<s>
The	O
Pop	B-Language
PHP	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
a	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
PHP	B-Application
Web	B-Application
framework	I-Application
that	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Nick	O
Sagona	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
License	I-Operating_System
and	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
the	O
Pop	B-Language
PHP	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
was	O
officially	O
begun	O
by	O
Nick	O
Sagona	O
in	O
late	O
2011	O
,	O
when	O
he	O
refactored	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
older	O
library	O
components	O
into	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Pop	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
focus	O
was	O
for	O
Pop	O
PHP	B-Application
to	O
become	O
a	O
more	O
modern	O
,	O
MVC-style	O
web	B-Application
framework	I-Application
with	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
supporting	O
components	O
to	O
assist	O
in	O
building	O
web	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
PHP	B-Application
5.4	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
Pop	O
PHP	B-Application
2	O
was	O
refactored	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
features	O
available	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
5.4	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
fully	O
leveraging	O
Composer	B-Application
by	O
breaking	O
out	O
almost	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
components	O
into	O
separate	O
repositories	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pop	O
PHP	B-Application
2	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
12	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pop	O
PHP	B-Application
3	O
was	O
a	O
slight	O
refactor	O
of	O
the	O
existing	O
framework	O
,	O
while	O
adding	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
new	O
components	O
and	O
deprecating	O
a	O
few	O
older	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3	O
supports	O
PHP	B-Application
7	O
and	O
5.6	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
9	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pop	O
PHP	B-Application
4	O
was	O
another	O
refactor	O
of	O
the	O
existing	O
framework	O
that	O
upgraded	O
and	O
improved	O
existing	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
,	O
4.7.0	O
,	O
supports	O
PHP	B-Application
8	O
,	O
with	O
backwards	O
compatibility	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
7.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
has	O
been	O
included	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
"	O
best	O
of	O
"	O
lists	O
for	O
new	O
and	O
up-and-coming	O
PHP	B-Application
Frameworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pop	B-Language
PHP	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
is	O
the	O
framework	O
on	O
which	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
Phire	B-Protocol
CMS	I-Protocol
project	O
was	O
built	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
current	O
changelog	O
is	O
maintained	O
for	O
a	O
recent	O
list	O
of	O
changes	O
and	O
how	O
they	O
impact	O
continued	O
development	O
with	O
Pop	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
initial	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Pop	B-Language
PHP	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
was	O
focused	O
on	O
building	O
web	O
applications	O
,	O
since	O
version	O
3	O
,	O
Pop	O
PHP	B-Application
fully	O
supports	O
console-based	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
CLI	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pop	O
PHP	B-Application
incorporates	O
current	O
standards	O
,	O
trends	O
and	O
patterns	O
in	O
software	O
development	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
build	O
an	O
ecosystem	O
that	O
is	O
familiar	O
to	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
is	O
heavily	O
unit-tested	O
using	O
PHPUnit	B-Language
and	O
runs	O
through	O
the	O
GitHub	B-Application
Actions	O
workflow	O
platform	O
to	O
ensure	O
the	O
builds	O
of	O
the	O
individual	O
framework	O
components	O
are	O
passing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pop	O
PHP	B-Application
4.7.0	O
is	O
currently	O
written	O
for	O
and	O
supports	O
PHP	B-Application
8	O
,	O
with	O
backward	O
compatibility	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
7.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pop	B-Language
PHP	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
project	O
welcomes	O
community	O
involvement	O
and	O
contribution	O
via	O
the	O
current	O
available	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
base	O
foundation	O
of	O
Pop	O
PHP	B-Application
is	O
the	O
initial	O
set	O
of	O
core	O
components	O
that	O
make	O
up	O
the	O
application	O
stack	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Kettle	O
is	O
a	O
CLI-based	O
helper	O
script	O
available	O
since	O
version	O
4.0.1	O
.	O
</s>
