As a long time Kohana user, it really does make working with PHP much cleaner and faster. It takes the best architectural aspects of CI and adds some excellent

As a long time Kohana user, it really does make working with PHP much cleaner and faster. It takes the best architectural aspects of CI and adds some excellent functionality (full OOP, ORM, cascading filesystem, Events, Auth module). The Kohana framework is actually at a critical turning point. Check http://dev.kohanaphp.com/ http://dev.kohanaphp.com/ for more information. The version 2.x codebase has been optimized in the 2.4 release (cleaned up libraries, enhanced DB library and ORM). The new 3.x codebase was completely rewritten from the ground up by the BDFL and is currently managed on GitHub (http://github.com/kohana http://github.com/kohana). 3.x was just released (http://forum.kohanaphp.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=3479 http://forum.kohanaphp.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=3479) and supports the HMVC design pattern and is shaping up to be an amazing framework. A new website for Kohana for both 2.x and 3.x (aka KO3) is close to being released along with complete docs for 3.x. For those interested in a quick preview of the code: KO3 API (http://www.kerkness.ca/ko3/index.php/guide/api http://www.kerkness.ca/ko3/index.php/guide/api) KO3 User Guide - Work In Progress (http://www.kerkness.ca/ko3/index.php/guide http://www.kerkness.ca/ko3/index.php/guide)