Awesome PHP 

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

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Table of Contents

• Awesome PHP
• Dependency Management
• Dependency Management Extras
• Frameworks
• Framework Extras
• Components
• Micro Frameworks
• Micro Framework Extras
• Routers
• Templating
• Static Site Generators
• HTTP
• Middlewares
• URL
• Email
• Files
• Streams
• Dependency Injection
• Imagery
• Testing
• Continuous Integration
• Documentation
• Security
• Passwords
• Code Analysis
• Architectural
• Debugging and Profiling
• Build Tools
• Task Runners
• Navigation
• Asset Management
• Geolocation
• Date and Time
• Event
• Logging
• E-commerce
• PDF
• Office
• Database
• Migrations
• NoSQL
• Queue
• Search
• Command Line
• Authentication and Authorization
• Markup
• Strings
• Numbers
• Filtering and Validation
• API
• Caching
• Data Structure and Storage
• Notifications
• Deployment
• Internationalisation and Localisation
• Third Party APIs
• Extensions
• Miscellaneous
• Software
• PHP Installation
• Development Environment
• Virtual Machines
• Integrated Development Environment
• Web Applications
• Infrastructure
• Resources
• PHP Websites
• Other Websites
• PHP Books
• PHP Videos
• PHP Podcasts
• PHP Reading
• PHP Internals Reading
• Contributing

Dependency Management

Libraries for dependency and package management.

• Composer Installers  - A multi framework Composer library installer.
• Composer /Packagist  - A package and dependency manager.
• Melody  - A tool to build one file Composer scripts.
• Pickle  - A PHP extension installer.

Dependency Management Extras

Extras related to dependency management.

• Composed  - A library to parse your project's Composer environment at runtime.
• Composer Checker  - A tool to validate Composer configurations.
• Composer Merge Plugin  - A composer plugin to merge several composer.json files.
• Composition  - A library to check your Composer environment at runtime.
• NameSpacer  - A library to convert from underscores to namespaces.
• Patch Installer  - A library to install patches using Composer.
• Prestissimo  - A composer plugin which enables parallel install process.
• Satis  - A static Composer repository generator.
• tooly  - 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  - 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  - A Rapid Application Development (RAD) plugin for CakePHP.
• Knp RAD Bundle  - A Rapid Application Development (RAD) bundle for Symfony.
• Symfony CMF  - 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.
• Proton  - A StackPHP compatible micro framework.
• Radar  - An Action-Domain-Responder implementation for PHP.
• Silex  - A micro framework built around Symfony components.
• Slim  - Another simple micro framework.

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.
• Slim Skeleton  - A skeleton for Slim.
• Slim View  - A collection of custom views for Slim.

Routers

Libraries for handling application routing.

• Aura.Router  - A full-featured routing library.
• Fast Route  - A fast routing library.
• Klein  - A flexible router.
• Pux  - Another fast routing library.
• Route  - A routing library built on top of Fast Route.

Templating

Libraries and tools for templating and lexing.

• Aura.View  - Provides TemplateView and TwoStepView using PHP as the tempting language, with support for partials, sections, and helpers.
• Foil  - Another native PHP templating library.
• Lex  - A lightweight template parser.
• MtHaml  - A PHP implementation of the HAML template language.
• Mustache  - A PHP implementation of the Mustache template language.
• Phly Mustache  - Another 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  - 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.
• Phrozn  - Another tool that converts Textile, Markdown and Twig into HTML.
• 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  - Another HTTP client.
• Guzzle  - A comprehensive HTTP client.
• HTTPFul  - A chainable HTTP client.
• PHP VCR  - A library for recording and replaying HTTP requests.
• Requests  - A simple HTTP library.
• Retrofit  - A library to ease creation of REST API clients.
• zend-diactoros  - PSR-7 HTTP Message implementation.

Scraping

Libraries for scraping websites.

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

Middlewares

Libraries for building application using middlewares.

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

URL

Libraries for parsing URLs.

• PHP Domain Parser  - A domain suffix parser library.
• Purl  - A URL manipulation library.
• sabre/uri  - A functional URI manipulation library.
• Uri  - Another URL manipulation library.

Email

Libraries for sending and parsing email.

