# Awesome PHP [![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/ziadoz/awesome-php.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ziadoz/awesome-php) A curated list of amazingly awesome PHP libraries, resources and shiny things. ## Contributing Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/ziadoz/awesome-php/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CODE-OF-CONDUCT](https://github.com/ziadoz/awesome-php/blob/master/CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md) for details. ## Table of Contents - [Awesome PHP](#awesome-php) - [Dependency Management](#dependency-management) - [Dependency Management Extras](#dependency-management-extras) - [Frameworks](#frameworks) - [Framework Extras](#framework-extras) - [Components](#components) - [Micro Frameworks](#micro-frameworks) - [Micro Framework Extras](#micro-framework-extras) - [Routers](#routers) - [Templating](#templating) - [Static Site Generators](#static-site-generators) - [HTTP](#http) - [Middlewares](#middlewares) - [URL](#url) - [Email](#email) - [Files](#files) - [Streams](#streams) - [Dependency Injection](#dependency-injection) - [Imagery](#imagery) - [Testing](#testing) - [Continuous Integration](#continuous-integration) - [Documentation](#documentation) - [Security](#security) - [Passwords](#passwords) - [Code Analysis](#code-analysis) - [Architectural](#architectural) - [Debugging and Profiling](#debugging-and-profiling) - [Build Tools](#build-tools) - [Task Runners](#task-runners) - [Navigation](#navigation) - [Asset Management](#asset-management) - [Geolocation](#geolocation) - [Date and Time](#date-and-time) - [Event](#event) - [Logging](#logging) - [E-commerce](#e-commerce) - [PDF](#pdf) - [Office](#office) - [Database](#database) - [Migrations](#migrations) - [NoSQL](#nosql) - [Queue](#queue) - [Search](#search) - [Command Line](#command-line) - [Authentication and Authorization](#authentication-and-authorization) - [Markup](#markup) - [Strings](#strings) - [Numbers](#numbers) - [Filtering and Validation](#filtering-and-validation) - [API](#api) - [Caching](#caching) - [Data Structure and Storage](#data-structure-and-storage) - [Notifications](#notifications) - [Deployment](#deployment) - [Internationalisation and Localisation](#internationalisation-and-localisation) - [Third Party APIs](#third-party-apis) - [Extensions](#extensions) - [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous) - [Software](#software) - [PHP Installation](#php-installation) - [Development Environment](#development-environment) - [Virtual Machines](#virtual-machines) - [Integrated Development Environment](#integrated-development-environment) - [Web Applications](#web-applications) - [Infrastructure](#infrastructure) - [Resources](#resources) - [PHP Websites](#php-websites) - [Other Websites](#other-websites) - [PHP Books](#php-books) - [PHP Videos](#php-videos) - [PHP Reading](#php-reading) - [PHP Internals Reading](#php-internals-reading) - [Contributing](#contributing) ## Dependency Management *Libraries for dependency and package management.* * [Climb](https://github.com/vinkla/climb) - A Composer version manager tool. * [Composer Installers](https://github.com/composer/installers) - A multi framework Composer library installer. * [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)/[Packagist](https://packagist.org/) - A package and dependency manager. * [Melody](http://melody.sensiolabs.org/) - A tool to build one file Composer scripts. * [Pickle](https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/pickle) - A PHP extension installer. ## Dependency Management Extras *Extras related to dependency management.* * [Composed](https://github.com/joshdifabio/composed) - A library to parse your project's Composer environment at runtime. * [Composer Checker](https://github.com/silpion/composer-checker) - A tool to validate Composer configurations. * [Composer Merge Plugin](https://github.com/wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin) - A composer plugin to merge several composer.json files. * [Composition](https://github.com/bamarni/composition) - A library to check your Composer environment at runtime. * [NameSpacer](https://github.com/ralphschindler/Namespacer) - A library to convert from underscores to namespaces. * [Patch Installer](https://github.com/goatherd/patch-installer) - A library to install patches using Composer. * [Prestissimo](https://github.com/hirak/prestissimo) - A composer plugin which enables parallel install process. * [Satis](https://github.com/composer/satis) - A static Composer repository generator. * [Toran Proxy](https://toranproxy.com) - A static Composer repository and proxy. ## Frameworks *Web development frameworks.* * [Aura PHP](http://auraphp.com/) - A framework of independent components. * [CakePHP](http://cakephp.org/) - A rapid application development framework (CP). * [Laravel 5](https://laravel.com/) - Another PHP framework (L5). * [Nette](https://nette.org) - Another framework comprised of individual components. * [Phalcon](https://phalconphp.com/en/) - A framework implemented as a C extension. * [PPI Framework 2](http://www.ppi.io) - An interoperability framework. * [Symfony 2](http://symfony.com/) - A framework comprised of individual components (SF2). * [Yii2](https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/) - Another PHP framework. * [Zend Framework 2](http://framework.zend.com) - Another framework comprised of individual components (ZF2). * [Radar](https://github.com/radarphp/Radar.Adr) - An Action-Domain-Responder implementation for PHP. ## Framework Extras *Extras related to web development frameworks.* * [CakePHP CRUD](https://github.com/friendsofcake/crud) - A Rapid Application Development (RAD) plugin for CakePHP. * [Knp RAD Bundle](http://rad.knplabs.com/) - A Rapid Application Development (RAD) bundle for Symfony 2. * [Symfony CMF](https://github.com/symfony-cmf/symfony-cmf) - A Content Management Framework to create custom CMS. ## Components *Standalone components from web development frameworks and development groups.* * [CakePHP Plugins](http://plugins.cakephp.org/) - A directory of CakePHP plugins. * [Hoa Project](http://hoa-project.net/En/) - Another package of PHP components. * [League of Extraordinary Packages](https://thephpleague.com/) - A PHP package development group. * [Symfony2 Components](http://symfony.com/doc/master/components/index.html) - The components that make Symfony 2. * [Zend Framework 2 Components](https://packages.zendframework.com/) - The components that make Zend Framework. ## Micro Frameworks *Micro frameworks and routers.* * [Bullet PHP](http://bulletphp.com/) - A micro framework for building REST APIs. * [Lumen](https://lumen.laravel.com) - A micro-framework by Laravel. * [Proton](https://github.com/alexbilbie/Proton) - A StackPHP compatible micro framework * [Silex](http://silex.sensiolabs.org/) - A micro framework built around Symfony2 components. * [Slim](http://www.slimframework.com/) - Another simple micro framework. ## Micro Framework Extras *Extras related to micro frameworks and routers.* * [Silex Skeleton](https://github.com/silexphp/Silex-Skeleton) - A project skeleton for Silex. * [Silex Web Profiler](https://github.com/silexphp/Silex-WebProfiler) - A web debug toolbar for Silex. * [Slim Skeleton](https://github.com/slimphp/Slim-Skeleton) - A skeleton for Slim. * [Slim View](https://github.com/slimphp/Slim-Views) - A collection of custom views for Slim. ## Routers *Libraries for handling application routing.* * [Fast Route](https://github.com/nikic/FastRoute) - A fast routing library. * [Klein](https://github.com/klein/klein.php) - A flexible router. * [Pux](https://github.com/c9s/Pux) - Another fast routing library. * [Route](https://github.com/thephpleague/route) - A routing library built on top of Fast Route. ## Templating *Libraries and tools for templating and lexing.* * [Foil](https://github.com/FoilPHP/Foil) - Another native PHP templating library. * [Lex](https://github.com/pyrocms/lex) - A lightweight template parser. * [MtHaml](https://github.com/arnaud-lb/MtHaml) - A PHP implementation of the HAML template language. * [Mustache](https://github.com/bobthecow/mustache.php) - A PHP implementation of the Mustache template language. * [Phly Mustache](https://github.com/phly/phly_mustache) - Another PHP implementation of the Mustache template language. * [PHPTAL](http://phptal.org/) - A PHP implementation of the [TAL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_Attribute_Language) templating language. * [Plates](http://platesphp.com/) - A native PHP templating library. * [Smarty](http://www.smarty.net/) - A template engine to complement PHP. * [Twig](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/) - A comprehensive templating language. ## Static Site Generators *Tools for pre-processing content to generate web pages.