Nice read on Laravel which I left for the same reasons and seeking many frameworks that could fit in short-term and long-term projects. I found perfect web framework could solve my needs, performance, safety and scalability.<p><a href="http://perfect.org" rel="nofollow">http://perfect.org</a>
Cool demo: <a href="https://github.com/PerfectExamples/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/PerfectExamples/</a>