A list of amazingly awesome PHP libraries that you should be using:
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* [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/)/[Packagist](http://packagist.org/) - A package and dependency manager.
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* [Symfony2](http://symfony.com/) - A framework comprised of individual components.
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* [Zend Framework 2](https://github.com/zendframework/zf2) - Another framework of individual components.
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* [Symfony2 Components](https://github.com/symfony) - The components that make Symfony2.
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* [Aura Components](http://auraphp.github.com/) - A package of PHP 5.4 components.
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* [Silex](http://silex.sensiolabs.org/) - A micro framework built around Symfony2 components.
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* [Slim](http://www.slimframework.com/) - Another simple micro framework.
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* [Twig](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/) - A comprehensive templating language.
* [SwiftMailer](http://swiftmailer.org/) - A mailer solution.
* [Pimple](http://pimple.sensiolabs.org/) - A tiny dependency injection container.
* [Doctrine](http://www.doctrine-project.org/) - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM.
* [Propel](http://www.propelorm.org/) - A fast ORM.
* [Goutte](https://github.com/fabpot/Goutte) - A simple web scraper.
* [Assetic](https://github.com/kriswallsmith/assetic) - An asset manager.
* [Imagine](http://imagine.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html) - An image manipulation library.
* [Monolog](https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog) - A comprehensive logger.
* [Behat](http://behat.org/) - A Behaviour Driven Development framework.
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* [Mink](http://mink.behat.org/) - Web acceptance testing.
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* [Buzz](https://github.com/kriswallsmith/Buzz) - A HTTP client.
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* [Guzzle](http://guzzlephp.org/) - Another HTTP client.
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* [PHPUnit](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit) - A unit testing framework.
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* [Mockery](https://github.com/padraic/mockery) - A mock object library for unit testing.
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* [KnpRadBundle](http://rad.knplabs.com/) - A Symfony2 rapid application development library.
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* [KnpMenu](https://github.com/KnpLabs/KnpMenu) - A menu library.
* [Gaufrette](https://github.com/KnpLabs/Gaufrette) - A filesystem abstraction layer.
* [Snappy](https://github.com/KnpLabs/snappy) - A PDF and image generation library.
* [Pagerfanta](https://github.com/whiteoctober/Pagerfanta) - A pagination library.
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* [GeoCoder](http://geocoder-php.org/) - A geocoding library.
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* [Faker](https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker) - A fake data generator library.
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* [Spork](https://github.com/kriswallsmith/spork) - A process forking library.
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* [HTML Purifier](https://github.com/ezyang/htmlpurifier) - A standards compliant HTML filter.
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* [PHP CS Fixer](https://github.com/fabpot/PHP-CS-Fixer) - A coding standard fixer library.
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* [React](https://github.com/react-php/react) - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.
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* [Événement](https://github.com/igorw/evenement) - An event dispatcher library.
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* [Sami](https://github.com/fabpot/Sami) - An API documentation generator.
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* [Bob](https://github.com/CHH/bob) - A simple project automation tool.
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* [JSON Lint](https://github.com/Seldaek/jsonlint) - A JSON lint utility.
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* [PHPAss](http://www.openwall.com/phpass/) - A portable password hashing framework.
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* [PHPSecLib](http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net/) - A pure PHP secure communications library.
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* [Box](https://github.com/kherge/Box) - A utility to build PHAR files.
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* [Wisdom](https://github.com/kherge/Wisdom) - A library for loading config data.
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* [GetOpt](ulrichsg/getopt-php) - A command line opt parser.
* [OptParse](https://github.com/CHH/optparse) - Another command line opt parser.
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* [TCrypto](https://github.com/timoh6/TCrypto) - A simple encrypted key-value storage library.
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* [Tala Payments](https://github.com/adrianmacneil/tala-payments) - A payment processing library.
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* [Ruler](https://github.com/bobthecow/Ruler) - A simple stateless production rules engine.
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# C Extension Frameworks
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* [Phalcon PHP](http://phalconphp.com/) - A high performance C extension framework.
* [Yaf](http://php.net/manual/en/book.yaf.php) - A PECL extension framework.
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# Utilities
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* [HomeBrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/) - A package manager for OSX.
* [HomeBrew PHP](https://github.com/josegonzalez/homebrew-php) - A PHP tap for HomeBrew.
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* [PHP Env](https://github.com/CHH/phpenv) - A PHP version manager.
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* [PHP Build](https://github.com/CHH/php-build) - A PHP version installer.
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* [PHP Parser](https://github.com/nikic/PHP-Parser) - A PHP parser written in PHP.
# Resources
* [PHP The Right Way](http://www.phptherightway.com/) - A PHP best practice quick reference guide.
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* [PHP Best Practices](http://phpbestpractices.org/) - A PHP best practice guide.
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* [PHP Security](http://phpsecurity.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html) - A guide to PHP security.
* [PHP Standards Working Group](https://groups.google.com/group/php-standards) - The PHP standards working group.
* [Easy Package Management with Composer](http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/easy-package-management-with-composer/) - A Composer tutorial by Phil Sturgeon.
