What are the best PHP frameworks that support PHP 5.3+?

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Lumen

A micro-framework based off Laravel.

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Easily upgradable to Laravel

Since it's basically just a minimal version of Laravel, it can be upgraded to a full Laravel app if the need arises. No need for code changes, just import the code to a new Laravel install.

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Made to work alongside Laravel  

Lumen as a framework is at it's full potential when used alongside it's older brother. Lumen was created to be used for microservices alongside Laravel, which is used for more user-facing applications. If a project is already using another framework other than Laravel, it would be better to use another microframework for microservices instead of Lumen.

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It's based off Laravel and inherits its shortcomings

Lumen inherits many shortcomings of Laravel, such as static proxy classes.

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