Symfony is an open-source web framework written in PHP5. Based on the best practices of web development, thoroughly tried on several active websites, symfony aims to speed up the creation and maintenance of web applications, and to replace the repetitive coding tasks by power, control and pleasure. If you have been looking for a Rails/Django-like framework for PHP projects with features such as: * simple templating and helpers * cache management * multiple environments support * deployment management * scaffolding * smart URLs * multilingual and I18N support * object model and MVC separation * Ajax support ...where all elements work seamlessly together, then symfony is made for you.