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Awesome PHP

A curated list of amazingly awesome PHP libraries, resources and shiny things.

Contributing and Collaborating

Please see CONTRIBUTING, CODE-OF-CONDUCT and COLLABORATING for details.

Awesome PHP
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Contributing

Composer Repositories

Composer Repositories.

Firegento - Magento Module Composer Repository.
Packagist - The PHP Package Repository.
Private Packagist - Composer package archive as a service for PHP.
WordPress Packagist - Manage your plugins with Composer.
Zend Framework Packages - Zend Framework Composer Repository.

Dependency Management

Libraries for dependency and package management.

Composer Installers ★918 - A multi framework Composer library installer.
Composer - A package and dependency manager.
Melody - A tool to build one file Composer scripts.
Pickle ★1066 - A PHP extension installer.

Dependency Management Extras

Extras related to dependency management.

Composed ★31 ⏳1Y - A library to parse your project’s Composer environment at runtime.
Composer Merge Plugin ★424 - A composer plugin to merge several composer.json files.
Prestissimo ★3719 - A composer plugin which enables parallel install process.
Satis ★1752 - A static Composer repository generator.
tooly ★75 - A library to manage PHAR files in project using Composer.
Toran Proxy - A static Composer repository and proxy.

Frameworks

Web development frameworks.

Aura Framework - A framework built from independent components.
CakePHP - A rapid application development framework (CP).
Laravel 5 - Another PHP framework (L5).
Nette - Another framework comprised of individual components.
Phalcon - A framework implemented as a C extension.
PPI Framework 2 - An interoperability framework.
Symfony - A framework comprised of individual components (SF).
Yii2 ★12032 - Another PHP framework.
Zend Framework 2 - Another framework comprised of individual components (ZF2).
Ice - Another simple and fast PHP framework delivered as C-extension.

Framework Extras

Extras related to web development frameworks.

CakePHP CRUD ★301 - A Rapid Application Development (RAD) plugin for CakePHP.
Knp RAD Components - A set of Rapid Application Development (RAD) components for Symfony.
Symfony CMF ★746 - A Content Management Framework to create custom CMS.

Components

Standalone components from web development frameworks and development groups.

Aura - Independent components, fully decoupled from each other and from any framework.
CakePHP Plugins - A directory of CakePHP plugins.
Hoa Project - Another package of PHP components.
League of Extraordinary Packages - A PHP package development group.
Symfony Components - The components that make Symfony.
Zend Framework 2 Components - The components that make Zend Framework.

Micro Frameworks

Micro frameworks and routers.

Bullet PHP - A micro framework for building REST APIs.
Lumen - A micro-framework by Laravel.
Radar ★43 - An Action-Domain-Responder implementation for PHP.
Slim - Another simple micro framework.

Micro Framework Extras

Extras related to micro frameworks and routers.

Silex Skeleton ★826 - A project skeleton for Silex.
Silex Web Profiler ★204 - A web debug toolbar for Silex.
Slim Skeleton ★841 - A skeleton for Slim.
Slim Twig View ★313 ⏳2Y - Integrate Twig into Slim.
Slim PHP View ★118 - A simple PHP renderer for Slim.

Routers

Libraries for handling application routing.

Aura.Router ★371 - A full-featured routing library.
Fast Route ★2965 - A fast routing library.
Klein ★2297 - A flexible router.
Pux ★1238 ⏳1Y - Another fast routing library.
Route ★328 - A routing library built on top of Fast Route.

Templating

Libraries and tools for templating and lexing.

Aura.View ★65 - Provides TemplateView and TwoStepView using PHP as the tempting language, with support for partials, sections, and helpers.
Foil ★157 - Another native PHP templating library.
MtHaml ★342 - A PHP implementation of the HAML template language.
Mustache ★2674 - A PHP implementation of the Mustache template language.
PHPTAL - A PHP implementation of the TAL templating language.
Plates - A native PHP templating library.
Smarty - A template engine to complement PHP.
Twig - A comprehensive templating language.
Tale Jade ★87 ⏳1Y - A PHP implementation of the Jade template language.

Static Site Generators

Tools for pre-processing content to generate web pages.

Couscous - Couscous turns Markdown documentation into beautiful websites. It’s GitHub Pages on steroids.
Sculpin - A tool that converts Markdown and Twig into static HTML.
Spress - An extensible tool that converts Markdown and Twig into HTML.

HTTP

Libraries for working with HTTP.

Buzz ★1483 - Another HTTP client.
Guzzle - A comprehensive HTTP client.
HTTPFul ★1498 - A chainable HTTP client.
HTTPlug - An HTTP client abstraction without binding to a specific implementation.
PHP VCR - A library for recording and replaying HTTP requests.
Requests ★2937 - A simple HTTP library.
Retrofit ★115 - A library to ease creation of REST API clients.
zend-diactoros ★840 - PSR-7 HTTP Message implementation.