• CssToInlineStyles  - A library to inline CSS in email templates.
• Email Reply Parser  - An email reply parser library.
• Email Validator  - A small email address validation library.
• Fetch  - An IMAP library.
• Mautic  - Email marketing automation
• PHPMailer  - Another mailer solution.
• Stampie  - 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.

• Apache MIME Types  - A library that parses Apache MIME types.
• Canal  - A library to determine internet media types.
• CSV  - A CSV data manipulation library.
• Ferret  - A MIME detection library.
• Flysystem  - Another filesystem abstraction layer.
• Gaufrette  - A filesystem abstraction layer.
• Hoa Mime  - Another MIME detection library.
• Lurker  - A resource tracking library.
• PHP FFmpeg  - A wrapper for the FFmpeg  video library.
• UnifiedArchive  - A unified reader and writer of compressed archives.

Streams

Libraries for working with streams.

• Streamer  - A simple object-orientated stream wrapper library.

Dependency Injection

Libraries that implement the dependency injection design pattern.

• Aura.Di  - A serializable dependency injection container with constructor and setter injection, interface and trait awareness, configuration inheritance, and much more.
• Acclimate  - A common interface to dependency injection containers and service locators.
• Auryn  - A recursive dependency injector.
• Container  - Another flexible dependency injection container.
• Disco  - 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  - A dependency injection container component (SF).

Imagery

Libraries for manipulating images.

• Color Extractor  - A library for extracting colours from images.
• GIF Creator  - A library to create GIF animations from multiple images.
• GIF Frame Extractor  - A library to extract GIF animation frame information.
• Glide  - An on-demand image manipulation library.
• Image Hash  - A library for generating perceptual image hashes.
• Image Optimizer  - A library for optimizing images.
• Image With Text  - A library for embedding text into images.
• Imagine  - An image manipulation library.
• Intervention Image  - Another image manipulation library.
• PHP Image Workshop  - Another image manipulation library.

Testing

Libraries for testing codebases and generating test data.

• Alice  - An expressive fixture generation library.
• AspectMock  - A mocking framework for PHPUnit/Codeception.
• Atoum  - A simple testing library.
• Behat  - A behaviour driven development (BDD) testing framework.
• Codeception  - A full stack testing framework.
• DBUnit  - A database testing library for PHPUnit.
• Faker  - A fake data generator library.
• HTTP Mock  - A library for mocking HTTP requests in unit tests.
• Kahlan  - Full stack Unit/BDD testing framework with built-in stub, mock and code-coverage support.
• Mink  - Web acceptance testing.
• Mockery  - A mock object library for testing.
• ParaTest  - A parallel testing library for PHPUnit.
• Peridot  - An event driven test framework.
• Phake  - Another mock object library for testing.
• Pho  - Another behaviour driven development testing framework.
• PHP-Mock  - A mock library for built-in PHP functions (e.g. time()).
• PHPSpec  - A design by specification unit testing library.
• PHPT  - A test tool used by PHP itself.
• PHPUnit  - A unit testing framework.
• Prophecy  - A highly opinionated mocking framework.
• Samsui  - Another fake data generator library.
• VFS Stream  - A virtual filesystem stream wrapper for testing.
• VFS  - Another virtual filesystem 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  - 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.
• Sismo  - A continuous testing server library.
• Travis CI  - A continuous integration platform.
• Wercker  - A continuous integration platform

Documentation

Libraries for generating project documentation.

