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# li₃
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### You asked for a better framework. Here it is.
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li₃ is the fast, flexible and the most RAD development framework for PHP.
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### A framework of firsts
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li₃ is the first and only major PHP framework built from the ground up for PHP
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5.3+, and the first to break ground into major new technologies, including
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bridging the gap between relational and non-relational databases through a
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single, unified API.
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### Promiscuously opinionated
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Some frameworks give you a solid set of classes, but little or no default
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project organization, leaving you to fend for yourself on each project you
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create, and spend time wiring up framework classes that should just work
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together. Others provide you with great organizational conventions, but no way
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to break out of those conventions if you need to, and too often, no way to
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override or replace core framework classes.
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li₃ is the first framework to give you the best of both worlds, without
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compromising either. In fact, li₃'s API is intentionally designed to allow you
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to "grow out of" the framework and into your own custom code over the course of
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your application's lifecycle, if your needs require.
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### Technology
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li₃ takes full advantage of the latest PHP features, including
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namespaces, late static binding and closures. li₃'s innovative [method filter
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system](http://li3.me/docs/api/lithium/latest:1.x/lithium/aop/Filters) makes extensive use
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of closures and anonymous functions to allow application developers to "wrap"
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framework method calls, intercepting parameters before, and return values after.
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li₃ also complies with PSR-4, the PHP namespacing standard, allowing you to easily
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integrate other PHP standard libraries and frameworks with li₃ applications,
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and vice-versa.
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li₃ integrates the latest storage technologies, including MongoDB, CouchDB and
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Redis, with plugin support for Cassandra, ElasticSearch and others.
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### Flexibility
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li₃ gives you full control over your application, from filters to dynamically
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modify framework internals, to dynamic dependencies to extend and replace core
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classes with application or plugin classes, to heavy use of adapter-oriented
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configurations, to make it seamless to move between different technologies and
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options.
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Every component of the li₃ framework stack is replaceable through the
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robust plugin architecture. Swap out the default ORM / ODM implementation
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for [Doctrine 2](https://github.com/mariano/li3_doctrine2/) or [PHP
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ActiveRecord](https://github.com/greut/li3_activerecord). Don't like
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the templating? Use [Twig](https://github.com/UnionOfRAD/li3_twig),
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[Mustache](https://github.com/bruensicke/li3_mustache), or roll your own.
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If you don't even need to write a full application, build a micro-app in a
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single file using the routing system, without giving up the maintainability of
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the framework's structure.
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