Might not be an expert, but I'm in a similar boat in that I have a firm footing in PHP and want to develop a web app on my own. I chose to go with PHP and Symfo

Might not be an expert, but I'm in a similar boat in that I have a firm footing in PHP and want to develop a web app on my own. I chose to go with PHP and Symfony, as it seems to be a pretty powerful framework with great documentation (they have a complete guide on how to set up a job posting board, for instance). I had started out with raw PHP, and I'm pretty much scrapping my initial work since it can be done so many times faster and with better quality using Symfony