I keep hearing: "Laravel is better than CakePHP", "CakePHP is just for prototyping, not for serious development", "if you want to do it properly, use Laravel", "Laravel is a lot more powerful than CakePHP" etc. etc.

Why is it that people think Laravel is so superior?
Anyone who can give proper arguments for this? because when I ask those persons tho elaborate, they can't...

Is this even a serious question? Develop a site in both cake and laravel and the differences will be obvious to you :p

@ScribeOfGoD I did... and the main difference that striked me:

Laravel: can't start because nobody wanted to help me get started because I didn't understand the docs

CakePHP: actually could make a start because people would actually help me if I didn't understand something

I've never used a framework for php , even tho i do php as backend for personal projects.

Is the framework helpful for simple tasks? Like a cms

I find both good (after using for several small and big project)

When you try it, just find the one that match with your needs. As i always said, use the best technology for your project, not what you prefer

@Jakuho And that's kinda where the confusion starts, people say Laravel is better for every single thing (sometimes including prototyping), but that's obviously very hard to believe, else CakePHP wouldn't be around at all anymore...

@FinlayDaG33k yes, and even of they say laravel is faster, it's true only on High performance server

@Jakuho High performance with proper tuning and configuration that is.

But yea, to me, it's about creating something and being able to maintain it with "minimal" effort (except learning stuff to maintain it decently, just no completely unnecessary work).

I've been looking into Laravel over CakePHP, but I feel more comfortable with CakePHP.

Yet, I keep getting smacked in the face with the: "you should use Laravel, it's superior without a doubt" left and right

Im confused, do people belive PHP is good?

@Stocken Yes.

@danharrin it's also partly to blame to the fact that a lot of schools teach students PHP the wrong way...
generally they make insecure garbage