• APIGen  - Another API documentation generator.
• daux.io  - A documentation generator which uses Markdown files.
• PHP Documentor 2  - A documentation generator.
• phpDox  - A documentation generator for PHP projects (that is not limited to API documentation).
• Sami  - 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 .
• HTML Purifier  - A standards compliant HTML filter.
• IniScan  - A tool that scans PHP INI files for security.
• Optimus  - Id obfuscation based on Knuth's multiplicative hashing method.
• PHP Encryption  - Secure PHP Encryption Library.
• PHP IDS  - A structured PHP security layer.
• PHP SSH  - An experimental object orientated SSH wrapper library.
• PHPSecLib  - A pure PHP secure communications library.
• RandomLib  - A library for generating random numbers and strings.
• SecurityMultiTool  - A PHP security library.
• SensioLabs Security Check  - A web tool to check your Composer dependencies for security advisories.
• TCrypto  - A simple encrypted key-value storage library.
• True Random  - A library that generates random numbers using www.random.org .
• 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  - A library for generating secure random passphrases.
• Password Compat  - A compatibility library for the new PHP 5.5 password functions.
• Password Policy  - A password policy library for PHP and JavaScript.
• Password Validator  - A library for validating and upgrading password hashes.
• Password-Generator  - PHP library to generate random passwords.
• PHP Password Lib  - A library for generating and validating passwords.
• phpass  - A portable password hashing framework.
• 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  - An annotation based benchmark framework.
• Better Reflection  - AST-based reflection library that allows analysis and manipulation of code
• Code Climate  - An automated code review.
• Dissect  - A set of tools for lexical and syntactical analysis.
• Exakat  - A static analysis engine for PHP.
• GrumPHP  - A composer plugin to defend code quality.
• Mondrian  - A code analysis tool using Graph Theory.
• PHP Analyser  - A library for analysing PHP code to find bugs and errors.
• PHP Code Sniffer  - A library that detects PHP, CSS and JS coding standard violations.
• PHP CS Fixer  - A coding standards fixer library.
• PHP Manipulator  - A library for analysing and modifying PHP Source Code.
• PHP Mess Detector  - A library that scans code for bugs, sub-optimal code, unused parameters and more.
• PHP Metrics  - A static metric library.
• PHP Migration  - A static analyzer for PHP version migration.
• PHP Parser  - A PHP parser written in PHP.
• PHP Refactoring Browser  - A command line utility for refactoring PHP code.
• PHP Semantic Versioning Checker  - A command line utility that compares two source sets and determines the appropriate semantic versioning to apply.
• phan  - A static analyzer based on PHP 7+ and the php-ast extension.
• PHPCheckstyle  - A tool to help adhere to certain coding conventions.
• PHPCPD  - A library that detects copied and pasted code.
• PhpDependencyAnalysis  - A tool to create customisable dependency graphs.
• PHPLOC  - A tool for quickly measuring the size of a PHP project.
• PHPQA  - A tool for running QA tools (phploc, phpcpd, phpcs, pdepend, phpmd, phpmetrics).
• PHPPHP  - A PHP VM implementation in PHP.
• PHPSandbox  - A PHP sandbox environment.
• PHPStan  - A PHP Static Analysis Tool.
• Qafoo Quality Analyzer  - A tool to visualize metrics and source code.
• Scrutinizer  - A web tool to scrutinise PHP code.
• UBench  - A simple micro benchmark library.

Architectural

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

• Compose  - A function composition library.
• Design Patterns PHP  - A repository of software patterns implemented in PHP.
• Finite  - A simple PHP finite state machine.
• Functional PHP  - A functional programming library.
• Galapagos  - Evolutionary language transformation.
• Iter  - A library that provides iteration primitives using generators.
• Monad PHP  - A simple Monad library.
• Patchwork  - A library for redefining userland functions.
• PHP Option  - An option type library.
• Pipeline  - A pipeline pattern implementation.
• Ruler  - A simple stateless production rules engine.
• RulerZ  - 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  - Another web debugging console using Google Chrome.
• Blackfire.io  - A low-overhead code profiler.
• Kint  - A debugging and profiling tool.
• PHP Console  - A web debugging console.
• PHP Debug Bar  - A debugging toolbar.
• PHPBench  - A benchmarking Framework.
• PHPDBG  - An interactive PHP debugger.
• Tideways.io  - Monitoring and profiling tool
• Tracy  - A simple error detection, logging and time measuring library.
• xDebug  - A debug and profile tool for PHP.
• XHProf  - A profiling tool originally developed by Facebook.
• Z-Ray  - A debug and profile tool for Zend Server.

Build Tools

Project build and automation tools.

• Bob  - A simple project automation tool.
• Box  - A utility to build PHAR files.
• Construct  - A PHP project/micro-package generator.
• Phake  - A rake PHP clone library.
• 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  - A PHP cron job manager without modifying crontab.
• Robo  - A PHP Task runner with object-orientated configurations.
• Task  - A pure PHP task runner inspired by Grunt and Gulp.

