good php framework to run on a budget web host?

Question

I'd like to create some small websites using PHP as the programming language. I've looked at several frameworks but they all appear to be rather large and am not sure how well they will run in a shared hosting environment. I was wondering if anyone knew of frameworks that work well in shared hosting? I'm looking for something with MVC and ORM features and anything else extra would just be a bonus.

Answer 1

ElisLabs codeigniter(http://codeigniter.com/) should fit the bill like a glove.

This is my framework of choice when i do php projects.

Answer 2

Although I personally love CakePHP, and I've done many projects for clients running on shared hosts and it runs just fine, if a light footprint is really important for you, CodeIgniter would be my choice.