If you like rails, I'd stick with it. That means that you're already familiar with the MVC model, and once you grasp that, Ruby and the Rails helpers are easier

If you like rails, I'd stick with it. That means that you're already familiar with the MVC model, and once you grasp that, Ruby and the Rails helpers are easier to implement than PHP. ~ I've worked in Symfony 1.x, Laravel, and Ruby on Rails.