Scraping

Libraries for scraping websites.

Embed ★1216 - An information extractor from any web service or page.
Goutte ★6424 - A simple web scraper.
PHP Spider ★1000 - A configurable and extensible PHP web spider.

Middlewares

Libraries for building application using middlewares.

Expressive - PSR-7 Middleware framework from Zend.
PSR7-Middlewares ★655 - Inspiring collection of handy middlewares.
Relay ★212 - A PHP 5.5 PSR-7 middleware dispatcher.
Stack - A library of stackable middleware for Silex/Symfony.
zend-stratigility ★217 - Middleware for PHP built on top of PSR-7.

URL

Libraries for parsing URLs.

PHP Domain Parser ★536 - A domain suffix parser library.
Purl ★754 - A URL manipulation library.
sabre/uri ★169 - A functional URI manipulation library.
Uri ★323 - Another URL manipulation library.

Email

Libraries for sending and parsing email.

CssToInlineStyles ★3415 - A library to inline CSS in email templates.
Email Reply Parser ★474 - An email reply parser library.
Email Validator ★96 ⏳1Y - A small email address validation library.
Fetch ★458 - An IMAP library.
Mautic ★2437 - Email marketing automation
PHPMailer ★11211 - Another mailer solution.
Stampie ★250 - A library for email services such as SendGrid, PostMark, MailGun and Mandrill.
SwiftMailer - A mailer solution.

Files

Libraries for file manipulation and MIME type detection.

CSV ★1598 - A CSV data manipulation library.
Flysystem ★6549 - Another filesystem abstraction layer.
Gaufrette ★1983 - A filesystem abstraction layer.
Hoa Mime ★84 - Another MIME detection library.
PHP FFmpeg ★2188 - A wrapper for the FFmpeg video library.
UnifiedArchive ★176 - A unified reader and writer of compressed archives.

Streams

Libraries for working with streams.

Streamer ★245 ⏳1Y - A simple object-orientated stream wrapper library.

Dependency Injection

Libraries that implement the dependency injection design pattern.

Aura.Di ★273 - A serializable dependency injection container with constructor and setter injection, interface and trait awareness, configuration inheritance, and much more.
Acclimate ★197 - A common interface to dependency injection containers and service locators.
Auryn ★563 - A recursive dependency injector.
Container ★393 - Another flexible dependency injection container.
Disco ★116 - A PSR-11 compatible, annotation-based dependency injection container.
PHP-DI - A dependency injection container that supports autowiring.
Pimple - A tiny dependency injection container.
Symfony DI ★1038 - A dependency injection container component (SF).

Imagery

Libraries for manipulating images.

Color Extractor ★852 ⏳1Y - A library for extracting colours from images.
Glide ★1383 - An on-demand image manipulation library.
Image Hash ★1102 - A library for generating perceptual image hashes.
Image Optimizer ★526 - A library for optimizing images.
Imagine - An image manipulation library.
Intervention Image ★7278 - Another image manipulation library.
PHP Image Workshop ★792 - Another image manipulation library.

Testing

Libraries for testing codebases and generating test data.

Alice ★1633 - An expressive fixture generation library.
AspectMock ★630 - A mocking framework for PHPUnit/Codeception.
Atoum ★1231 - A simple testing library.
Behat - A behaviour driven development (BDD) testing framework.
Codeception ★3338 - A full stack testing framework.
DBUnit ★193 - A database testing library for PHPUnit.
Faker ★16040 - A fake data generator library.
HTTP Mock ★320 - A library for mocking HTTP requests in unit tests.
Kahlan ★872 - Full stack Unit/BDD testing framework with built-in stub, mock and code-coverage support.
Mink - Web acceptance testing.
Mockery ★5274 - A mock object library for testing.
ParaTest ★682 - A parallel testing library for PHPUnit.
Peridot ★288 - An event driven test framework.
Phake ★424 - Another mock object library for testing.
Pho ★278 ⏳1Y - Another behaviour driven development testing framework.
PHP-Mock ★193 - A mock library for built-in PHP functions (e.g. time()).
PHPSpec ★1406 - A design by specification unit testing library.
PHPT - A test tool used by PHP itself.
PHPUnit ★10263 - A unit testing framework.
Prophecy ★3967 - A highly opinionated mocking framework.
VFS Stream ★995 - A virtual filesystem stream wrapper for testing.

Continuous Integration

Libraries and applications for continuous integration.

CircleCI - A continuous integration platform.
GitlabCi - Let GitLab CI test, build, deploy your code. TravisCi like.
Jenkins - A continous integration platform with PHP support.
JoliCi ★669 ⏳1Y - A continuous integration client written in PHP and powered by Docker.
PHPCI - An open source continuous integration platform for PHP.
SemaphoreCI - A continuous integration platform for open source and private projects.
Shippable - A Docker based continious integration platform for open source and private projects.
Travis CI - A continuous integration platform.
Wercker - A continuous integration platform.

