I would say that if you're considering frameworkless I might suggest Laminas (the Zend successor) as an alternative since it allows you to pull in tools in a mo

I would say that if you're considering frameworkless I might suggest Laminas (the Zend successor) as an alternative since it allows you to pull in tools in a more piecemeal style. Integrating roll-your-own components into Laravel can be difficult due to have tightly knit and off the beaten path their internal style can be. I think there are a few quite good choices of frameworks right now in PHP and I hope the space remains healthy and varied since the different options do cater well to different use cases.