The best replacement for laravel is yii.

The best alternatives to laravel are rated as following:
★★★★★  yii
★★★★★  symfony
★★★★  codeigniter
★★★  phalcon
★★★  django
★★★  cakephp
★★★  zend
★★★  rails
★★  fuelphp
★★  kohana
★  slim
★  drupal
★  silex
★  symfony 2
★  zf2
★  cake
  zend framework 2
  symfony2
  yii framework
  aura

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Speaking about laravel, one probably shouldn't forget about eloquent.

Other search terms related to laravel and their ratings are:
★★★★★ eloquent
★★★★★ angular
★★★★ orm
★★★★ twig
★★★ twitter bootstrap
★★ phpstorm
★ angularjs
★ doctrine
★ backbone
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