CodeIgniter Does It For Me

I found CodeIgniter easy to learn. I'm a Java and Drupal developer and needed to build two applications in PHP without using Drupal. I was able to build the apps in a week with few headaches. The big thing for me was how easy it was to get started. 

I tried Symphony but it required too much configuration. I did not like using the command line tool. Also, twig tempting was another complication. CI's PHP template views were butt simple. In addition, CI's form validation library, form helper, session library, controller and model classes are easy to figure out how to use. I'll leave Symphony for my Drupal projects whenever I switch to version 8.

Simpler is always better.