There’s something smelling sweet in Denmark: a nice, lean RESTful framework in PHP called Konstrukt. Given the simple nature of the REST architecture, the full-blown frameworks are really overkill. Yet, at the same time, there are some repetitive bits for handling the HTTP overhead that really could do with some assisting code.

That’s pretty much where Konstrukt drops into the ecosystem. It’s not trying to be yet another Rails clone. There’s no database abstraction layer, no CRUD stubbing, etc. Just the stuff necessary for doing the REST bits, leaving you to build the rest of your application however you see fit.

Overall, this approach is probably more likely to mean the framework can be used in the real world, where you often can’t change your entire development approach just to match the framework. You can use the existing libraries you’re already comfortable with, but now with REST.

Definitely worth a look.