Documentation

Libraries for generating project documentation.

APIGen ★1749 - Another API documentation generator.
daux.io ★4685 - A documentation generator which uses Markdown files.
PHP Documentor 2 ★2161 - A documentation generator.
phpDox - A documentation generator for PHP projects (that is not limited to API documentation).
Sami ★1849 - An API documentation generator.

Security

Libraries for generating secure random numbers, encrypting data and scanning for vulnerabilities.

Halite - A simple library for encryption using libsodium ★5760.
HTML Purifier ★1264 - A standards compliant HTML filter.
IniScan ★1306 - A tool that scans PHP INI files for security.
Optimus ★801 - Id obfuscation based on Knuth’s multiplicative hashing method.
PHP Encryption ★1852 - Secure PHP Encryption Library.
PHP SSH ★308 - An experimental object orientated SSH wrapper library.
PHPSecLib - A pure PHP secure communications library.
random_compat ★3669 - PHP 5.x support for random_bytes() and random_int()
RandomLib ★698 - A library for generating random numbers and strings.
SensioLabs Security Check - A web tool to check your Composer dependencies for security advisories.
TCrypto ★51 ⏳1Y - A simple encrypted key-value storage library.
VAddy - A continuous security testing platform for web applications.
Zed - An integrated penetration testing tool for web applications.

Passwords

Libraries and tools for working with and storing passwords.

GenPhrase ★69 - A library for generating secure random passphrases.
Password Compat ★2016 - A compatibility library for the new PHP 5.5 password functions.
Password Policy ★64 ⏳1Y - A password policy library for PHP and JavaScript.
Password Validator ★142 - A library for validating and upgrading password hashes.
Password-Generator ★116 - PHP library to generate random passwords.
PHP Password Lib ★371 - A library for generating and validating passwords.
phpass - A portable password hashing framework.
Zxcvbn PHP ★439 - A realistic PHP password strength estimate library based on Zxcvbn JS.

Code Analysis

Libraries and tools for analysing, parsing and manipulating codebases.

Better Reflection ★553 - AST-based reflection library that allows analysis and manipulation of code
Code Climate - An automated code review.
PHP Parser ★6597 - A PHP parser written in PHP.
PHP Semantic Versioning Checker ★386 - A command line utility that compares two source sets and determines the appropriate semantic versioning to apply.
PHPLOC ★1496 - A tool for quickly measuring the size of a PHP project.
PHPQA ★252 - A tool for running QA tools (phploc, phpcpd, phpcs, pdepend, phpmd, phpmetrics).
Qafoo Quality Analyzer ★433 - A tool to visualize metrics and source code.
Scrutinizer - A web tool to scrutinise PHP code ★446 ⏳2Y.
UBench ★461 - A simple micro benchmark library.

Code Quality

Libraries for managing code quality, formatting and linting.

PHP CodeSniffer ★4975 - A library that detects PHP, CSS and JS coding standard violations.
PHP CS Fixer ★6047 - A coding standards fixer library.
PHP Mess Detector - A library that scans code for bugs, sub-optimal code, unused parameters and more.
PHPCheckstyle ★119 - A tool to help adhere to certain coding conventions.
PHPCPD ★1505 - A library that detects copied and pasted code.

Static Analysis

Libraries for performing static analysis of PHP code.

Exakat ★156 - A static analysis engine for PHP.
Mondrian ★348 ⏳2Y - A code analysis tool using Graph Theory.
phan ★3208 - A static analyzer based on PHP 7+ and the php-ast extension.
PHPCompatibility ★839 - A PHP compatibility checker for PHP CodeSniffer.
PhpDependencyAnalysis ★321 - A tool to create customisable dependency graphs.
PHP Metrics ★1506 - A static metric library.
PHP Migration ★134 - A static analyzer for PHP version migration.
PHPStan ★3832 - A PHP Static Analysis Tool.
Psalm ★947 - A static analysis tool for finding errors in PHP applications.

Architectural

Libraries related to design patterns, programming approaches and ways to organize code.

Design Patterns PHP ★15155 - A repository of software patterns implemented in PHP.
Finite - A simple PHP finite state machine.
Functional PHP ★1231 - A functional programming library.
Iter ★724 - A library that provides iteration primitives using generators.
Patchwork - A library for redefining userland functions.
Pipeline ★509 - A pipeline pattern implementation.
RulerZ ★623 - A powerful rule engine and implementation of the Specification pattern.

Debugging and Profiling

Libraries and tools for debugging and profiling code.

