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API Platform vs Silex

A side-by-side look at API Platform and Silex. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

API Platform

API Platform

Development

API Platform is an open-source PHP framework to build modern web APIs. It allows creating hypermedia and GraphQL APIs in minutes using entities and annotations. It handles API resources validation, serialization, filtering, pagination, CORS, etc. out of the box.

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Silex

Silex

Development

Silex is a simple, fast web framework for PHP based on Symfony components. It is lightweight and easy to get started with, good for smaller web applications and APIs.

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