* * [Couscous](http://couscous.io) - Couscous turns Markdown documentation into beautiful websites. It's GitHub Pages on steroids. * [Phrozn](https://github.com/Pawka/phrozn) - Another tool that converts Textile, Markdown and Twig into HTML. * [Sculpin](https://sculpin.io) - A tool that converts Markdown and Twig into static HTML. * [Spress](http://spress.yosymfony.com) - An extensible tool that converts Markdown and Twig into HTML. ## HTTP *Libraries for working with HTTP websites.* * [Buzz](https://github.com/kriswallsmith/Buzz) - Another HTTP client. * [Guzzle]( https://github.com/guzzle/guzzle) - A comprehensive HTTP client. * [HTTPFul](https://github.com/nategood/httpful) - A chainable HTTP client. * [PHP VCR](http://php-vcr.github.io/) - A library for recording and replaying HTTP requests. * [Requests](https://github.com/rmccue/Requests) - A simple HTTP library. * [Retrofit](https://github.com/tebru/retrofit-php) - A library to ease creation of REST API clients. * [zend-diactoros](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-diactoros) - PSR-7 HTTP Message implementation. ## Scraping *Libraries for scraping websites.* * [Embed](https://github.com/oscarotero/Embed) - An information extractor from any web service or page. * [Goutte](https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/Goutte) - A simple web scraper. * [PHP Spider](https://github.com/mvdbos/php-spider) - A configurable and extensible PHP web spider. ## Middlewares *Libraries for building application using middlewares.* * [PSR7-Middlewares](https://github.com/oscarotero/psr7-middlewares) - Inspiring collection of handy middlewares. * [Relay](https://github.com/relayphp/Relay.Relay) - A PHP 5.5 PSR-7 middleware dispatcher * [Slim Middleware](https://github.com/slimphp/Slim-Middleware) - A collection of custom middleware for Slim. * [Stack](https://github.com/stackphp) - A library of stackable middleware for Silex/Symfony. * [zend-stratigility](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-stratigility) - Middleware for PHP built on top of PSR-7 ## URL *Libraries for parsing URLs.* * [PHP Domain Parser](https://github.com/jeremykendall/php-domain-parser) - A domain suffix parser library. * [Purl](https://github.com/jwage/purl) - A URL manipulation library. * [sabre/uri](https://github.com/fruux/sabre-uri) - A functional URI manipulation library. * [Uri](https://github.com/thephpleague/uri) - Another URL manipulation library. ## Email *Libraries for sending and parsing email.* * [CssToInlineStyles](https://github.com/tijsverkoyen/CssToInlineStyles) - A library to inline CSS in email templates. * [Email Reply Parser](https://github.com/willdurand/EmailReplyParser) - An email reply parser library. * [Email Validator](https://github.com/nojacko/email-validator) - A small email address validation library. * [Fetch](https://github.com/tedious/Fetch) - An IMAP library. * [Mautic](https://github.com/mautic/mautic) - Email marketing automation * [PHPMailer](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer) - Another mailer solution. * [Stampie](https://github.com/henrikbjorn/Stampie) - A library for email services such as [SendGrid](http://sendgrid.com), [PostMark](https://postmarkapp.com), [MailGun](http://www.mailgun.com) and [Mandrill](http://www.mandrill.com). * [SwiftMailer](http://swiftmailer.org/) - A mailer solution. ## Files *Libraries for file manipulation and MIME type detection.* * [Apache MIME Types](https://github.com/dflydev/dflydev-apache-mime-types) - A library that parses Apache MIME types. * [Canal](https://github.com/dflydev/dflydev-canal) - A library to determine internet media types. * [CSV](https://github.com/thephpleague/csv) - A CSV data manipulation library. * [Ferret](https://github.com/versionable/Ferret) - A MIME detection library. * [Flysystem](https://github.com/thephpleague/Flysystem) - Another filesystem abstraction layer. * [Gaufrette](https://github.com/KnpLabs/Gaufrette) - A filesystem abstraction layer. * [Hoa Mime](https://github.com/hoaproject/Mime) - Another MIME detection library. * [Lurker](https://github.com/henrikbjorn/Lurker) - A resource tracking library. * [PHP FFmpeg](https://github.com/PHP-FFmpeg/PHP-FFmpeg/) - A wrapper for the [FFmpeg](http://www.ffmpeg.org/) video library. ## Streams *Libraries for working with streams.* * [Streamer](https://github.com/fzaninotto/Streamer) - A simple object-orientated stream wrapper library. ## Dependency Injection *Libraries that implement the dependency injection design pattern.* * [Acclimate](https://github.com/jeremeamia/acclimate-container) - A common interface to dependency injection containers and service locators. * [Auryn](https://github.com/rdlowrey/Auryn) - A recursive dependency injector. * [Container](https://github.com/thephpleague/container) - Another flexible dependency injection container. * [PHP-DI](http://php-di.org/) - A dependency injection container that supports autowiring. * [Pimple](http://pimple.sensiolabs.org/) - A tiny dependency injection container. * [Symfony DI](https://github.com/symfony/dependency-injection) - A dependency injection container component (SF2). ## Imagery *Libraries for manipulating images.* * [Color Extractor](https://github.com/thephpleague/color-extractor) - A library for extracting colours from images. * [GIF Creator](https://github.com/Sybio/GifCreator) - A library to create GIF animations from multiple images. * [GIF Frame Extractor](https://github.com/Sybio/GifFrameExtractor) - A library to extract GIF animation frame information. * [Glide](https://github.com/thephpleague/glide) - An on-demand image manipulation library. * [Image Hash](https://github.com/jenssegers/imagehash) - A library for generating perceptual image hashes. * [Image Optimizer](https://github.com/psliwa/image-optimizer) - A library for optimizing images. * [Image With Text](https://github.com/nmcteam/image-with-text) - A library for embedding text into images. * [Imagine](http://imagine.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html) - An image manipulation library. * [Intervention Image](https://github.com/Intervention/image) - Another image manipulation library. * [PHP Image Workshop](https://github.com/Sybio/ImageWorkshop) - Another image manipulation library. ## Testing *Libraries for testing codebases and generating test data.* * [Alice](https://github.com/nelmio/alice) - An expressive fixture generation library. * [AspectMock](https://github.com/Codeception/AspectMock) - A mocking framework for PHPUnit/Codeception. * [Atoum](https://github.com/atoum/atoum) - A simple testing library. * [Behat](http://docs.behat.org/en/v2.5/) - A behaviour driven development (BDD) testing framework. * [Codeception](https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception) - A full stack testing framework. * [DBUnit](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/dbunit) - A database testing library for PHPUnit. * [Faker](https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker) - A fake data generator library. * [HTTP Mock](https://github.com/InterNations/http-mock) - A library for mocking HTTP requests in unit tests. * [Kahlan](https://github.com/crysalead/kahlan) - Full stack Unit/BDD testing framework with built-in stub, mock and code-coverage support. * [Mink](http://mink.behat.org/en/latest/) - Web acceptance testing. * [Mockery](https://github.com/padraic/mockery) - A mock object library for testing. * [ParaTest](https://github.com/brianium/paratest) - A parallel testing library for PHPUnit. * [Peridot](https://github.com/peridot-php/peridot) - An event driven test framework. * [Phake](https://github.com/mlively/Phake) - Another mock object library for testing. * [Pho](https://github.com/danielstjules/pho) - Another behaviour driven development testing framework. * [PHPSpec](https://github.com/phpspec/phpspec) - A design by specification unit testing library. * [PHPUnit](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit) - A unit testing framework. * [Prophecy](https://github.com/phpspec/prophecy) - A highly opinionated mocking framework. * [Samsui](https://github.com/mauris/samsui) - Another fake data generator library. * [VFS Stream](https://github.com/mikey179/vfsStream) - A virtual filesystem stream wrapper for testing. * [VFS](https://github.com/adlawson/php-vfs) - Another virtual filesystem for testing. ## Continuous Integration *Libraries and applications for continuous integration.