If PHP is a constraint, I suppose I understand using it. I would think that Spree (http://spreecommerce.com/) would be the best option, all things being equal.
Spree is good for an traditional e-commerce site. Subscription based sites are a different beast. You're not actively managing a catalog and don't need a full blown cart. That being said, Magento is also overboard especially since subscriptions require an enterprise license which is big bucks an sold on a per server basis not a site license. You going to need 2 licenses. Also does Paypal lock in your credit cards or do they guarantee portability in case you want to change to a different gateway if you decide to move platforms?
CE Magento supports subscription based sites using what Varien calls Recurring Profiles. While they only support Paypal by default, you can purchase extensions from a variety of different companies to handle recurring profiles in Magento. We choose the Authorize.NET CIM route. Others may choose to use Braintree. Both have extensions to support recurring profiles in Magento. The trick is to figure out how they work, there is little to no documentation on the process and most of it will involving setting up a good DEV environment/staging etc.
Magento is based on overbloated and outdated Zend framework and it is well known coding nightmare to develop custom payment processing extensions with it.
When eBay purchased Magento it became de-facto no-go for enterprises as an ecommerce platform of choice.
Shopify looked interesting but after receiving bunch of canned marketing emails and zero replies on our support requests - it became obvious that we cannot rely on it.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 24.3 ms ] threadShopify looked interesting but after receiving bunch of canned marketing emails and zero replies on our support requests - it became obvious that we cannot rely on it.