APM - Monitoring extension collecting errors and statistics into SQLite/MySQL/StatsD.
Barbushin PHP Console ★1118 - Another web debugging console using Google Chrome.
Blackfire.io - A low-overhead code profiler.
Kint ★2106 - A debugging and profiling tool.
PHP Console ★455 - A web debugging console.
PHP Debug Bar - A debugging toolbar.
PHPBench ★711 - A benchmarking Framework.
Tideways.io - Monitoring and profiling tool
Tracy ★927 - A simple error detection, logging and time measuring library.
xDebug ★1414 - A debug and profile tool for PHP.
XHProf ★2146 - A profiling tool originally developed by Facebook.
Z-Ray - A debug and profile tool for Zend Server.

Build Tools

Project build and automation tools.

Box ★1123 - A utility to build PHAR files.
Construct ★248 - A PHP project/micro-package generator.
Phing - A PHP project build system inspired by Apache Ant.

Task Runners

Libraries for automating and running tasks.

Bldr - A PHP Task runner built on Symfony components.
Jobby ★740 - A PHP cron job manager without modifying crontab.
Robo ★2051 - A PHP Task runner with object-orientated configurations.
Task - A pure PHP task runner inspired by Grunt and Gulp.

Tools for building navigation structures.

KnpMenu ★682 - A menu library.

Asset Management

Tools for managing, compressing and minifying website assets.

JShrink ★531 - A JavaScript minifier library.
Munee ★873 ⏳1Y - An asset optimiser library.
Puli ★438 ⏳1Y - A library for determining assets absolute paths.
BowerPHP ★480 - A PHP implementation of Bower. A package manager for the web

Geolocation

Libraries for geocoding addresses and working with latitudes and longitudes.

GeoCoder - A geocoding library.
GeoJSON ★153 ⏳1Y - A GeoJSON implementation.
GeoTools ★914 - A library of geo-related tools.
PHPGeo ★973 - A simple geo library.

Date and Time

Libraries for working with dates and times.

CalendR - A calendar management library.
Carbon ★9320 - A simple DateTime API extension.
Chronos ★599 - A DateTime API extension supporting both mutable and immutable date/time.
Moment.php ★698 - Moment.js inspired PHP DateTime handler with i18n support.
Yasumi ★450 - An library to help you calculate the dates and names of holidays.

Event

Libraries that are event-driven or implement non-blocking event loops.

Amp ★1493 - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.
Broadway ★1093 - An event source and CQRS library.
Cake Event ★11 - An event dispatcher library (CP).
Elephant.io ★998 - Yet another web socket library.
Evenement ★704 - An event dispatcher library.
Event ★561 ⏳1Y - An event library with a focus on domain events.
Hoa EventSource ★75 ⏳1Y - An event source library.
Hoa WebSocket ★405 - Another web socket library.
Prooph Event Store ★335 - An event source component to persist event messages
Ratchet ★4193 - A web socket library.
React ★6133 - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.
RxPHP ★1075 - A reactive extension library.
Workerman ★6323 - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.

Logging

Libraries for generating and working with log files.

Monolog ★10529 - A comprehensive logger.

E-commerce

Libraries and applications for taking payments and building online e-commerce stores.

Money ★1950 - A PHP implementation of Fowler’s money pattern.
OmniPay ★4133 - A framework agnostic multi-gateway payment processing library.
Payum ★1210 - A payment abstraction library.
Shopware ★862 - Highly customizable e-commerce software
Swap ★926 - An exchange rates library.
Sylius - An open source e-commerce solution.

PDF

Libraries and software for working with PDF files.

Dompdf ★4812 - A HTML to PDF converter.
PHPPdf ★314 - A library for generating PDFs and images from XML.
Snappy ★2783 - A PDF and image generation library.
WKHTMLToPDF ★6764 - A tool to convert HTML to PDF.

Office

Libraries for working with office suite documents.

PHPPowerPoint ★717 - A library for working with Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations.
PHPWord ★3327 - A library for working with Microsoft Word documents.
PHPSpreadsheet ★3037 - A pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files (successor of PHPExcel)

Database

Libraries for interacting with databases using object-relational mapping (ORM) or datamapping techniques.

Atlas.Orm ★355 - A data mapper implementation for your persistence model in PHP.
Aura.Sql ★419 - Provides an extension to the native PDO along with a profiler and connection locator.
Aura.SqlQuery ★278 - Independent query builders for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Baum ★1770 - A nested set implementation for Eloquent.
Cake ORM ★126 - Object-Relational Mapper, implemented using the DataMapper pattern (CP).
Doctrine Extensions ★2194 - A collection of Doctrine behavioural extensions.
Doctrine - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM.
Eloquent ★1471 - A simple ORM (L5).
LazyRecord ★3 ⏳1Y - A fast ORM designed for simplicity, extendability and performance.
Pomm ★157 ⏳1Y - An Object Model Manager for PostgreSQL.
Propel - A fast ORM, migration library and query builder.
ProxyManager ★1547 - A set of utilities to generate proxy objects for data mappers.
RedBean - A lightweight, configuration-less ORM.
Spot2 ★548 - A MySQL datamapper ORM.

Migrations

Libraries to help manage database schemas and migrations.