* * [GitlabCi](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/) - Let GitLab CI test, build, deploy your code. TravisCi like. * [Jenkins](https://jenkins.io/index.html) - A continous integration platform with [PHP support](http://jenkins-php.org/index.html). * [JoliCi](https://github.com/jolicode/JoliCi) - A continuous integration client written in PHP and powered by Docker. * [PHPCI](https://www.phptesting.org/) - An open source continuous integration platform for PHP. * [SemaphoreCI](https://semaphoreci.com/) - A continuous integration platform for open source and private projects. * [Shippable](https://app.shippable.com/) - A docker based continious integration platform for open source and private projects. * [Sismo](http://sismo.sensiolabs.org/) - A continuous testing server library. * [Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/) - A continuous integration platform. * [Wercker](http://wercker.com/) - A continuous integration platform ## Documentation *Libraries for generating project documentation.* * [APIGen](https://github.com/apigen/apigen) - Another API documentation generator. * [daux.io](https://github.com/justinwalsh/daux.io) - A documentation generator which uses Markdown files. * [PHP Documentor 2](https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor2) - A documentation generator. * [phpDox](http://phpdox.de/) - A documentation generator for PHP projects (that is not limited to API documentation). * [Sami](https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/Sami) - An API documentation generator. ## Security *Libraries for generating secure random numbers, encrypting data and scanning for vulnerabilities.* * [Halite](https://paragonie.com/project/halite) - A simple library for encryption using [libsodium](https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium). * [HTML Purifier](https://github.com/ezyang/htmlpurifier) - A standards compliant HTML filter. * [IniScan](https://github.com/psecio/iniscan) - A tool that scans PHP INI files for security. * [Optimus](https://github.com/jenssegers/optimus) - Id obfuscation based on Knuth's multiplicative hashing method. * [PHP Encryption](https://github.com/defuse/php-encryption) - Secure PHP Encryption Library. * [PHP IDS](https://github.com/PHPIDS/PHPIDS) - A structured PHP security layer. * [PHP SSH](https://github.com/Herzult/php-ssh) - An experimental object orientated SSH wrapper library. * [PHPSecLib](http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net/) - A pure PHP secure communications library. * [RandomLib](https://github.com/ircmaxell/RandomLib) - A library for generating random numbers and strings. * [SecurityMultiTool](https://github.com/padraic/SecurityMultiTool) - A PHP security library. * [SensioLabs Security Check](https://security.sensiolabs.org/) - A web tool to check your Composer dependencies for security advisories. * [TCrypto](https://github.com/timoh6/TCrypto) - A simple encrypted key-value storage library. * [True Random](https://github.com/pixeloution/true-random) - A library that generates random numbers using [www.random.org](https://www.random.org/). * [VAddy](http://vaddy.net) - A continuous security testing platform for web applications. * [Zed](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Zed_Attack_Proxy_Project) - An integrated penetration testing tool for web applications. ## Passwords *Libraries and tools for working with and storing passwords.* * [GenPhrase](https://github.com/timoh6/GenPhrase) - A library for generating secure random passphrases. * [Password Compat](https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat) - A compatibility library for the new PHP 5.5 password functions. * [Password Policy](https://github.com/ircmaxell/password-policy) - A password policy library for PHP and JavaScript. * [Password Validator](https://github.com/jeremykendall/password-validator) - A library for validating and upgrading password hashes. * [Password-Generator](https://github.com/hackzilla/password-generator) - PHP library to generate random passwords. * [PHP Password Lib](https://github.com/ircmaxell/PHP-PasswordLib) - A library for generating and validating passwords. * [phpass](http://www.openwall.com/phpass/) - A portable password hashing framework. * [Zxcvbn PHP](https://github.com/bjeavons/zxcvbn-php) - A realistic PHP password strength estimate library based on Zxcvbn JS. ## Code Analysis *Libraries and tools for analysing, parsing and manipulating codebases.* * [Athletic](https://github.com/polyfractal/athletic) - An annotation based benchmark framework. * [Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com) - An automated code review. * [Dissect](https://github.com/jakubledl/dissect) - A set of tools for lexical and syntactical analysis. * [Exakat](http://www.exakat.io) - A static analysis engine for PHP. * [GrumPHP](https://github.com/phpro/grumphp) - A composer plugin to defend code quality. * [Mondrian](https://github.com/Trismegiste/Mondrian) - A code analysis tool using Graph Theory. * [PHP Analyser](https://github.com/scrutinizer-ci/php-analyzer) - A library for analysing PHP code to find bugs and errors. * [PHP Code Sniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer) - A library that detects PHP, CSS and JS coding standard violations. * [PHP CS Fixer](https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/PHP-CS-Fixer) - A coding standards fixer library. * [PHP Manipulator](https://github.com/schmittjoh/php-manipulator) - A library for analysing and modifying PHP Source Code. * [PHP Mess Detector](https://phpmd.org/) - A library that scans code for bugs, sub-optimal code, unused parameters and more. * [PHP Metrics](https://github.com/phpmetrics/PhpMetrics) - A static metric library. * [PHP Parser](https://github.com/nikic/PHP-Parser) - A PHP parser written in PHP. * [PHP Refactoring Browser](https://github.com/QafooLabs/php-refactoring-browser) - A command line utility for refactoring PHP code. * [PHP Semantic Versioning Checker](https://github.com/tomzx/php-semver-checker) - A command line utility that compares two source sets and determines the appropriate semantic versioning to apply. * [PHPCheckstyle](https://github.com/PHPCheckstyle/phpcheckstyle) - A tool to help adhere to certain coding conventions. * [PHPCPD](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpcpd) - A library that detects copied and pasted code. * [PhpDependencyAnalysis](https://github.com/mamuz/PhpDependencyAnalysis) - A tool to create customisable dependency graphs. * [PHPLOC](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phploc) - A tool for quickly measuring the size of a PHP project. * [PHPQA](https://github.com/EdgedesignCZ/phpqa) - A tool for running QA tools (phploc, phpcpd, phpcs, pdepend, phpmd, phpmetrics). * [PHPPHP](https://github.com/ircmaxell/PHPPHP) - A PHP VM implementation in PHP. * [PHPSandbox](https://github.com/fieryprophet/php-sandbox) - A PHP sandbox environment. * [Scrutinizer](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/) - A web tool to scrutinise PHP code. * [UBench](https://github.com/devster/ubench) - A simple micro benchmark library. ## Architectural *Libraries related to design patterns, programming approaches and ways to organize code.* * [Compose](https://github.com/igorw/compose) - A function composition library. * [Design Patterns PHP](https://github.com/domnikl/DesignPatternsPHP) - A repository of software patterns implemented in PHP. * [Finite](http://yohan.giarel.li/Finite/) - A simple PHP finite state machine. * [Functional PHP](https://github.com/lstrojny/functional-php) - A functional programming library. * [Galapagos](https://github.com/endel/galapagos) - Evolutionary language transformation. * [Iter](https://github.com/nikic/iter) - A library that provides iteration primitives using generators. * [Monad PHP](https://github.com/ircmaxell/monad-php) - A simple Monad library. * [Patchwork](http://antecedent.github.io/patchwork/) - A library for redefining userland functions. * [PHP Option](https://github.com/schmittjoh/php-option) - An option type library. * [Pipeline](https://github.com/thephpleague/pipeline) - A pipeline pattern implementation. * [Ruler](https://github.com/bobthecow/Ruler) - A simple stateless production rules engine. * [RulerZ](https://github.com/K-Phoen/rulerz) - A powerful rule engine and implementation of the Specification pattern. ## Debugging and Profiling *Libraries and tools for debugging and profiling code.