You should enjoy PHP development. That's why Recess exists. Recess is a serious PHP framework designed to give you a delightful development experience.

• Tools Included for Every Developer
• Declarative PHP with Annotations
• Stays out of your way, not in it
• Loosely coupled Model-View-Controller
• Create RESTful APIs with Ease
• D.R.Y. in Philosophy & Practice
• Caching-Oriented Architecture
• Open Source under MIT License  

For more details see Recess web page