Doctrine Migrations - A migration library for Doctrine.
Migrations ★35 ⏳1Y - A migration management library.
Phinx ★3421 - Another database migration library.
PHPMig ★466 - Another migration management library.
Ruckusing ★481 - Database migrations for PHP ala ActiveRecord Migrations with support for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite.

NoSQL

Libraries for working with “NoSQL” backends.

PHPMongo ★181 - A MongoDB ORM.
Predis ★4604 - A feature complete Redis library.

Queue

Libraries for working with event and task queues.

Bernard ★936 - A multibackend abstraction library.
BunnyPHP ★383 - A performant pure-PHP AMQP (RabbitMQ) sync and also async (ReactPHP) library.
Pheanstalk ★1376 - A Beanstalkd client library.
PHP AMQP ★2229 - A pure PHP AMQP library.
Tarantool Queue ★45 - PHP bindings for Tarantool Queue.
Thumper ★247 - A RabbitMQ pattern library.

Search

Libraries and software for indexing and performing search queries on data.

Elastica ★1657 - A client library for ElasticSearch.
ElasticSearch PHP ★2426 - The official client library for ElasticSearch.
Solarium - A client library for Solr.
Sphinx Search ★53 ⏳1Y - Sphinx Search library provides SphinxQL indexing and searching features
SphinxQL query builder - A query library for the Sphinx search engine.

Command Line

Libraries related to the command line.

Aura.Cli ★100 - Provides the equivalent of request ( Context ) and response ( Stdio ) objects for the command line interface, including Getopt support, and an independent Help object for describing commands.
Boris ★2166 ⏳1Y - A tiny PHP REPL.
Cilex ★623 - A micro framework for building command line tools.
CLI Menu ★1362 - A library for building CLI menus.
CLIFramework ★343 - A command-line framework supports zsh/bash completion generation, subcommands and option constraints. It also powers phpbrew.
CLImate ★1330 - A library for outputting colours and special formatting.
Commando ★706 - Another simple command line opt parser.
Cron Expression ★2833 - A library to calculate cron run dates.
GetOpt ★196 - A command line opt parser.
GetOptionKit ★113 ⏳1Y - Another command line opt parser.
Hoa Console ★265 - Another command line library.
PsySH ★5127 - Another PHP REPL.
ShellWrap ★700 - A simple command line wrapper library.

Authentication and Authorization

Libraries for implementing user authentication and authorization.

Aura.Auth ★108 - Provides authentication functionality and session tracking using various adapters.
SocialConnect Auth ★290 - An open source social sign (OAuth1\OAuth2\OpenID\OpenIDConnect).
Json Web Token ★2543 - Json Tokens to authenticate and transmit information.
OAuth 1.0 Client ★350 - An OAuth 1.0 client library.
OAuth 2.0 Client ★2019 - An OAuth 2.0 client library.
OAuth2 Server - Another OAuth2 server implementation.
OAuth2 Server - An OAuth2 authentication server, resource server and client library.
Opauth ★1630 - A multi-provider authentication framework.
PHP oAuthLib ★999 - Another OAuth library.
Sentinel Social - A library for social network authentication.
Sentinel - A framework agnostic authentication & authorisation library.
TwitterOAuth ★3625 - A Twitter OAuth library.

Markup

Libraries for working with markup.

Cebe Markdown ★761 - An fast and extensible Markdown parser.
CommonMark PHP ★969 - A Markdown parser which supports the full CommonMark spec.
Decoda ★175 - A lightweight markup parser library.
Emoji ★39 ⏳1Y - A library that converts unicode characters and names into emoji images.
HTML to Markdown ★773 - Converts HTML into Markdown.
HTML5 PHP ★597 - An HTML5 parser and serializer library.
Parsedown ★7880 - Another Markdown parser.
PHP Markdown ★2715 - A Markdown parser.

Strings

Libraries for parsing and manipulating strings.

Agent ★2089 - A PHP desktop/mobile user agent parser, based on Mobiledetect.
ANSI to HTML5 ★125 - An ANSI to HTML5 converter library.
Color Jizz ★240 ⏳1Y - A library for manipulating and converting colours.
Device Detector ★1090 - Another library for parsing user agent strings.
Hoa String ★124 - Another UTF-8 string library.
Jieba-PHP ★596 - A PHP port of Python’s jieba. Chinese text segmentation for natural language processing.
Mobile-Detect ★7901 - A lightweight PHP class for detecting mobile devices (including tablets).
Patchwork UTF-8 ★63 ⏳2Y - A portable library for working with UTF-8 strings.
Slugify ★1531 - A library to convert strings to slugs.
SQL Formatter ★1445 - A library for formatting SQL statements.
Stringy ★2124 - A string manipulation library with multibyte support.
UA Parser - A library for parsing user agent strings.
URLify ★547 - A PHP port of Django’s URLify.js.
UUID ★5879 - A library for generating UUIDs.