* * [APM](http://pecl.php.net/package/APM) - Monitoring extension collecting errors and statistics into SQLite/MySQL/StatsD. * [Barbushin PHP Console](https://github.com/barbushin/php-console) - Another web debugging console using Google Chrome. * [Blackfire.io](https://blackfire.io) - A low-overhead code profiler. * [Kint](https://github.com/raveren/kint) - A debugging and profiling tool. * [PHP Console](https://github.com/Seldaek/php-console) - A web debugging console. * [PHP Debug Bar](http://phpdebugbar.com/) - A debugging toolbar. * [PHPBench](https://github.com/phpbench/phpbench) - A benchmarking Framework. * [PHPDBG](http://phpdbg.com/) - An interactive PHP debugger. * [Tideways.io](https://tideways.io/) - Monitoring and profiling tool * [Tracy](https://github.com/nette/tracy) - A simple error detection, logging and time measuring library. * [xDebug](https://github.com/xdebug/xdebug) - A debug and profile tool for PHP. * [XHProf](https://github.com/phacility/xhprof) - A profiling tool originally developed by Facebook. * [Z-Ray](http://www.zend.com/en/products/server/z-ray) - A debug and profile tool for Zend Server. ## Build Tools *Project build and automation tools.* * [Bob](https://github.com/CHH/bob) - A simple project automation tool. * [Box](https://github.com/box-project/box2) - A utility to build PHAR files. * [Phake](https://github.com/jaz303/phake) - A rake PHP clone library. * [Phing](http://www.phing.info/) - A PHP project build system inspired by Apache Ant. ## Task Runners *Libraries for automating and running tasks.* * [Bldr](http://bldr.io/) - A PHP Task runner built on Symfony components. * [Jobby](https://github.com/jobbyphp/jobby) - A PHP cron job manager without modifying crontab. * [Robo](https://github.com/Codegyre/Robo) - A PHP Task runner with object-orientated configurations. * [Task](http://taskphp.github.io/) - A pure PHP task runner inspired by Grunt and Gulp. ## Navigation *Tools for building navigation structures.* * [Cartographer](https://github.com/tackk/cartographer) - A sitemap generation library. * [KnpMenu](https://github.com/KnpLabs/KnpMenu) - A menu library. ## Asset Management *Tools for managing, compressing and minifying website assets.* * [Assetic](https://github.com/kriswallsmith/assetic) - An asset manager pipeline library. * [JShrink](https://github.com/tedious/JShrink) - A JavaScript minifier library. * [Munee](https://github.com/meenie/munee) - An asset optimiser library. * [Pipe](https://github.com/CHH/pipe) - Another asset manager pipeline library. * [Puli](https://github.com/puli/repository) - A library for determining assets absolute paths. ## Geolocation *Libraries for geocoding addresses and working with latitudes and longitudes.* * [GeoCoder](http://geocoder-php.org/) - A geocoding library. * [GeoJSON](https://github.com/jmikola/geojson) - A GeoJSON implementation. * [GeoTools](https://github.com/thephpleague/geotools) - A library of geo-related tools. * [PHPGeo](https://github.com/mjaschen/phpgeo) - A simple geo library. ## Date and Time *Libraries for working with dates and times.* * [CalendR](http://yohan.giarel.li/CalendR/) - A calendar management library. * [Carbon](https://github.com/briannesbitt/Carbon) - A simple DateTime API extension. * [ExpressiveDate](https://github.com/jasonlewis/expressive-date) - Another DateTime API extension. * [Moment.php](https://github.com/fightbulc/moment.php) - Moment.js inspired PHP DateTime handler with i18n support. ## Event *Libraries that are event-driven or implement non-blocking event loops.* * [Amp](https://github.com/amphp/amp) - An event driven non-blocking I/O library. * [Broadway](https://github.com/qandidate-labs/broadway) - An event source and CQRS library. * [Cake Event](https://github.com/cakephp/event) - An event dispatcher library (CP). * [Elephant.io](https://github.com/Wisembly/Elephant.io) - Yet another web socket library. * [Evenement](https://github.com/igorw/evenement) - An event dispatcher library. * [Event](https://github.com/thephpleague/event) - An event library with a focus on domain events. * [Hoa EventSource](https://github.com/hoaproject/Eventsource) - An event source library. * [Hoa WebSocket](https://github.com/hoaproject/Websocket) - Another web socket library. * [Icicle](https://github.com/icicleio/icicle) - An asynchronous library with coroutines, non-blocking I/O, and multithreading. * [Prooph Event Store](https://github.com/prooph/event-store) - An event source component to persist event messages * [Ratchet](https://github.com/ratchetphp/Ratchet) - A web socket library. * [React](https://github.com/reactphp/react) - An event driven non-blocking I/O library. * [Rx.PHP](https://github.com/asm89/Rx.PHP) - A reactive extension library. * [Workerman](https://github.com/walkor/Workerman) - An event driven non-blocking I/O library. ## Logging *Libraries for generating and working with log files.* * [Analog](https://github.com/jbroadway/analog) - A closure-based micro logging package. * [KLogger](https://github.com/katzgrau/KLogger) - An easy-to-use PSR-3 compliant logging class. * [Monolog](https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog) - A comprehensive logger. ## E-commerce *Libraries and applications for taking payments and building online e-commerce stores.* * [Money](https://github.com/moneyphp/money) - A PHP implementation of Fowler's money pattern. * [OmniPay](https://github.com/thephpleague/omnipay) - A framework agnostic multi-gateway payment processing library. * [Payum](https://github.com/payum/payum) - A payment abstraction library. * [Sebastian Money](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/money) - Another library for working with monetary values. * [Shopware](https://github.com/shopware/shopware) - Highly customizable e-commerce software * [Swap](https://github.com/florianv/swap) - An exchange rates library. * [Sylius](http://sylius.org/) - An open source e-commerce solution. * [Thelia](http://thelia.net/) - Another open source e-commerce solution. ## PDF *Libraries and software for working with PDF files.* * [Dompdf](https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf) - A HTML to PDF converter. * [PHPPdf](https://github.com/psliwa/PHPPdf) - A library for generating PDFs and images from XML. * [Snappy](https://github.com/KnpLabs/snappy) - A PDF and image generation library. * [WKHTMLToPDF](https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf) - A tool to convert HTML to PDF. ## Office *Libraries for working with office suite documents.* * [ExcelAnt](https://github.com/Wisembly/ExcelAnt) - A library for manipulating Microsoft Excel documents. * [PHPExcel](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel) - A library for working with Microsoft Excel documents. * [PHPPowerPoint](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPPresentation) - A library for working with Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations. * [PHPWord](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord) - A library for working with Microsoft Word documents. ## Database *Libraries for interacting with databases using object-relational mapping (ORM) or datamapping techniques.