In a new posting from PHP Magazine today:

Seagull is an OO PHP framework that aims to deliver independence of data, logic, and presentation layers, an extensible component architecture, reduction of repetitive programming tasks, simplified data access, comprehensive error handling, module workflow routines, form handling without the donkey work, component reuse, authentication management, integration with PEAR libraries, PHP coding standards, platform/PHP version/browser independence, self-generating documentation, and quality end-user docs. Its core modules are licensed under BSD.

If you would like to know more, there is a new introductory tutorial that elaborates the project's main features and concepts.

Seagull has been around for a good, long time and has definitely matured over that period - and it has the features to prove it. Based on the MVC framework, it allows simple templating, abstraction layers between your data and the rest of the site, as well as a module system to help you plug in your own custom code...