[conradfr]

I've done some projects with Silex and it's not bad but I've found myself losing quit a bit of time because you can never really use most components exactly like in the Symfony standard distribution but the docs mostly show you that way.

Also you have to be careful with dependencies version or you're quickly in Composer hell (because Symfony moves forward so fast).

Always wanted to compare it with Slim but didn't take the time.

[acomjean]

>you can never really use most components exactly like in the Symfony standard distribution

I'm glad its not just me. The documentation gave me problems. I started wondering why I didn't just use symfony in the first place.

[conradfr]

Hehe, I'm in fact switching my two ongoing side projects from Silex to Symfony.

It also helps me keeping current with the framework since it's currently all the rage in the (French) PHP job market.

[johnny22]

Benjamin Eberlei argues for the same approach here: http://www.whitewashing.de/2014/10/26/symfony_all_the_things...