* * [Baum](https://github.com/etrepat/baum) - A nested set implementation for Eloquent. * [Cake ORM](https://github.com/cakephp/orm) - Object-Relational Mapper, implemented using the DataMapper pattern (CP). * [Doctrine Extensions](https://github.com/Atlantic18/DoctrineExtensions) - A collection of Doctrine behavioural extensions. * [Doctrine](http://www.doctrine-project.org/) - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM. * [Eloquent](https://github.com/illuminate/database) - A simple ORM (L5). * [LazyRecord](https://github.com/c9s/LazyRecord) - A fast ORM designed for simplicity, extendability and performance. * [Pomm](https://github.com/chanmix51/Pomm) - An Object Model Manager for PostgreSQL. * [Propel](http://propelorm.org/) - A fast ORM, migration library and query builder. * [ProxyManager](https://github.com/Ocramius/ProxyManager) - A set of utilities to generate proxy objects for data mappers. * [RedBean](http://redbeanphp.com/index.php) - A lightweight, configuration-less ORM. * [Spot2](https://github.com/vlucas/spot2) - A MySQL datamapper ORM. ## Migrations Libraries to help manage database schemas and migrations. * [Doctrine Migrations](http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-migrations/en/latest/toc.html) - A migration library for Doctrine. * [Migrations](https://github.com/icomefromthenet/Migrations) - A migration management library. * [Phinx](https://github.com/robmorgan/phinx) - Another database migration library. * [PHPMig](https://github.com/davedevelopment/phpmig) - Another migration management library. * [Ruckusing](https://github.com/ruckus/ruckusing-migrations) - Database migrations for PHP ala ActiveRecord Migrations with support for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite. ## NoSQL *Libraries for working with "NoSQL" backends.* * [Monga](https://github.com/thephpleague/monga) - A MongoDB abstraction library. * [MongoQB](https://github.com/alexbilbie/MongoQB) - A MongoDB query builder library. * [PHPMongo](https://github.com/sokil/php-mongo) - A MongoDB ORM. * [Predis](https://github.com/nrk/predis) - A feature complete Redis library. ## Queue *Libraries for working with event and task queues.* * [Bernard](https://github.com/bernardphp/bernard) - A multibackend abstraction library. * [BunnyPHP](https://github.com/jakubkulhan/bunny) - A performant pure-PHP AMQP (RabbitMQ) sync and also async (ReactPHP) library. * [Pheanstalk](https://github.com/pda/pheanstalk) - A Beanstalkd client library. * [PHP AMQP](https://github.com/php-amqplib/php-amqplib) - A pure PHP AMQP library. * [Tarantool Queue](https://github.com/tarantool-php/queue) - PHP bindings for Tarantool Queue. * [Thumper](https://github.com/php-amqplib/Thumper) - A RabbitMQ pattern library. ## Search *Libraries and software for indexing and performing search queries on data.* * [Elastica](https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica) - A client library for ElasticSearch. * [ElasticSearch PHP](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php) - The official client library for [ElasticSearch](https://www.elastic.co/). * [Solarium](http://www.solarium-project.org/) - A client library for [Solr](http://lucene.apache.org/solr/). * [Sphinx Search](https://github.com/ripaclub/sphinxsearch) - Sphinx Search library provides SphinxQL indexing and searching features * [SphinxQL query builder](http://foolcode.github.io/SphinxQL-Query-Builder/) - A query library for the [Sphinx](http://sphinxsearch.com/) search engine. ## Command Line *Libraries related to the command line.* * [Boris](https://github.com/borisrepl/boris) - A tiny PHP REPL. * [Cilex](https://github.com/Cilex/Cilex) - A micro framework for building command line tools. * [CLI Menu](https://github.com/php-school/cli-menu) - A library for building CLI menus. * [CLIFramework](https://github.com/c9s/CLIFramework) - A command-line framework supports zsh/bash completion generation, subcommands and option constraints. It also powers phpbrew. * [CLImate](https://github.com/thephpleague/climate) - A library for outputting colours and special formatting. * [Commando](https://github.com/nategood/commando) - Another simple command line opt parser. * [Cron Expression](https://github.com/mtdowling/cron-expression) - A library to calculate cron run dates. * [GetOpt](https://github.com/ulrichsg/getopt-php) - A command line opt parser. * [GetOptionKit](https://github.com/c9s/GetOptionKit) - Another command line opt parser. * [Hoa Console](https://github.com/hoaproject/Console) - Another command line library. * [OptParse](https://github.com/CHH/optparse) - Another command line opt parser. * [Pecan](https://github.com/mcrumm/pecan) - An event-driven, non-blocking shell. * [PsySH](https://github.com/bobthecow/psysh) - Another PHP REPL. * [ShellWrap](https://github.com/MrRio/shellwrap) - A simple command line wrapper library. * [Shunt](https://github.com/thephpleague/shunt) - A library for running commands in parallel on multiple remote machines. ## Authentication and Authorization *Libraries for implementing user authentication and authorization.* * [Hawk](https://github.com/dflydev/dflydev-hawk) - A Hawk HTTP authentication library. * [HybridAuth](https://github.com/hybridauth/hybridauth) - An open source social sign on library. * [Json Web Token](https://github.com/lcobucci/jwt) - Json Tokens to authenticate and transmit information. * [Lock](https://github.com/BeatSwitch/lock) - A library for implementing Access Control Lists (ACL) systems. * [OAuth 1.0 Client](https://github.com/thephpleague/oauth1-client) - An OAuth 1.0 client library. * [OAuth 2.0 Client](https://github.com/thephpleague/oauth2-client) - An OAuth 2.0 client library. * [OAuth2 Server](http://bshaffer.github.io/oauth2-server-php-docs/) - Another OAuth2 server implementation. * [OAuth2 Server](http://oauth2.thephpleague.com/) - An OAuth2 authentication server, resource server and client library. * [Opauth](https://github.com/opauth/opauth) - A multi-provider authentication framework. * [PHP oAuthLib](https://github.com/Lusitanian/PHPoAuthLib) - Another OAuth library. * [Sentinel Social](https://cartalyst.com/manual/sentinel-social/2.0) - A library for social network authentication. * [Sentinel](https://cartalyst.com/manual/sentinel/2.0) - A framework agnostic authentication & authorisation library. * [TwitterOAuth](https://github.com/ruudk/twitteroauth) - A Twitter OAuth library. * [TwitterSDK](https://github.com/lyrixx/twitter-sdk) - A fully tested Twitter SDK. ## Markup *Libraries for working with markup.* * [Cebe Markdown](https://github.com/cebe/markdown) - An fast and extensible Markdown parser. * [Ciconia](https://github.com/kzykhys/Ciconia) - Another Markdown parser that supports Github flavoured Markdown. * [CommonMark PHP](https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark) - A Markdown parser which supports the full [CommonMark spec](http://spec.commonmark.org/). * [Decoda](https://github.com/milesj/decoda) - A lightweight markup parser library. * [Emoji](https://github.com/heyupdate/Emoji) - A library that converts unicode characters and names into emoji images. * [HTML to Markdown](https://github.com/thephpleague/html-to-markdown) - Converts HTML into Markdown. * [HTML5 PHP](https://github.com/Masterminds/html5-php) - An HTML5 parser and serializer library. * [Parsedown](https://github.com/erusev/parsedown) - Another Markdown parser. * [PHP Markdown](https://github.com/michelf/php-markdown) - A Markdown parser. ## Strings *Libraries for parsing and manipulating strings.* * [Agent](https://github.com/jenssegers/agent) - A PHP desktop/mobile user agent parser, based on Mobiledetect. * [ANSI to HTML5](https://github.com/sensiolabs/ansi-to-html) - An ANSI to HTML5 converter library. * [Color Jizz](https://github.com/mikeemoo/ColorJizz-PHP) - A library for manipulating and converting colours. * [Device Detector](https://github.com/piwik/device-detector) - Another library for parsing user agent strings. * [Hoa String](https://github.com/hoaproject/String) - Another UTF-8 string library. * [Mobile-Detect](https://github.com/serbanghita/Mobile-Detect) - A lightweight PHP class for detecting mobile devices (including tablets). * [Patchwork UTF-8](https://github.com/nicolas-grekas/Patchwork-UTF8) - A portable library for working with UTF-8 strings. * [Slugify](https://github.com/cocur/slugify) - A library to convert strings to slugs. * [SQL Formatter](https://github.com/jdorn/sql-formatter/) - A library for formatting SQL statements. * [Stringy](https://github.com/danielstjules/Stringy) - A string manipulation library with multibyte support. * [Text](https://github.com/kzykhys/Text) - A text manipulation library. * [UA Parser](https://github.com/tobie/ua-parser/tree/master/php) - A library for parsing user agent strings. * [URLify](https://github.com/jbroadway/urlify) - A PHP port of Django's URLify.js. * [UUID](https://github.com/ramsey/uuid) - A library for generating UUIDs. ## Numbers *Libraries for working with numbers.