[petervandijck]

CodeIgniter is fairly decent. I'm using http://fuelphp.com/ these days, which is similar but newer.

I also go back and forth between framework and homegrown. I've done homegrown for years. Framework does have the advantage that you get to use a lot of code others spent time on, so I'm sticking with that for now.

I dislike the Yii approach (it generates code based on your db). Don't think it's necessary, I have no problem coding and optimizing some mysql queries, no need to hide that behind a black box.