Akelos is also designed to make developers lives simpler by resolving complex problems with unusual speed and productivity.

Favoring "convention over configuration" leads to the creation of uniform and simpler-to-understand code.

If you want to know more about the Akelos PHP Framework, why not view the video "Creating a Blog in 20 minutes" video?

Who is already using Akelos

Akelos has evolved from the work done on many complex intranet sites that, unfortunately, are not public. Here are some public projects using the Akelos PHP Framework:

• The Chemical Brothers official Website (Best Electronic Music website at the BT Digital Music Awards by "3ev")
• Editam (Open Source Content Management Platform)

Alternatives

If you feel that the features of the Akelos PHP Framework don't match your needs, you can look at these other web application Frameworks.

• Ruby on Rails, is similar to Akelos, but uses the elegant Ruby language.
• Django, for Python developers.
• Zend Framework is better described as a solid component library.
• Other PHP Frameworks include: CodeIgniter, CakePHP, symfony and Seagull