* * [ByteUnits](https://github.com/gabrielelana/byte-units) - A library to parse, format and convert byte units in binary and metric systems. * [LibPhoneNumber for PHP](https://github.com/giggsey/libphonenumber-for-php) - A PHP implementation of Google's phone number handling library. * [Math](https://github.com/moontoast/math) - A library for working with large numbers. * [Numbers PHP](https://github.com/powder96/numbers.php) - A library for working with numbers. * [PHP Conversion](https://github.com/Crisu83/php-conversion) - Another library for converting between units of measure. * [PHP Units of Measure](https://github.com/triplepoint/php-units-of-measure) - A library for converting between units of measure. ## Filtering and Validation *Libraries for filtering and validating data.* * [Cake Validation](https://github.com/cakephp/validation) - Another validation library (CP). * [DMS Filter](https://github.com/rdohms/DMS-Filter) - An annotation filtering library. * [Filterus](https://github.com/ircmaxell/filterus) - A simple PHP filtering library. * [ISO-codes](https://github.com/ronanguilloux/IsoCodes) - A library for validating various ISO and ZIP codes (IBAN, SWIFT/BIC, BBAN, VAT, SSN, UKNIN). * [MetaYaml](https://github.com/romaricdrigon/MetaYaml) - A schema validation library that supports YAML, JSON and XML. * [Respect Validation](https://github.com/Respect/Validation) - A simple validation library. * [Upload](https://github.com/brandonsavage/Upload) - A library for handling file uploads and validation. * [Valitron](https://github.com/vlucas/valitron) - Another validation library. * [Volan](https://github.com/serkin/Volan) - Another simplified validation library. ## API *Libraries and web tools for developing APIs.* * [API Platform](https://api-platform.com ) - Expose in minutes an hypermedia REST API that embraces JSON-LD, Hydra format. * [Apigility](https://github.com/zfcampus/zf-apigility-skeleton) - An API builder built with Zend Framework 2. * [Drest](https://github.com/leedavis81/drest) - A library for exposing Doctrine entities as REST resource endpoints. * [HAL](https://github.com/blongden/hal) - A Hypertext Application Language (HAL) builder library. * [Hateoas](https://github.com/willdurand/Hateoas) - A HATEOAS REST web service library. * [Negotiation](https://github.com/willdurand/Negotiation) - A content negotiation library. * [Restler](https://github.com/Luracast/Restler) - A lightweight framework to expose PHP methods as RESTful web API. * [wsdl2phpgenerator](https://github.com/wsdl2phpgenerator/wsdl2phpgenerator) - A tool to generate PHP classes from SOAP WSDL files. ## Caching *Libraries for caching data.* * [Alternative PHP Cache (APC)](http://php.net/manual/en/book.apc.php) - Open opcode cache for PHP. * [APIx Cache](https://github.com/frqnck/apix-cache) - A thin PSR-6 cache wrapper to various caching backends emphasising cache tagging and indexing. * [CacheTool](https://github.com/gordalina/cachetool) - A tool to clear APC/opcode caches from the command line. * [Cake Cache](https://github.com/cakephp/cache) - A caching library (CP). * [Doctrine Cache](https://github.com/doctrine/cache) - A caching library. * [Stash](https://github.com/tedious/Stash) - Another library for caching. * [Zend Cache](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-cache) - Another caching library (ZF2). ## Data Structure and Storage *Libraries that implement data structure or storage techniques.* * [Ardent](https://github.com/morrisonlevi/Ardent) - A library of data structures. * [Cake Collection](https://github.com/cakephp/collection) - A simple collections library (CP). * [Collections](https://github.com/italolelis/collections) - Collections Abstraction library for PHP. * [Fractal](https://github.com/thephpleague/fractal) - A library for converting complex data structures to JSON output. * [Ginq](https://github.com/akanehara/ginq) - Another PHP library based on .NET's LINQ. * [JsonMapper](https://github.com/netresearch/jsonmapper) - A library that maps nested JSON structures onto PHP classes. * [PHP Collections](https://github.com/schmittjoh/php-collection) - A simple collections library. * [PINQ](https://github.com/TimeToogo/Pinq) - A PHP library based on .NET's LINQ (Language Integrated Query). * [Serializer](https://github.com/schmittjoh/serializer) - A library for serialising and de-serialising data. * [Totem](https://github.com/Wisembly/Totem) - A library to manage and create data changesets. * [YaLinqo](https://github.com/Athari/YaLinqo) - Yet Another LINQ to Objects for PHP. * [Zend Serializer](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-serializer) - Another library for serialising and de-serialising data (ZF2). ## Notifications *Libraries for working with notification software.* * [JoliNotif](https://github.com/jolicode/JoliNotif) - A cross-platform library for desktop notification (support for Growl, notify-send, toaster, etc) * [Nod](https://github.com/filp/nod) - A notification library (e.g., Growl). * [Notification Pusher](https://github.com/Ph3nol/NotificationPusher) - A standalone library for device push notifications. * [Notificato](https://github.com/mac-cain13/notificato) - A library for handling push notifications. * [Notificator](https://github.com/namshi/notificator) - A lightweight notification library. * [Php-pushwoosh](https://github.com/gomoob/php-pushwoosh) - A PHP Library to easily send push notifications with the Pushwoosh REST Web Services. ## Deployment *Libraries for project deployment.* * [Deployer](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer) - A deployment tool. * [Envoy](https://github.com/laravel/envoy) - A tool to run SSH tasks with PHP. * [Plum](https://github.com/aerialls/Plum) - A deployer library. * [Pomander](https://github.com/tamagokun/pomander) - A deployment tool for PHP applications. * [Rocketeer](https://github.com/rocketeers/rocketeer) - A fast and easy deployer for the PHP world. ## Internationalisation and Localisation *Libraries for Internationalization (I18n) and Localization (L10n).* * [Aura Intl](https://github.com/auraphp/Aura.Intl) * [Cake I18n](https://github.com/cakephp/i18n) - Message translation and localization for dates and numbers (CP) ## Third Party APIs *Libraries for accessing third party APIs.* * [Amazon Web Service SDK](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-php) - The official PHP AWS SDK library. * [Campaign Monitor](http://campaignmonitor.github.io/createsend-php/) - The official Campaign Monitor PHP library. * [Digital Ocean](https://github.com/toin0u/DigitalOcean) - A library to interface with the Digital Ocean API. * [Dropbox SDK](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-php) - The official PHP Dropbox SDK library. * [Github](https://github.com/dsyph3r/github-api3-php) - A library to interface with the Github API. * [Mailgun](https://github.com/mailgun/mailgun-php) The official Mailgun PHP API. * [PHP Github API](https://github.com/KnpLabs/php-github-api) - Another library to interface with the Github API. * [S3 Stream Wrapper](https://github.com/gwkunze/S3StreamWrapper) - A stream wrapper library for Amazon S3. * [Stripe](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-php) - The official Stripe PHP library. * [Twilio](https://github.com/twilio/twilio-php) - The official Twilio PHP REST API. * [Twitter OAuth](https://github.com/widop/twitter-oauth) - A library to interface with Twitter's OAuth workflow. * [Twitter REST](https://github.com/widop/twitter-rest) - A library to interact with Twitter's REST API. ## Extensions *Libraries to help build PHP extensions.* * [PHP CPP](http://www.php-cpp.com/) - A C++ library for developing PHP extensions. * [Zephir](https://github.com/phalcon/zephir) - A compiled language between PHP and C++ for developing PHP extensions. ## Miscellaneous *Useful libraries or tools that don't fit in the categories above.