Doctrine is complex because it does a lot of magic. It's a good framework for anyone who is willing to learn it. Slim + Doctrine is a pretty good stack. Pick y

Doctrine is complex because it does a lot of magic. It's a good framework for anyone who is willing to learn it. Slim + Doctrine is a pretty good stack. Pick your favorite templating format and away you go. I think anyone else in modern PHP is generally overkill.