Navigation

Tools for building navigation structures.

• Cartographer  - A sitemap generation library.
• KnpMenu  - A menu library.

Asset Management

Tools for managing, compressing and minifying website assets.

• JShrink  - A JavaScript minifier library.
• Munee  - An asset optimiser library.
• Puli  - A library for determining assets absolute paths.
• BowerPHP  - 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  - A GeoJSON implementation.
• GeoTools  - A library of geo-related tools.
• PHPGeo  - A simple geo library.

Date and Time

Libraries for working with dates and times.

• CalendR  - A calendar management library.
• Carbon  - A simple DateTime API extension.
• Chronos  - A DateTime API extension supporting both mutable and immutable date/time.
• ExpressiveDate  - Another DateTime API extension.
• Moment.php  - Moment.js inspired PHP DateTime handler with i18n support.
• Yasumi  - 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  - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.
• Broadway  - An event source and CQRS library.
• Cake Event  - An event dispatcher library (CP).
• Elephant.io  - Yet another web socket library.
• Evenement  - An event dispatcher library.
• Event  - An event library with a focus on domain events.
• Hoa EventSource  - An event source library.
• Hoa WebSocket  - Another web socket library.
• Prooph Event Store  - An event source component to persist event messages
• Ratchet  - A web socket library.
• React  - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.
• Rx.PHP  - A reactive extension library.
• Workerman  - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.

Logging

Libraries for generating and working with log files.

• Analog  - A closure-based micro logging package.
• KLogger  - An easy-to-use PSR-3 compliant logging class.
• Monolog  - A comprehensive logger.

E-commerce

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

• Money  - A PHP implementation of Fowler's money pattern.
• OmniPay  - A framework agnostic multi-gateway payment processing library.
• Payum  - A payment abstraction library.
• Shopware  - Highly customizable e-commerce software
• Swap  - An exchange rates library.
• Sylius  - An open source e-commerce solution.

PDF

Libraries and software for working with PDF files.

• Dompdf  - A HTML to PDF converter.
• PHPPdf  - A library for generating PDFs and images from XML.
• Snappy  - A PDF and image generation library.
• WKHTMLToPDF  - A tool to convert HTML to PDF.

Office

Libraries for working with office suite documents.

• ExcelAnt  - A library for manipulating Microsoft Excel documents.
• PHPPowerPoint  - A library for working with Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations.
• PHPWord  - A library for working with Microsoft Word documents.
• PHPSpreadsheet  - 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.

• Aura.Sql  - Provides an extension to the native PDO along with a profiler and connection locator.
• Aura.SqlQuery  - Independent query builders for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Microsoft SQL Server. Edit
• Baum  - A nested set implementation for Eloquent.
• Cake ORM  - Object-Relational Mapper, implemented using the DataMapper pattern (CP).
• Doctrine Extensions  - A collection of Doctrine behavioural extensions.
• Doctrine  - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM.
• Eloquent  - A simple ORM (L5).
• LazyRecord  - A fast ORM designed for simplicity, extendability and performance.
• Pomm  - An Object Model Manager for PostgreSQL.
• Propel  - A fast ORM, migration library and query builder.
• ProxyManager  - A set of utilities to generate proxy objects for data mappers.
• RedBean  - A lightweight, configuration-less ORM.
• Spot2  - A MySQL datamapper ORM.

Migrations

Libraries to help manage database schemas and migrations.

• Doctrine Migrations  - A migration library for Doctrine.
• Migrations  - A migration management library.
• Phinx  - Another database migration library.
• PHPMig  - Another migration management library.
• Ruckusing  - Database migrations for PHP ala ActiveRecord Migrations with support for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite.

NoSQL

Libraries for working with "NoSQL" backends.

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

Queue

Libraries for working with event and task queues.

• Bernard  - A multibackend abstraction library.
• BunnyPHP  - A performant pure-PHP AMQP (RabbitMQ) sync and also async (ReactPHP) library.
• Pheanstalk  - A Beanstalkd client library.
• PHP AMQP  - A pure PHP AMQP library.
• Tarantool Queue  - PHP bindings for Tarantool Queue.
• Thumper  - A RabbitMQ pattern library.

