Yii(Yes it is) is a php mvc framework in competition with the existing frameworks such as CakePHP, Zend Symfony etc.
Soon it will gain popularity as it has many features such as :
- MVC design pattern
- DAO and Active Record
- jQuery-based JavaScript support
- I18N and L10N
- Page, fragment and data caching
- Error handling and logging
- Theming
- Web services
- Console applications
- Authentication and authorization
- Web 2.0 widgets
- Form input and validation
Following are the Performance comparison :
- Yii: 673 requests/second
- CodeIgniter: 206 requests/second
- Zend: 83 requests/second
- CakePHP: 79 requests/second
- Prado: 75 requests/second
- Symfony: 50 requests/second
People who are interested in using the frameworks should definitely try this 
To know more about this framework, follow the given link:
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