Awesome PHP

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

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Package Management

Libraries for package and dependency management.

Composer/Packagist - A package and dependency manager.
Composer Installers - A multi framework Composer library installer.

Package Management Extras

Extras related to package management.

Satis - A static Composer repository generator.
Composition - A library to check your Composer environment at runtime.
Poser - A Composer class aliasing library.
Version - A parsing and comparison library for semantic versioning.
NameSpacer - A library to convert from underscores to namespaces.
Patch Installer - A library to install patches using Composer.

Frameworks

Web development frameworks.

Symfony2 - A framework comprised of individual components.
Zend Framework 2 - Another framework comprised of individual components.
Laravel 4 - A simple PHP framework.
Aura PHP - A framework of independent components.
Phalcon - A framework implemented as a C extension.

Framework Extras

Extras related to web development frameworks.

Symfony CMF - A Content Management Framework to create custom CMS.
Knp RAD Bundle - A Rapid Application Development (RAD) bundle for Symfony 2.

Framework Components

Standalone component from web development frameworks.

Symfony2 Components - The components that make Symfony2.
Zend Framework 2 Components - The components that make ZF2.
Aura Components - A package of PHP 5.4 components.
Hoa Project - Another package of PHP components.

Micro Frameworks

Micro frameworks and routers.

Silex - A micro framework built around Symfony2 components.
Slim - Another simple micro framework.
Bullet PHP - A micro framework for building REST APIs.
Fast Route - A fast routing library.
Pux - Another fast routing library.

Micro Framework Extras

Extras related to micro frameworks and routers.

Silex Skeleton - A project skeleton for Silex.
Silex Web Profiler - A web debug toolbar for Silex.
Stack - A library of stackable middleware for Silex/Symfony.
Slim Skeleton - A skeleton for Slim.
Slim View - A collection of custom views for Slim.
Slim Middleware - A collection of custom middleware for Slim.

Templating

Libraries and tools for templating and lexing.

Twig - A comprehensive templating language.
Twig Cache Extension - A template fragment cache library for Twig.
Mustache - A PHP implementation of the Mustache template language.
Phly Mustache - Another PHP implementation of the Mustache template language.
MtHaml - A PHP implementation of the HAML template language.
Plates - A native PHP templating library.
Lex - A lightweight template parser.

Static Site Generators

Tools for pre-processing content to generate web pages.

Sculpin - A tool that converts Markdown and Twig into static HTML.
Phrozn - Another tool that converts Textile, Markdown and Twig into HTML.

HTTP

Libraries for working with HTTP and scraping websites.

Guzzle - A HTTP client.
Buzz - Another HTTP client.
Requests - A simple HTTP library.
Goutte - A simple web scraper.
PHP VCR - A library for recording and replaying HTTP requests.

URL

Libraries for parsing URLs.

Purl - A URL manipulation library.
PHP Domain Parser - A domain suffix parser library.

Email

Libraries for sending and parsing email.

SwiftMailer - A mailer solution.
PHPMailer - Another mailer solution.
Fetch - An IMAP library.
Email Reply Parser - An email reply parser library.
Stampie - A library for email services such as SendGrid, PostMark, MailGun and Mandrill.

Files

Libraries for file manipulation and MIME type detection.

Gaufrette - A filesystem abstraction layer.
Flysystem - Another filesystem abstraction layer.
Canal - A library to determine internet media types.
Apache MIME Types - A library that parses Apache MIME types.
Ferret - A MIME detection library.
Hoa Mime - Another MIME detection library.
Lurker - A resource tracking library.
PHP File Locator - A library for locating files in large projects.
PHP FFmpeg - A wrapper for the FFmpeg video library.
CSV - A CSV data manipulation library.
Cartographer - A sitemap generation library.

Streams

Libraries for working with streams.

Streamer - A simple object-orientated stream wrapper library.

Dependency Injection

Libraries that implement the dependency injection design pattern.

Pimple - A tiny dependency injection container.
Auryn - Another dependency injection container.
Orno Di - Another flexible dependency injection container.
PHP DI - A dependency injection implementation using annotations.
Acclimate - A common interface to dependency injection containers and service locators.

Imagery

Libraries for manipulating images.

Imagine - An image manipulation library.
PHP Image Workshop - Another image manipulation library.
Intervention Image - 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.
Image With Text - A library for embedding text into images.
Color Extractor - A library for extracting colours from images.

Testing

Libraries for testing codebases and generating test data.