Search

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

• Elastica  - A client library for ElasticSearch.
• ElasticSearch PHP  - The official client library for ElasticSearch .
• Solarium  - A client library for Solr .
• Sphinx Search  - 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  - 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  - A tiny PHP REPL.
• Cilex  - A micro framework for building command line tools.
• CLI Menu  - A library for building CLI menus.
• CLIFramework  - A command-line framework supports zsh/bash completion generation, subcommands and option constraints. It also powers phpbrew.
• CLImate  - A library for outputting colours and special formatting.
• Commando  - Another simple command line opt parser.
• Cron Expression  - A library to calculate cron run dates.
• GetOpt  - A command line opt parser.
• GetOptionKit  - Another command line opt parser.
• Hoa Console  - Another command line library.
• OptParse  - Another command line opt parser.
• Pecan  - An event-driven, non-blocking shell.
• PsySH  - Another PHP REPL.
• ShellWrap  - A simple command line wrapper library.

Authentication and Authorization

Libraries for implementing user authentication and authorization.

• Aura.Auth  - Provides authentication functionality and session tracking using various adapters.
• Hawk  - A Hawk HTTP authentication library.
• SocialConnect Auth  - An open source social sign (OAuth1\OAuth2\OpenID\OpenIDConnect).
• Json Web Token  - Json Tokens to authenticate and transmit information.
• Lock  - A library for implementing Access Control Lists (ACL) systems.
• OAuth 1.0 Client  - An OAuth 1.0 client library.
• OAuth 2.0 Client  - An OAuth 2.0 client library.
• OAuth2 Server  - Another OAuth2 server implementation.
• OAuth2 Server  - An OAuth2 authentication server, resource server and client library.
• Opauth  - A multi-provider authentication framework.
• PHP oAuthLib  - Another OAuth library.
• Sentinel Social  - A library for social network authentication.
• Sentinel  - A framework agnostic authentication & authorisation library.
• TwitterOAuth  - A Twitter OAuth library.
• TwitterSDK  - A fully tested Twitter SDK.

Markup

Libraries for working with markup.

• Cebe Markdown  - An fast and extensible Markdown parser.
• Ciconia  - Another Markdown parser that supports Github flavoured Markdown.
• CommonMark PHP  - A Markdown parser which supports the full CommonMark spec .
• Decoda  - A lightweight markup parser library.
• Emoji  - A library that converts unicode characters and names into emoji images.
• HTML to Markdown  - Converts HTML into Markdown.
• HTML5 PHP  - An HTML5 parser and serializer library.
• Parsedown  - Another Markdown parser.
• PHP Markdown  - A Markdown parser.

Strings

Libraries for parsing and manipulating strings.

• Agent  - A PHP desktop/mobile user agent parser, based on Mobiledetect.
• ANSI to HTML5  - An ANSI to HTML5 converter library.
• Color Jizz  - A library for manipulating and converting colours.
• Device Detector  - Another library for parsing user agent strings.
• Hoa String  - Another UTF-8 string library.
• Jieba-PHP  - A PHP port of Python's jieba. Chinese text segmentation for natural language processing.
• Mobile-Detect  - A lightweight PHP class for detecting mobile devices (including tablets).
• Patchwork UTF-8  - A portable library for working with UTF-8 strings.
• Slugify  - A library to convert strings to slugs.
• SQL Formatter  - A library for formatting SQL statements.
• Stringy  - A string manipulation library with multibyte support.
• Text  - A text manipulation library.
• UA Parser  - A library for parsing user agent strings.
• URLify  - A PHP port of Django's URLify.js.
• UUID  - A library for generating UUIDs.

Numbers

Libraries for working with numbers.

• ByteUnits  - A library to parse, format and convert byte units in binary and metric systems.
• LibPhoneNumber for PHP  - A PHP implementation of Google's phone number handling library.
• Math  - A library for working with large numbers.
• Numbers PHP  - A library for working with numbers.
• PHP Conversion  - Another library for converting between units of measure.
• PHP Units of Measure  - A library for converting between units of measure.

Filtering and Validation

Libraries for filtering and validating data.

