Which is the best php framework to start with? [closed]

It is the first time i am going to use any php framework and i am confused among zend framework, yii & Laravel. Also which one has better community.

Which framework is good for beginners?

Rails is considered a beginner-friendly framework, and the fact pros and cons are debated, helps beginners get started with web development quite quickly.

Choosing a framework will not depend upon the popularity of the framework or something else,it totally depend upon our project requirements.

For that we need to go through features of different frameworks providing for us,then finally it will be in our hand's to choose the frameworks keeping above points in mind.

I'm using KOHANA 2.x for my project, it have almost all the features for modern web development.