PHPUnit - A unit testing framework.
DBUnit - A database testing library for PHPUnit.
ParaTest - A parallel testing library for PHPUnit.
PHPSpec - A design by specification unit testing library.
Codeception - A full stack testing framework.
Atoum - A simple testing library.
Mockery - A mock object library for testing.
Phake - Another mock object library for testing.
Parody - Yet another mock object library for testing.
Sismo - A continuous testing server library.
Faker - A fake data generator library.
Samsui - Another fake data generator library.
Alice - An expressive fixture generation library.
Behat - A behaviour driven development (BDD) testing framework.
Pho - Another behaviour driven development testing framework.
Mink - Web acceptance testing.
HTTP Mock - A library for mocking HTTP requests in unit tests.
VFS Stream - A virtual filesystem stream wrapper for testing.
Locust - A modern load test library written in Python.
Travis CI - A continuous integration platform.
PHPCI - An open source continuous integration platform for PHP.

Documentation

Libraries for generating project documentation.

Sami - An API documentation generator.
APIGen - Another API documentation generator.
PHP Documentor 2 - A documentation generator.

Security

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

HTML Purifier - A standards compliant HTML filter.
RandomLib - A library for generating random numbers and strings.
True Random - A library that generates random numbers using www.random.org.
SecurityMultiTool - A PHP security library.
Password Compat - A compatibility library for the new PHP 5.5 password functions.
PHPAss - A portable password hashing framework.
PHP Password Lib - A library for generating and validating passwords.
Password Policy - A password policy library for PHP and JavaScript.
Password Validator - A library for validating and upgrading password hashes.
PHPSecLib - A pure PHP secure communications library.
TCrypto - A simple encrypted key-value storage library.
PHP IDS - A structured PHP security layer.
PHP SSH - An experimental object orientated SSH wrapper library.
IniScan - A tool that scans PHP INI files for security.
SensioLabs Security Check - A web tool to check your Composer dependecies for security advisories.
Zed - An integrated penetration testing tool for web applications.

Code Analysis

Libraries and tools for analysing, parsing and manipulation codebases.

PHP Parser - A PHP parser written in PHP.
PHPPHP - A PHP VM implementation in PHP.
PHPSandbox - A PHP sandbox environment.
Dissect - A set of tools for lexical and syntactical analysis.
PHP Mess Detector - A library that scans code for bugs, sub-optimal code, unused parameters and more.
PHP Code Sniffer - A library that detects PHP, CSS and JS coding standard violations.
PHPCPD - A library that detects copied and pasted code.
PHP Analyser - A library for analysing PHP code to find bugs and errors.
PHP CS Fixer - A coding standard fixer library.
PHP Manipulator - A library for analysing and modifying PHP Source Code.
PHP Metrics - A static metric library.
PHP Refactoring Browser - A command line utility for refactoring PHP code.
UBench - A simple micro benchmark library.
Athletic - An annotation based benchmark framework.
Mondrian - A code analysis tool using Graph Theory.
PHP Debug Bar - A debugging toolbar.
PHP Console - A web debugging console.
Barbushin PHP Console - Another web debugging console using Google Chrome.
PHPDBG - An interactive PHP debugger.
Scrutinizer - A web tool to scrutinise PHP code.
PHPLOC - A tool for quickly measuring the size of a PHP project.

Build Tools

Project build and automation tools.

Go - A simple PHP build tool.
Bob - A simple project automation tool.
Phake - A rake PHP clone library.
Box - A utility to build PHAR files.
Phing - A PHP project build system inspired by Apache Ant.
Task - A pure PHP task runner inspired by Grunt and Gulp.

Asset Management

Tools for managing, compressing and minifying website assets.

Assetic - An asset manager pipeline library.
Pipe - Another asset manager pipeline library.
Munee - An asset optimiser library.
JShrink - A JavaScript minifier library.
Puli - A library for determining assets absolute paths.

Geolocation

Libraries for geocoding addresses and working with latitudes and longitudes.

GeoCoder - A geocoding library.
GeoTools - A library of geo-related tools.
PHPGeo - A simple geo library.
GeoJSON - A GeoJSON implementation.

Date and Time

Libraries for working with dates and times.

Carbon - A simple DateTime API extension.
ExpressiveDate - Another DateTime API extension.
CalendR - A calendar management library.

Event

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

React - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.
Rx.PHP - A reactive extension library.
Ratchet - A web socket library.
Hoa WebSocket - Another web socket library.
Hoa EventSource - An event source library.
Evenement - An event dispatcher library.
FuelPHP Event - Another event dispatcher library.

Logging

Libraries for generating and working with log files.

