Stratos PHP Framework 1.0 RC1

Stratos PHP Framework is an open-source, object-oriented web application framework that facilitates the rapid development of well-organized, secure, and maintainable PHP web applications. Stratos PHP Framework frees you from working on tedious, routine tasks, and allows you to focus on specific software requirements.
Main features:
Minimal Configuration
- The Stratos Framework is completely configurable from the web using the Developers Toolkit. This means you can spend less time getting set up and more time developing your applications.
- Object-Relational Mapping
- Using the StratosData plugin, you can easily map SQL tables to data objects. StratosData allows you to access Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite, and other databases without writing any SQL statements!
Scaffolding
- Stratos can automatically generate CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete) interfaces for your tables. This means you can kick-start your application by generating default actions and views for manipulating your data. The generated actions and views can then be modified to meet your specific needs.
Define Views in PHP
- Stratos does not require you to learn a separate templating language in order to define your views. All views are created using PHP by default, so there is no need to learn a separate syntax and introduce additional overhead for the sole purpose of creating a view.
Compatibility
- Stratos is compatible with both PHP4 and PHP5. This means that your applications will run on the majority of web hosts. Stratos has been thoroughly tested on a variety of operating systems and databases.
Performance
- Stratos was designed from the ground up to be fast. The framework has built-in caching capabilities that you can easily utilize from within your applications. When using the StratosData plugin, you can speed up your applications even further by caching database information to disk.
Ease of use
- Unlike many frameworks, Stratos does not have a steep learning curve. Its easy to get started developing web applications using Stratos. Simply download the latest release, install Stratos on your server, and create an application!
Enhancements:
- This release includes major updates and a handful of new features, bugfixes, and performance enhancements.
- Enhancements include an improved approach to creating action controllers, simplified data objects, data object event functions, automatic data object validation, complete removal of the XML config files, improvements to the plugin architecture, and a new look-and-feel for the Stratos control panel.
- Stratos 1.0rc1 is not backwards compatible with 0.93.
- This release begins the 1.0 branch, and all future development on the 1.0 branch will be backwards compatible with this release.