Numbers

Libraries for working with numbers.

ByteUnits ★69 - A library to parse, format and convert byte units in binary and metric systems.
LibPhoneNumber for PHP ★2345 - A PHP implementation of Google’s phone number handling library.
PHP Conversion ★94 ⏳2Y - Another library for converting between units of measure.
PHP Units of Measure ★9 ⏳1Y - A library for converting between units of measure.

Filtering and Validation

Libraries for filtering and validating data.

Aura.Filter ★113 - Provides tools to validate and sanitize objects and arrays.
Cake Validation ★23 - Another validation library (CP).
Filterus ★400 ⏳1Y - A simple PHP filtering library.
ISO-codes ★510 - A library for validating inputs according standards from ISO, International Finance, Public Administrations, GS1, Book Industry, Phone numbers & Zipcodes for many countries
MetaYaml ★68 - A schema validation library that supports YAML, JSON and XML.
Respect Validation ★4583 - A simple validation library.
Upload ★1500 - A library for handling file uploads and validation.
Valitron ★1000 - Another validation library.
Volan ★35 - Another simplified validation library.

API

Libraries and web tools for developing APIs.

API Platform - Expose in minutes an hypermedia REST API that embraces JSON-LD, Hydra format.
Apigility ★471 - An API builder built with Zend Framework 2.
Drest ★85 ⏳1Y - A library for exposing Doctrine entities as REST resource endpoints.
HAL ★193 - A Hypertext Application Language (HAL) builder library.
Hateoas ★834 - A HATEOAS REST web service library.
Negotiation ★666 - A content negotiation library.
Restler ★1242 - A lightweight framework to expose PHP methods as RESTful web API.
wsdl2phpgenerator ★654 - A tool to generate PHP classes from SOAP WSDL files.

Caching

Libraries for caching data.

Alternative PHP Cache (APC) - Open opcode cache for PHP.
APIx Cache ★77 - A thin PSR-6 cache wrapper to various caching backends emphasising cache tagging and indexing.
CacheTool ★578 - A tool to clear APC/opcode caches from the command line.
Cake Cache ★16 - A caching library (CP).
Doctrine Cache ★2060 - A caching library.
Metaphore ★83 - Cache slam defense using a semaphore to prevent dogpile effect.
Stash ★873 - Another library for caching.
Zend Cache ★46 - Another caching library (ZF2).

Data Structure and Storage

Libraries that implement data structure or storage techniques.

Cake Collection ★37 - A simple collections library (CP).
Collections ★60 ⏳1Y - Collections Abstraction library for PHP.
Fractal ★2486 - A library for converting complex data structures to JSON output.
Ginq ★165 - Another PHP library based on .NET’s LINQ.
JsonMapper ★788 - A library that maps nested JSON structures onto PHP classes.
Knapsack ★399 - Collection library inspired by Clojure’s sequences.
PINQ ★412 - A PHP library based on .NET’s LINQ (Language Integrated Query).
Porter ★399 - Data import abstraction framework.
Serializer ★977 - A library for serialising and de-serialising data.
YaLinqo ★307 - Yet Another LINQ to Objects for PHP.
Zend Serializer ★20 - Another library for serialising and de-serialising data (ZF2).

Notifications

Libraries for working with notification software.

JoliNotif ★865 - A cross-platform library for desktop notification (support for Growl, notify-send, toaster, etc)
Notification Pusher ★987 - A standalone library for device push notifications.
Notificato ★203 - A library for handling push notifications.
Notificator ★157 - A lightweight notification library.
Php-pushwoosh ★50 - A PHP Library to easily send push notifications with the Pushwoosh REST Web Services.

Deployment

Libraries for project deployment.

Deployer ★5742 - A deployment tool.
Envoy ★1068 - A tool to run SSH tasks with PHP.
Rocketeer ★2613 - A fast and easy deployer for the PHP world.

Internationalisation and Localisation

Libraries for Internationalization (I18n) and Localization (L10n).

Aura.Intl ★74 ⏳1Y - Provides internationalization (I18N) tools, specifically package-oriented per-locale message translation.
Cake I18n ★15 - Message translation and localization for dates and numbers (CP)

Third Party APIs

Libraries for accessing third party APIs.

Amazon Web Service SDK ★3205 - The official PHP AWS SDK library.
Campaign Monitor - The official Campaign Monitor PHP library.
Dropbox SDK ★223 ⏳1Y - The official PHP Dropbox SDK library.
Github ★1330 - A library to interface with the Github API.
Mailgun ★721 The official Mailgun PHP API.
Stripe ★1604 - The official Stripe PHP library.
Twilio ★950 - The official Twilio PHP REST API.

Extensions

Libraries to help build PHP extensions.

PHP CPP - A C++ library for developing PHP extensions.
Zephir ★2312 - A compiled language between PHP and C++ for developing PHP extensions.

Miscellaneous

Useful libraries or tools that don’t fit in the categories above.