* * [Alias](https://github.com/fuelphp/alias) - A class aliasing library. * [Annotations](https://github.com/doctrine/annotations) - An annotations library (part of Doctrine). * [Cake Utility](https://github.com/cakephp/utility) - Utility classes such as Inflector, String, Hash, Security and Xml (CP). * [Chief](https://github.com/adamnicholson/Chief) - A command bus library. * [ClassPreloader](https://github.com/ClassPreloader/ClassPreloader) - A library for optimising autoloading. * [Country List](https://github.com/umpirsky/country-list) - A list of all countries with names and ISO 3166-1 codes. * [Embera](https://github.com/mpratt/Embera) - An Oembed consumer library. * [Essence](https://github.com/essence/essence) - A library for extracting web media. * [Flux](https://github.com/selvinortiz/flux) - A regular expression building library. * [Graphviz](https://github.com/alexandresalome/graphviz) - A Graphviz library. * [Hprose-PHP](https://github.com/hprose/hprose-php) - A very newbility RPC Library, support 25+ languages now. * [JSON Lint](https://github.com/Seldaek/jsonlint) - A JSON lint utility. * [JSONPCallbackValidator](https://github.com/willdurand/JsonpCallbackValidator) - A library for validating JSONP callbacks. * [Jumper](https://github.com/kakawait/Jumper) - A remote service executor library. * [LadyBug](https://github.com/raulfraile/Ladybug) - A dumper library. * [Lambda PHP](https://github.com/igorw/lambda-php) - A Lambda calculus interpreter in PHP. * [LiteCQRS](https://github.com/beberlei/litecqrs-php) - A CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Separation) library. * [Metrics](https://github.com/beberlei/metrics) - A simple metrics API library. * [Nmap](https://github.com/willdurand/nmap) - A PHP wrapper around [Nmap](https://nmap.org/). * [Opengraph](https://github.com/euskadi31/Opengraph) - An opengraph library. * [Pagerfanta](https://github.com/whiteoctober/Pagerfanta) - A pagination library. * [PHP Expression](https://github.com/Kitano/php-expression) - A PHP expression language. * [PHP PassBook](https://github.com/eymengunay/php-passbook) - A PHP library for iOS PassBook. * [PHP-GPIO](https://github.com/ronanguilloux/php-gpio) - A library for playing with the Raspberry PI's GPIO pins. * [PHPCR](https://github.com/phpcr/phpcr) - A PHP port of the Java Content Repository (JCR). * [PHPStack](http://dunkels.com/adam/phpstack/) - A TCP/IP stack proof of concept written in PHP. * [print_o](https://github.com/koriym/print_o) - An object graph visualizer. * [Procrastinator](https://github.com/lstrojny/Procrastinator) - A library for running time consuming tasks. * [Prooph Service Bus](https://github.com/prooph/service-bus) - Lightweight message bus supporting CQRS and Micro Services * [RMT](https://github.com/liip/RMT) - A library for versioning and releasing software. * [sabre/vobject](https://github.com/fruux/sabre-vobject) - A library for parsing VCard and iCalendar objects. * [Slimdump](https://github.com/webfactory/slimdump) - An easy dumper tool for MySQL. * [Spork](https://github.com/kriswallsmith/spork) - A process forking library. * [Sslurp](https://github.com/EvanDotPro/Sslurp) - A library that makes dealing with SSL suck less. * [SuperClosure](https://github.com/jeremeamia/super_closure) - A library that allows Closures to be serialized. * [Symfony VarDumper](http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/var_dumper/introduction.html) - A variable dumper component (SF2). * [Underscore](http://anahkiasen.github.io/underscore-php/) - A PHP port of the Underscore JS library. * [Whoops](https://github.com/filp/whoops) - A pretty error handling library. # Software *Software for creating a development environment.* ## PHP Installation *Tools to help install and manage PHP on your computer.* * [HomeBrew PHP](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php) - A PHP tap for HomeBrew. * [HomeBrew](http://brew.sh/) - A package manager for OSX. * [PHP Brew](https://github.com/phpbrew/phpbrew) - A PHP version manager and installer. * [PHP Build](https://github.com/php-build/php-build) - Another PHP version installer. * [PHP Env](https://github.com/CHH/phpenv) - Another PHP version manager. * [PHP OSX](http://php-osx.liip.ch/) - A PHP installer for OSX. * [PHP Switch](https://github.com/jubianchi/phpswitch) - Another version manager. * [VirtPHP](http://virtphp.org/) - A tool for creating and managing isolated PHP environments. ## Development Environment *Software and tools for creating a sandboxed development environment.* * [Ansible](https://www.ansible.com/) - A radically simple orchestration framework. * [Phansible](http://phansible.com/) - A web tool for building PHP development virtual machines with Ansible. * [Protobox](http://getprotobox.com/) - Another web tool for building PHP development virtual machines. * [PuPHPet](https://puphpet.com/) - A web tool for building PHP development virtual machines. * [Puppet](https://puppetlabs.com/) - A server automation framework and application. * [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/) - A portable development environment utility. ## Virtual Machines *Alternative PHP virtual machines.* * [Hack](http://hacklang.org/) - A programming language for HHVM that interoperates seamlessly with PHP. * [HHVM](https://github.com/facebook/hhvm) - A Virtual Machine, Runtime and JIT for PHP by Facebook. * [HippyVM](https://github.com/hippyvm/hippyvm) - Another PHP virtual machine. ## Integrated Development Environment *Integrated Development Environments with support for PHP.* * [Eclipse for PHP Developers](https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/) - A PHP IDE based on the Eclipse platform. * [Netbeans](https://netbeans.org) - An IDE with support for PHP and HTML5. * [PhpStorm](http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/) - A commercial PHP IDE. ## Web Applications *Web-based applications and tools.* * [3V4L](https://3v4l.org/) - An online PHP & HHVM shell. * [DBV](http://dbv.vizuina.com/) - A database version control application. * [PHP Queue](https://github.com/CoderKungfu/php-queue) - An application for managing queueing backends. * [MailCatcher](https://github.com/sj26/mailcatcher) - A web tool for capturing and viewing emails. * [Cachet](https://github.com/cachethq/cachet) - The open source status page system. * [phpRedisAdmin](https://github.com/ErikDubbelboer/phpRedisAdmin) - A simple web interface to manage [Redis](http://redis.io/) databases. * [phpPgAdmin](https://github.com/phppgadmin/phppgadmin) - A web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL. * [phpMyAdmin](https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin) - A web interface for MySQL/MariaDB. * [Adminer](https://www.adminer.org/) - Database management in a single PHP file. * [Grav](https://github.com/getgrav/grav) - A modern flat-file CMS. * [Lychee](https://github.com/electerious/Lychee) - An easy to use and great looking photo-management-system. ## Infrastructure *Infrastructure for providing PHP applications and services.* * [appserver.io](http://appserver.io/) - A multithreaded application server for PHP, written in PHP. * [php-pm](https://github.com/php-pm/php-pm) - A process manager, supercharger and load balancer for PHP applications. # Resources Various resources, such as books, websites and articles, for improving your PHP development skills and knowledge. ## PHP Websites *Useful PHP-related websites.* * [Nomad PHP](https://nomadphp.com/) - A online PHP learning resource. * [PHP Best Practices](https://phpbestpractices.org/) - A PHP best practice guide. * [PHP FIG](http://www.php-fig.org/) - The PHP Framework Interoperability Group. * [PHP Mentoring](http://phpmentoring.org/) - Peer to peer PHP mentorship organization. * [PHP School](https://www.phpschool.io/) - Open Source Learning for PHP. * [PHP Security](http://phpsecurity.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html) - A guide to PHP security. * [PHP The Right Way](http://www.phptherightway.com/) - A PHP best practice quick reference guide. * [PHP UG](http://php.ug) - A website to help people locate their nearest PHP user group (UG). * [PHP Versions](http://phpversions.info/) - Lists which versions of PHP are available on several popular web hosts. * [PHP Weekly](http://www.phpweekly.com/archive.html) - A weekly PHP newsletter. * [PHPTrends](http://phptrends.com/) - An overview of fastest growing PHP libraries. * [Securing PHP](http://securingphp.com/) - A newsletter about PHP security and library recommendations. * [Seven PHP](http://7php.com/) - A website that interviews members of the PHP community. ## Other Websites *Useful websites related to web development.