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Awesome PHP Libraries

A list of amazingly awesome PHP libraries that you should be using:

• Composer/Packagist - A package and dependency manager.
• Symfony2 - A framework comprised of individual components.
• Zend Framework 2 - Another framework comprised of individual components.
• Symfony2 Components - The components that make Symfony2.
• Aura Components - A package of PHP 5.4 components.
• Illuminate Components - The components that make the upcoming Laravel 4 framework.
• Silex - A micro framework built around Symfony2 components.
• Slim - Another simple micro framework.
• Twig - A comprehensive templating language.
• SwiftMailer - A mailer solution.
• Pimple - A tiny dependency injection container.
• Doctrine - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM.
• Propel - A fast ORM.
• Goutte - A simple web scraper.
• Assetic - An asset manager pipeline library.
• Pipe - Another asset manager pipeline library.
• Imagine - An image manipulation library.
• PHP Image Workshop - Another image manipulation library.
• GIF Frame Extractor - A library to extract GIF animation frame information.
• GIF Creator - A library to create GIF animations from multiple images.
• Monolog - A comprehensive logger.
• Behat - A Behaviour Driven Development framework.
• Mink - Web acceptance testing.
• Buzz - A HTTP client.
• Guzzle - Another HTTP client.
• PHPUnit - A unit testing framework.
• Mockery - A mock object library for unit testing.
• Phake - Another mock object library for unit testing.
• KnpRadBundle - A Symfony2 rapid application development library.
• KnpMenu - A menu library.
• Gaufrette - A filesystem abstraction layer.
• Snappy - A PDF and image generation library (uses WKHTMLToPDF).
• Pagerfanta - A pagination library.
• GeoCoder - A geocoding library.
• Faker - A fake data generator library.
• Spork - A process forking library.
• HTML Purifier - A standards compliant HTML filter.
• PHP CS Fixer - A coding standard fixer library.
• React - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.
• Événement - An event dispatcher library.
• Sami - An API documentation generator.
• Bob - A simple project automation tool.
• JSON Lint - A JSON lint utility.
• PHPAss - A portable password hashing framework.
• PHPSecLib - A pure PHP secure communications library.
• Box - A utility to build PHAR files.
• Wisdom - A library for loading config data.
• GetOpt - A command line opt parser.
• OptParse - Another command line opt parser.
• Commando - Another simple command line opt parser.
• TCrypto - A simple encrypted key-value storage library.
• Tala Payments - A payment processing library.
• Ruler - A simple stateless production rules engine.
• Carbon - A simple DateTime API extension.
• Upload - A library for handling file uploads and validation.
• PHPUnit - A unit testing framework.
• Sismo - A continuous testing server library.
• Fetch - An IMAP library.
• Lex - A lightweight template parser.
• Sslurp - A library that makes dealing with SSL suck less.
• Composition - A library to check your Composer environment at runtime.

C Extension Frameworks

• Phalcon PHP - A high performance C extension framework.
• Yaf - A PECL extension framework.

Utilities

• HomeBrew - A package manager for OSX.
• HomeBrew PHP - A PHP tap for HomeBrew.
• PHP Env - A PHP version manager.
• PHP Build - A PHP version installer.
• PHP Parser - A PHP parser written in PHP.

Resources

• PHP The Right Way - A PHP best practice quick reference guide.
• PHP Best Practices - A PHP best practice guide.
• PHP Security - A guide to PHP security.
• PHP Standards Working Group - The PHP standards working group.

Tutorials

• Easy Package Management with Composer - A Composer tutorial by Phil Sturgeon.