Annotations ★2058 - An annotations library (part of Doctrine).
BotMan ★3807 - A framework agnostic PHP library to build cross-platform chat bots.
Cake Utility ★41 - Utility classes such as Inflector, String, Hash, Security and Xml (CP).
Chief ★38 - A command bus library.
ClassPreloader ★267 - A library for optimising autoloading.
Country List ★3419 - A list of all countries with names and ISO 3166-1 codes.
Embera ★160 - An Oembed consumer library.
Essence ★639 - A library for extracting web media.
Graphviz ★54 ⏳1Y - A Graphviz library.
Hprose-PHP ★1237 - A very newbility RPC Library, support 25+ languages now.
JSON Lint ★427 - A JSON lint utility.
JSONPCallbackValidator ★276 ⏳1Y - A library for validating JSONP callbacks.
Metrics ★247 - A simple metrics API library.
noCAPTCHA ★212 - Helper for Google’s noCAPTCHA (reCAPTCHA).
Nmap ★95 - A PHP wrapper around Nmap.
Pagerfanta ★993 - A pagination library.
PHP PassBook ★208 - A PHP library for iOS PassBook.
PHP-ML ★5851 - A library for Machine Learning in PHP.
PHPCR ★392 - A PHP port of the Java Content Repository (JCR).
PHPStack - A TCP/IP stack proof of concept written in PHP.
print_o ★118 ⏳1Y - An object graph visualizer.
Procrastinator ★48 ⏳1Y - A library for running time consuming tasks.
Prooph Service Bus ★355 - Lightweight message bus supporting CQRS and Micro Services
RMT ★373 - A library for versioning and releasing software.
sabre/vobject ★379 - A library for parsing VCard and iCalendar objects.
Slimdump ★66 - An easy dumper tool for MySQL.
Spork ★588 ⏳2Y - A process forking library.
SuperClosure ★1019 - A library that allows Closures to be serialized.
Symfony VarDumper - A variable dumper component (SF).
Underscore - A PHP port of the Underscore JS library.
Whoops ★7418 - 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 - A package manager for OSX.
Brew PHP Switcher ★435 - Brew PHP switcher.
PHP Brew ★3511 - A PHP version manager and installer.
PHP Build ★756 - Another PHP version installer.
PHP OSX - A PHP installer for OSX.
VirtPHP - A tool for creating and managing isolated PHP environments.

Development Environment

Software and tools for creating a sandboxed development environment.

Ansible - A radically simple orchestration framework.
Phansible - A web tool for building PHP development virtual machines with Ansible.
Protobox - Another web tool for building PHP development virtual machines.
PuPHPet - A web tool for building PHP development virtual machines.
Puppet - A server automation framework and application.
Vagrant - A portable development environment utility.
Docker - A containerization platform.

Virtual Machines

Alternative PHP virtual machines.

Hack - A programming language for HHVM that interoperates seamlessly with PHP.
HHVM ★15346 - A Virtual Machine, Runtime and JIT for PHP by Facebook.

Text Editors and IDEs

Text Editors and Integrated Development Environments (IDE) with support for PHP.

Atom - A hackable text editor.
Atom IDE - An IDE extension for Atom.
Eclipse for PHP Developers - A PHP IDE based on the Eclipse platform.
Netbeans - An IDE with support for PHP and HTML5.
PhpStorm - A commercial PHP IDE.
VS Code - An open source code editor.

Web Applications

Web-based applications and tools.

3V4L - An online PHP & HHVM shell.
DBV - A database version control application.
PHP Queue ★592 - An application for managing queueing backends.
MailCatcher ★4328 - A web tool for capturing and viewing emails.
Cachet ★8192 - The open source status page system.
phpRedisAdmin ★1863 - A simple web interface to manage Redis databases.
phpMyAdmin ★3124 - A web interface for MySQL/MariaDB.
Adminer - Database management in a single PHP file.
Grav ★9133 - A modern flat-file CMS.
Lychee ★4389 - An easy to use and great looking photo-management-system.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure for providing PHP applications and services.

appserver.io ★848 - A multithreaded application server for PHP, written in PHP.
php-pm ★5022 - 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 - A online PHP learning resource.
PHP Best Practices - A PHP best practice guide.
PHP FIG - The PHP Framework Interoperability Group.
PHP Mentoring - Peer to peer PHP mentorship organization.
PHP Package Development Standards - Package development standards for PHP.
PHP School - Open Source Learning for PHP.
PHP Security - A guide to PHP security.
PHP The Right Way - A PHP best practice quick reference guide.
PHP UG - A website to help people locate their nearest PHP user group (UG).
PHP Versions - Lists which versions of PHP are available on several popular web hosts.
PHP Weekly - A weekly PHP newsletter.
PHPTrends - An overview of fastest growing PHP libraries.
Securing PHP - A newsletter about PHP security and library recommendations.
Seven PHP - A website that interviews members of the PHP community.
PHP Annotated Monthly - A monthly digest of PHP news.