Monolog - A comprehensive logger.

E-commerce

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

OmniPay - A framework agnostic multi-gateway payment processing library.
Payum - A payment abstraction library.
Sylius - An open source e-commerce solution.
Thelia - Another open source e-commerce solution.
Money - A PHP implementation of Fowler's money pattern.
Sebastian Money - Another library for working with monetary values.
Swap - An exchange rates library.

PDF

Libraries and software for working with PDF files.

Snappy - A PDF and image generation library.
WKHTMLToPDF - A tool to convert HTML to PDF.

ORM and Datamapping

Libraries that implement object-relational mapping or datamapping techniques.

Doctrine - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM.
Doctrine Migrations - A migration library for Doctrine.
Doctrine Extensions - A collection of Doctrine behavioural extensions.
Propel - A fast ORM.
Eloquent - The Laravel 4 ORM.
Baum - A nested set implementation for Eloquent.
Spot - A MySQL datamapper ORM.
RedBean - A lightweight, configuration-less ORM.
PHP ActiveRecord - A PHP Active Record implementation.
Paris and Idiorm - A minimalist database library.
Pomm - An Object Model Manager for PostgreSQL.
Migrations - A migration management library.
PHPMig - Another migration management library.
Phinx - Another database migration library.

NoSQL

Libraries for working with "NoSQL" backends.

MongoQB - A MongoDB query builder library.
Monga - A MongoDB abstraction library.
Predis - A feature complete Redis library.

Queue

Libraries for working with event and task queues.

Pheanstalk - A Beanstalkd client library.
PHP AMQP - A pure PHP AMQP library.
Thumper - A RabbitMQ pattern library.
Bernard - A multibackend abstraction library.

Search

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

ElasticSearch PHP - The official client library for ElasticSearch.
Elastica - A client library for ElasticSearch.
Solarium - A client library for Solr.

Command Line

Libraries for building command line utilities.

Boris - A tiny PHP REPL.
PsySH - Another PHP REPL.
Pecan - An event-driven, non-blocking shell.
GetOpt - A command line opt parser.
OptParse - Another command line opt parser.
Commando - Another simple command line opt parser.
GetOptionKit - Another command line opt parser.
Cron Expression - A library to calculate cron run dates.
ShellWrap - A simple command line wrapper library.
Hoa Console - Another command line library.
Shunt - A library for running commands in parallel on multiple remote machines.

Authentication

Libraries for implementing authentications schemes.

Sentry - A framework agnostic authentication & authorisation library.
Sentry Social - A library for social network authentication.
OPAuth - A multi-provider authentication framework.
OAuth2 - An OAuth2 authentication server, resource server and client library.
PHP oAuthLib - Another OAuth library.
TwitterOAuth - A Twitter OAuth library.
TwitterSDK - A fully tested Twitter SDK.
Hawk - A Hawk HTTP authentication library.

Markup

Libraries for working with markup.

Decoda - A lightweight markup parser library.
PHP Markdown - A Markdown parser.
Dflydev Markdown - Another Markdown parser.
Parsedown - Another Markdown parser.
Ciconia - Another Markdown parser that supports Github flavoured Markdown.
Markdown - An extensible Markdown parser.
HTML5 PHP - An HTML5 parser and serializer library.

Text and Numbers

Libraries for parsing and manipulating text and numbers.

ANSI to HTML5 - An ANSI to HTML5 convertor library.
Patchwork UTF-8 - A portable library for working with UTF-8 strings.
Hoa String - Another UTF-8 string library.
Stringy - A string manipulation library with multibyte support.
Numbers PHP - A library for working with numbers.
Math - A library for working with large numbers.
Color Jizz - A library for manipulating and converting colours.
UUID - A library for generating UUIDs.
Slugify - A library to convert strings to slugs.
Urlify - A PHP port of Django's URLify.js.
Text - A text manipulation library.
PHP Units of Measure - A library for converting between units of measure.
PHP Conversion - Another library for converting between units of measure.
SQL Formatter - A library for formatting SQL statements.
Byte - A simple byte conversion library.
UA Parser - A library for parsing user agent strings.
LibPhoneNumber for PHP - A PHP implementation of Google's phone number handling library.

Filtering and Validation

Libraries for filtering and validating data.

Filterus - A simple PHP filtering library.
Respect Validate - A simple validation library.
Valitron - Another validation library.
Upload - A library for handling file uploads and validation.
DMS Filter - An annotation filtering library.
MetaYaml - A schema validation library that supports YAML, JSON and XML.
ISO-codes - A library for validating various ISO and ZIP codes (IBAN, SWIFT/BIC, BBAN, VAT, SSN, UKNIN).

