Exploration on whether TP is imitated by Laravel

As PHP technology continues to develop, more and more PHP frameworks are emerging. In my experience, ThinkPHP (TP for short) and Laravel are the two frameworks with the most users. Some people think that TP is imitated by Laravel, and some people think that this is just a rumor. So, does TP imitate Laravel? This article explores this question.

Chapter 1 Opening

First of all, I have to admit that TP did learn from Laravel in some aspects. After all, Laravel is currently one of the most popular frameworks in the PHP field, and its essence cannot be ignored. After seeing some of the benefits of Laravel, TP learned from some of its excellent design ideas and provided a lot of inspiration for its own development.

Chapter 2 Analysis from the Code Perspective

When exploring whether TP imitates Laravel, we can analyze it from the code level.

(1) Integration

As a comprehensive framework, TP adopts Laravel's design in many aspects, but it is still different from Laravel in terms of integration. Laravel uses Composer as a dependency management tool, which has a very high degree of integration. When using Laravel, we can directly download the required library files through Composer, and these packages are independent of Laravel itself and well organized. TP, on the other hand, adopts the method of directly introducing class libraries into the framework for integration. Although it can also be installed through Composer, it is not as convenient as Laravel. Of course, this does not mean that TP will lag behind Laravel in terms of integration, it just means that the design of TP and Laravel is different at this point.

(2) Routing

The routing in Laravel is very excellent, using the RESTful style, and is very friendly to the development of separate front-end and back-end. TP uses the traditional routing method and forwards data by passing parameters in the URL. Although this can also implement routing functions, it is slightly older than Laravel's implementation. Of course, this does not mean that TP's routing function is not good. In actual development, TP's routing can still meet most needs.

(3) Naming specifications

Laravel's code naming specifications are very strict and adopt the PSR standard. This is also the key to Laravel's ability to keep the code clean and readable. TP adopts its own naming convention. Although there are corresponding specifications, it is slightly looser than Laravel's PSR standard. But this does not mean that TP's coding style is bad, but in terms of naming conventions, TP and Laravel have different designs.

(4) Route caching

In terms of routing, Laravel has another great feature which is route caching. During development, routing tables are often relatively large, which is likely to slow down the application. Laravel speeds up applications by caching routes. TP does not have such a feature, and developers need to manually cache routes. Of course, this does not mean that the performance of TP is not good. In actual use, the performance of TP is still satisfactory.

Chapter 3 Comparing the Highlights of the Two

In the above analysis, we can see that TP has indeed borrowed Laravel’s design ideas in some aspects. We can also see that TP and Laravel are different in some aspects. So, what are the advantages of each of these two frameworks?

(1) Highlights of TP

1. Easy to use. Simple yet powerful core functions and clear and easy-to-understand code allow developers to get started faster.
2. Excellent performance. Although TP draws on some of the benefits of Laravel, it has optimized the underlying architecture and has excellent performance.
3. Complete documentation. TP's documentation is relatively complete and can guide developers in development.

(2) Highlights of Laravel

1. Good standardization. The PSR standard followed by Laravel makes programmers' coding style more standardized and facilitates collaborative development.
2. Flexible request processing. It adopts a middleware design to better handle various requests.
3. Good scalability. Laravel developers have kept the core simple while also supporting the addition of various extension packages.

Chapter 4 Ending

To sum up, TP and Laravel do have many similarities in design, but they also have their own characteristics. In actual development, we need to choose based on specific project needs. No matter which framework you choose, as long as it meets the needs of the project and is easy to develop, it is a good choice. Therefore, this issue is not black and white. Both TP and Laravel are excellent PHP frameworks, worthy of our in-depth study and research.

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