* * [Atlassian Git Tutorials](https://www.atlassian.com/git/) - A series of Git tutorials. * [Hg Init](http://hginit.com/) - A series of Mercurial tutorials. * [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) - A website explaining semantic versioning. * [Servers for Hackers](https://serversforhackers.com/) - A newsletter about server management. * [The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page) - An open software security community. * [WebSec IO](https://websec.io/) - A web security community resource. ## PHP Books *Fantastic PHP-related books.* * [Functional Programming in PHP](https://www.phparch.com/books/functional-programming-in-php/) - This book will show you how to leverage these new PHP5.3+ features by understanding functional programming principles * [Grumpy PHPUnit](https://leanpub.com/grumpy-phpunit) - A book about unit testing with PHPUnit by Chris Hartjes. * [Mastering Object-Orientated PHP](http://www.brandonsavage.net) - A book about object-orientated PHP by Brandon Savage. * [Modern PHP New Features and Good Practices](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033868.do) - A book about new PHP features and best practices by Josh Lockhart. * [Modernising Legacy Applications in PHP](https://leanpub.com/mlaphp) - A book about modernising legacy PHP applications by Paul M. Jones. * [PHP 7 Upgrade Guide](https://leanpub.com/php7) - An ebook covering all of the features and changes in PHP 7 by Colin O'Dell. * [PHP Pandas](http://daylerees.com/php-pandas/) - A book about learning to write PHP by Dayle Rees. * [Scaling PHP Applications](http://www.scalingphpbook.com) - An ebook about scaling PHP applications by Steve Corona. * [Securing PHP: Core Concepts](https://leanpub.com/securingphp-coreconcepts) - A book about common security terms and practices for PHP by Chris Cornutt. * [Signaling PHP](https://leanpub.com/signalingphp) - A book about catching PCNTL signals in CLI scripts by Cal Evans. * [The Grumpy Programmer's Guide to Building Testable PHP Applications](https://leanpub.com/grumpy-testing) - A book about building testing PHP applications by Chris Hartjes. * [XML Parsing with PHP](https://www.phparch.com/books/xml-parsing-with-php/) - This book covers parsing and validating XML documents, leveraging XPath expressions, and working with namespaces as well as how to create and modify XML files programmatically. ## Other Books *Books related to general computing and web development.* * [Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/index.html) - A guide to working with Elasticsearch by Clinton Gormley and Zachary Tong. * [Eloquent JavaScript](http://eloquentjavascript.net/) - A book about JavaScript programming by Marijn Haverbeke. * [Head First Design Patterns](http://www.headfirstlabs.com/books/hfdp/) - A book that expains software design patterns. * [Pro Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2) - A book about Git by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub. * [The Linux Command Line](http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php) - A book about the Linux command line by William Shotts. * [The Tangled Web — Securing Web Applications](http://www.amazon.com/The-Tangled-Web-Securing-Applications/dp/1593273886) - A book about securing web applications by Michal Zalewski. * [Understanding Computation](http://computationbook.com) - A book about computation theory by Tom Stuart. * [Vagrant Cookbook](https://leanpub.com/vagrantcookbook) - A book about creating Vagrant environments by Erika Heidi. ## PHP Videos *Fantastic PHP-related videos.* * [PHP Town Hall](https://phptownhall.com/) - A casual PHP podcast by Ben Edmunds and Phil Sturgeon. * [PHP UK Conference](https://www.youtube.com/user/phpukconference/videos) - A collection of videos from the PHP UK Conference. * [Programming with Anthony](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM-218uGSX3DQ3KsB5NJnuOqPqc5CW2kW) - A video series by Anthony Ferrara. * [Taking PHP Seriously](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/php-history) - A talk outlining PHP's strengths by Keith Adams of Facebook. ## PHP Reading *PHP-releated reading materials.* * [Composer Primer](http://daylerees.com/composer-primer/) - A Composer primer. * [Composer Stability Flags](https://igor.io/2013/02/07/composer-stability-flags.html) - An article about Composer stability flags. * [Composer Versioning](https://igor.io/2013/01/07/composer-versioning.html) - An article about Composer versioning. * [Create Your Own PHP Framework](http://fabien.potencier.org/create-your-own-framework-on-top-of-the-symfony2-components-part-1.html) - A series of articles on how to make your own PHP framework by Fabien Potencier. * [Don't Worry About BREACH](http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2013/08/dont-worry-about-breach.html) - An article about the BREACH hack and CSRF tokens. * [On PHP 5.3, Lambda Functions and Closures](http://fabien.potencier.org/on-php-5-3-lambda-functions-and-closures.html) - An article about lambda functions and closures. * [PHP Is Much Better Than You Think](http://fabien.potencier.org/php-is-much-better-than-you-think.html) - An article about the PHP language and ecosystem. * [PHP Sucks! But I Like It!](http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2012/04/php-sucks-but-i-like-it.html) - An article about the pros and cons of PHP. * [Preventing CSRF Attacks](http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2013/02/preventing-csrf-attacks.html) - An article on preventing CSRF attacks. * [Seven Ways to Screw Up BCrypt](http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2012/12/seven-ways-to-screw-up-bcrypt.html) - An article about correct BCrypt implementation. * [Use Env](http://seancoates.com/blogs/use-env/) - An article about using the unix environment helper. ## PHP Internals Reading *Reading materials related to the PHP internals or performance.* * [Disproving the Single Quotes Myth](http://nikic.github.io/2012/01/09/Disproving-the-Single-Quotes-Performance-Myth.html) - An article about performance of single and double quoted strings. * [How Big Are PHP Arrays (And Values) Really?](http://nikic.github.io/2011/12/12/How-big-are-PHP-arrays-really-Hint-BIG.html) - An article about array internals. * [How Foreach Works](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10057671/how-does-foreach-actually-work/14854568#14854568) - A detailed StackOverflow answer about foreach. * [How Long is a Piece of String](http://blog.golemon.com/2006/06/how-long-is-piece-of-string.html) - An article about string internals. * [PHP Evaluation Order](https://gist.github.com/nikic/6699370) - An article about evaluation order in PHP. * [PHP Internals Book](http://www.phpinternalsbook.com) - An online book about PHP internals, written by three core developers. * [PHP RFCs](https://wiki.php.net/rfc) - The home of PHP RFCs (Request for Comments). * [Print vs Echo, Which One is Faster?](http://fabien.potencier.org/print-vs-echo-which-one-is-faster.html) - An article about print and echo performance. * [The PHP Ternary Operator. Fast or Not?](http://fabien.potencier.org/the-php-ternary-operator-fast-or-not.html) - An article ternary performance. * [Understanding OpCodes](http://blog.golemon.com/2008/01/understanding-opcodes.html) - An article about opcodes. * [When Does Foreach Copy?](http://nikic.github.io/2011/11/11/PHP-Internals-When-does-foreach-copy.html) - An article about the internals of foreach. * [Why Objects (Usually) Use Less Memory Than Arrays](https://gist.github.com/nikic/5015323) - An article about object and array internals. * [You're Being Lied To](http://blog.golemon.com/2007/01/youre-being-lied-to.html) - An article about internal ZVALs. * Collecting Garbage: [1](http://php.net/manual/en/features.gc.refcounting-basics.php) [2](http://php.net/manual/en/features.gc.collecting-cycles.php) [3](http://php.net/manual/en/features.gc.performance-considerations.php) - A series about the PHP garbage collection internals. * PHP Source Code for Developers: [1](http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2012/03/phps-source-code-for-php-developers.html) [2](http://nikic.github.io/2012/03/16/Understanding-PHPs-internal-function-definitions.html) [3](http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2012/03/phps-source-code-for-php-developers_21.html) [4](http://nikic.github.io/2012/03/28/Understanding-PHPs-internal-array-implementation.html) - A series about the PHP source code. ## PHP Magazines *Fantastic PHP-related magazines.* * [php[architect]](https://www.phparch.com/magazine/) - A monthly magazine dedicated to PHP.