REST and API

Libraries and web tools for developing REST-ful APIs.

Apigility - An API builder built with Zend Framework 2.
Hateoas - A HATEOAS REST web service library.
HAL - A Hypertext Application Language (HAL) builder library.
Negotiation - A content negotiation library.

Caching

Libraries for caching data.

Cache - A caching library (part of Doctrine).
Stash - Another library for caching.

Data Structure and Storage

Libraries that implement data structure or storage techniques.

Ardent - A library of data structures.
PHP Collections - A simple collections library.
Serializer - A library for serialising and de-serialising data.
PHP Object Storage - A library for object storage.
Fractal - A library for converting complex data structures to JSON output.

Notifications

Libraries for working with notification software.

Nod - A notification library (e.g., Growl).
Notificato - A library for handling push notifications.
Notification Pusher - A standalone library for device push notifications.
Notificator - A lightweight notification library.

Deployment

Pomander - A deployment tool for PHP applications.
Rocketeer - A fast and easy deployer for the PHP world.

Third Party APIs

Libraries for accessing third party APIs.

Amazon Web Service SDK - The official PHP AWS SDK library.
S3 Stream Wrapper - A stream wrapper library for Amazon S3.
Stripe - The official Stripe PHP library.
Campaign Monitor - The official Campaign Monitor PHP library.
Digital Ocean - A library to interface with the Digital Ocean API.
Github - A library to interface with the Github API.
PHP Github API - Another library to interface with the Github API.
Twitter OAuth - A library to interface with Twitter's OAuth workflow.
Twitter REST - A library to interact with Twitter's REST API.
Dropbox SDK - The official PHP Dropbox SDK library.
Twilio - The official Twilio PHP REST API.
HybridAuth - An open source social sign on library.

Miscellaneous

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

Spork - A process forking library.
JSON Lint - A JSON lint utility.
JSONPCallbackValidator - A library for validating JSONP callbacks.
KnpMenu - A menu library.
Pagerfanta - A pagination library.
Ruler - A simple stateless production rules engine.
LiteCQRS - A CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Separation) library.
Sslurp - A library that makes dealing with SSL suck less.
PHP Option An option type library.
Metrics - A simple metrics API library.
Sabre VObject - A library for parsing VCard and iCalendar objects.
Annotations - An annotations library (part of Doctrine).
Whoops - A pretty error handling library.
Finite - A simple PHP finite state machine.
LadyBug - A dumper library.
Plum - A deployer library.
Procrastinator - A library for running time consuming tasks.
Compose - A function composition library.
SuperClosure - A library that allows Closures to be serialized.
Jumper - A remote service executor library.
Underscore - A PHP port of the Underscore JS library.
PHP PassBook - A PHP library for iOS PassBook.
PHP Expression - A PHP expression language.
RMT - A library for versioning and releasing software.
Wise - A configuration manager.
Opengraph - An opengraph library.
Essence - A library for extracting web media.
Embera - An Oembed consumer library.
Graphviz - A Graphviz library.
Monad PHP - A simple Monad library.
Flux - A regular expression building library.
Patchwork - A library for redefining userland functions.
Galapagos - Evolutionary language transformation.
Design Patterns PHP - A repository of software patterns implemented in PHP.
PHPCR - A PHP port of the Java Content Repository (JCR).
Functional PHP - A functional programming library.
ClassPreloader - A library for optimising autoloading.
Lib Country - A library for country and subdivision data.
Lib Accessor - A library for simplifying accessors.
PHPStack - A TCP/IP stack proof of concept written in PHP.
Nmap - A PHP wrapper around Nmap.
Code Mover - A library for moving code.
Iter - A library that provides iteration primatives using generators.
Lambda PHP - A Lambda calculus interpreter in PHP.
Country List - A list of all countries with names and ISO 3166-1 codes.
PHP-GPIO - A library for playing with the Raspberry PI's GPIO pins.

Development Software

Software for creating a development environment.

HomeBrew - A package manager for OSX.
HomeBrew PHP - A PHP tap for HomeBrew.
PHP OSX - A PHP installer for OSX.
HipHop PHP - A Virtual Machine, Runtime and JIT for PHP by Facebook.
Vagrant - A portable development environment utility.
Ansible - A radically simple orchestration framework.
Puppet - A server automation framework and application.
Chef - A systems integration framework.
SaltStack - An infrastructure management tool.
PHP Brew - A PHP version manager and installer.
PHP Env - Another PHP version manager.
PHP Switch - Another version manager.
PHP Build - Another PHP version installer.
CodeKit - A general web development tool.
HTTPie - A command line alternative to cURL written in Python.
Backup - A server backup tool written in Ruby.