Other Websites

Useful websites related to web development.

Atlassian Git Tutorials - A series of Git tutorials.
Hg Init - A series of Mercurial tutorials.
Learning Linux - A website for learning Linux.
Semantic Versioning - A website explaining semantic versioning.
Servers for Hackers - A newsletter about server management.
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) - An open software security community.
WebSec IO - A web security community resource.

PHP Books

Fantastic PHP-related 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 - A book about unit testing with PHPUnit by Chris Hartjes.
Mastering Object-Orientated PHP - A book about object-orientated PHP by Brandon Savage.
Modern PHP New Features and Good Practices - A book about new PHP features and best practices by Josh Lockhart.
Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP - A book about modernizing legacy PHP applications by Paul M. Jones.
PHP 7 Upgrade Guide - An ebook covering all of the features and changes in PHP 7 by Colin O’Dell.
PHP Pandas - A book about learning to write PHP by Dayle Rees.
Scaling PHP Applications - An ebook about scaling PHP applications by Steve Corona.
Securing PHP: Core Concepts - A book about common security terms and practices for PHP by Chris Cornutt.
Signaling PHP - A book about catching PCNTL signals in CLI scripts by Cal Evans.
The Grumpy Programmer’s Guide to Building Testable PHP Applications - A book about building testing PHP applications by Chris Hartjes.
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.
Domain-Driven Design in PHP - Real examples written in PHP showcasing DDD Architectural Styles.

Other Books

Books related to general computing and web development.

Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide - A guide to working with Elasticsearch by Clinton Gormley and Zachary Tong.
Eloquent JavaScript - A book about JavaScript programming by Marijn Haverbeke.
Head First Design Patterns - A book that expains software design patterns.
Pro Git - A book about Git by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub.
The Linux Command Line - A book about the Linux command line by William Shotts.
The Tangled Web — Securing Web Applications - A book about securing web applications by Michal Zalewski.
Understanding Computation - A book about computation theory by Tom Stuart.
Vagrant Cookbook - A book about creating Vagrant environments by Erika Heidi.

PHP Videos

Fantastic PHP-related videos.

Nomad PHP Lightning Talks - 10 to 15 minute Lightning Talks by PHP community members.
PHP UK Conference - A collection of videos from the PHP UK Conference.
Programming with Anthony - A video series by Anthony Ferrara.
Taking PHP Seriously - A talk outlining PHP’s strengths by Keith Adams of Facebook.

PHP Podcasts

Podcasts with a focus on PHP topics.

PHP Town Hall - A casual PHP podcast by Ben Edmunds and Phil Sturgeon.
Voices of the ElePHPant Interviews with the people that make the PHP community special.
PHP Roundtable - The PHP Roundtable is a casual gathering of developers discussing topics that PHP nerds care about.

PHP Reading

PHP-releated reading materials.

Composer Primer - A Composer primer.
Composer Stability Flags - An article about Composer stability flags.
Composer Versioning - An article about Composer versioning.
Create Your Own PHP Framework - A series of articles on how to make your own PHP framework by Fabien Potencier.
Don’t Worry About BREACH - An article about the BREACH hack and CSRF tokens.
On PHP 5.3, Lambda Functions and Closures - An article about lambda functions and closures.
PHP Is Much Better Than You Think - An article about the PHP language and ecosystem.
PHP Package Checklist - A checklist for successful PHP package development.
PHP Sucks! But I Like It! - An article about the pros and cons of PHP.
Preventing CSRF Attacks - An article on preventing CSRF attacks.
Seven Ways to Screw Up BCrypt - An article about correct BCrypt implementation.
The 2018 Guide to Building Secure PHP Software - A guide to building secure PHP software.
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 - An article about performance of single and double quoted strings.
How Big Are PHP Arrays (And Values) Really? - An article about array internals.
How Foreach Works - A detailed StackOverflow answer about foreach.
How Long is a Piece of String - An article about string internals.
PHP Evaluation Order - An article about evaluation order in PHP.
PHP Internals Book - An online book about PHP internals, written by three core developers.
PHP RFCs - The home of PHP RFCs (Request for Comments).
Print vs Echo, Which One is Faster? - An article about print and echo performance.
The PHP Ternary Operator. Fast or Not? - An article ternary performance.
Understanding OpCodes - An article about opcodes.
When Does Foreach Copy? - An article about the internals of foreach.
Why Objects (Usually) Use Less Memory Than Arrays - An article about object and array internals.
You’re Being Lied To - An article about internal ZVALs.
Collecting Garbage: 1 2 3 - A series about the PHP garbage collection internals.
PHP Source Code for Developers: 1 2 3 4 - A series about the PHP source code.

PHP Magazines

Fantastic PHP-related magazines.

php[architect] - A monthly magazine dedicated to PHP.