What's wrong with the static methods? And do you mean beyond helpers? Laravel gets a major update about once a year from what I've followed (disclosure: I've b

What's wrong with the static methods? And do you mean beyond helpers? Laravel gets a major update about once a year from what I've followed (disclosure: I've been to Laracon twice, you could probably classify me as fanboy) -- I _haven't_ used Symfony, but I have enjoyed the rapid release cycle of Larave. It also generally takes 20-30 minutes to update to the latest major release, and if not, there is a service for $10 or so to update it for you