Web Tools

Web-based tools.

PuPHPet - A web tool for building PHP development virtual machines.
Protobox - Another web tool for building PHP development virtual machines.
Phansible - A web tool for building PHP development virtual machines with Ansible.
3V4L - An online PHP shell.
DBV - A database version control application.
PHP Queue - An application for managing queueing backends.
Composer as a Service - A tool for downloading Composer packages as a zip file.
MailCatcher - A web tool for capturing and viewing emails.

Resources

Various resources, such as books, websites and articles, for improving your PHP development skills and knowledge.

Websites

Useful web and PHP-related websites and newsletters.

PHP The Right Way - A PHP best practice quick reference guide.
PHP Best Practices - A PHP best practice guide.
PHP Weekly - A weekly PHP newsletter.
PHP Security - A guide to PHP security.
PHP Internals - A book about the PHP internals.
PHP FIG - The PHP Framework Interoperability Group.
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) - An open software security community.
WebSec IO - A web security community resource.
Web Advent - An advent calendar for web developers.
Mozilla Developer Network - A website of shared knowledge for the open web.
HTML5Rocks - A resource for open web HTML5 developers.
Programming with Anthony - A video series by Anthony Ferrara.

Books

Fantastic books and e-books.

Scaling PHP Applications - An ebook about scaling PHP applications by Steve Corona.
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.
Signaling PHP - A book about catching PCNTL signals in CLI scripts by Cal Evans.
Understanding Computation - A book about computation theory by Tom Stuart.
The Linux Command Line - A book about the Linux command line by William Shotts.
Securing PHP: Core Concepts - An ebook about common security terms and practices for PHP by Chris Cornutt.

Web Reading

General web-development-related reading materials.

OWASP PHP Security Cheat Sheet - A PHP security cheatsheet.
C is for Cookie, H is for Hacker - An article about cookies and security.
You Blew It Loading Your Login Form Over HTTP - An article about using HTTPS correctly with login forms.
How HTTPS Secures Your Connection - An article explaining how TLS/SSL secures your connection.
How to Build a Secure Remember Me Feature - An article on how to build a secure remember me feature.
A Beginners Guide to HTTP Cache Headers - An article about HTTP cache headers.
Beyond Series 1 2 3 4 - A series of articles about programming by Anthony Ferrara.
Semantic Versioning - A website explaining semantic versioning.
Atlassian Git Tutorials - A series of Git tutorials.
Hg Init - A series of Mercurial tutorials.

PHP Reading

PHP-releated reading materials.

Create Your Own PHP Framework - A series of articles on how to make your own PHP framework by Fabien Potencier.
Seven Ways to Screw Up BCrypt - An article about correct BCrypt implementation.
Preventing CSRF Attacks - An article on preventing CSRF attacks.
Don't Worry About BREACH - An article about the BREACH hack and CSRF tokens.
On PHP 5.3, Lamda Functions and Closures - An article about lambda functions and closures.
Use Env - An article about using the unix environment helper.
Composer Primer - A Composer primer.
Composer Versioning - An article about Composer versioning.
Composer Stability Flags - An article about Composer stability flags.
Innocent Villagefolk or a Pillagin’ Pirate? - An article about PHP taking ideas from other language.
Predicting Random Numbers in PHP - An article about generating random numbers.
A 20 Point List for Preventing XSS in PHP - An article about preventing XSS.
PHP Sucks! But I Like It! - An article about the pros and cons of PHP.
PHP Is Much Better Than You Think - An article about the PHP language and ecosystem.

PHP Internals Reading

Reading materials related to the PHP internals or performance.

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.
Disproving the Single Quotes Myth - An article about performance of single and double quoted strings.
You're Being Lied To - An article about internal ZVALs.
How Long is a Piece of String - An article about string internals.
Understanding OpCodes - An article about opcodes.
How Foreach Works - A detailed StackOverflow answer about foreach.
When Does Foreach Copy? - An article about the internals of foreach.
How Big Are PHP Arrays (And Values) Really? - An article about array internals.
PHP Evaluation Order - An article about evaluation order in PHP.
PHP Source Code for Developers: 1 2 3 4 - A series about the PHP source code.
Collecting Garbage: 1 2 3 - A series about the PHP garbage collection internals.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.