• Aura.Filter  - Provides tools to validate and sanitize objects and arrays.
• Cake Validation  - Another validation library (CP).
• DMS Filter  - An annotation filtering library.
• Filterus  - A simple PHP filtering library.
• ISO-codes  - A library for validating inputs according standards from ISO, International Finance, Public Administrations, GS1, Book Industry, Phone numbers & Zipcodes for many countries
• MetaYaml  - A schema validation library that supports YAML, JSON and XML.
• Respect Validation  - A simple validation library.
• Upload  - A library for handling file uploads and validation.
• Valitron  - Another validation library.
• Volan  - 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  - An API builder built with Zend Framework 2.
• Drest  - A library for exposing Doctrine entities as REST resource endpoints.
• HAL  - A Hypertext Application Language (HAL) builder library.
• Hateoas  - A HATEOAS REST web service library.
• Negotiation  - A content negotiation library.
• Restler  - A lightweight framework to expose PHP methods as RESTful web API.
• wsdl2phpgenerator  - 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  - A thin PSR-6 cache wrapper to various caching backends emphasising cache tagging and indexing.
• CacheTool  - A tool to clear APC/opcode caches from the command line.
• Cake Cache  - A caching library (CP).
• Doctrine Cache  - A caching library.
• Metaphore  - Cache slam defense using a semaphore to prevent dogpile effect.
• Stash  - Another library for caching.
• Zend Cache  - Another caching library (ZF2).

Data Structure and Storage

Libraries that implement data structure or storage techniques.

• Ardent  - A library of data structures.
• Cake Collection  - A simple collections library (CP).
• Collections  - Collections Abstraction library for PHP.
• Fractal  - A library for converting complex data structures to JSON output.
• Ginq  - Another PHP library based on .NET's LINQ.
• JsonMapper  - A library that maps nested JSON structures onto PHP classes.
• Knapsack  - Collection library inspired by Clojure's sequences.
• PHP Collections  - A simple collections library.
• PINQ  - A PHP library based on .NET's LINQ (Language Integrated Query).
• Porter  - Data import abstraction framework.
• Serializer  - A library for serialising and de-serialising data.
• Totem  - A library to manage and create data changesets.
• YaLinqo  - Yet Another LINQ to Objects for PHP.
• Zend Serializer  - Another library for serialising and de-serialising data (ZF2).

Notifications

Libraries for working with notification software.

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

Deployment

Libraries for project deployment.

• Deployer  - A deployment tool.
• Envoy  - A tool to run SSH tasks with PHP.
• Plum  - A deployer library.
• Pomander  - A deployment tool for PHP applications.
• Rocketeer  - A fast and easy deployer for the PHP world.

Internationalisation and Localisation

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

• Aura.Intl  - Provides internationalization (I18N) tools, specifically package-oriented per-locale message translation.
• Cake I18n  - Message translation and localization for dates and numbers (CP)

Third Party APIs

Libraries for accessing third party APIs.

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

Extensions

Libraries to help build PHP extensions.

• PHP CPP  - A C++ library for developing PHP extensions.
• 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.

• Annotations  - An annotations library (part of Doctrine).
• Cake Utility  - Utility classes such as Inflector, String, Hash, Security and Xml (CP).
• Chief  - A command bus library.
• ClassPreloader  - A library for optimising autoloading.
• Country List  - A list of all countries with names and ISO 3166-1 codes.
• Embera  - An Oembed consumer library.
• Essence  - A library for extracting web media.
• Flux  - A regular expression building library.
• Graphviz  - A Graphviz library.
• Hprose-PHP  - A very newbility RPC Library, support 25+ languages now.
• JSON Lint  - A JSON lint utility.
• JSONPCallbackValidator  - A library for validating JSONP callbacks.
• Jumper  - A remote service executor library.
• LadyBug  - A dumper library.
• Lambda PHP  - A Lambda calculus interpreter in PHP.
• LiteCQRS  - A CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Separation) library.
• Metrics  - A simple metrics API library.
• noCAPTCHA  - Helper for Google's noCAPTCHA (reCAPTCHA).
• Nmap  - A PHP wrapper around Nmap .
• Opengraph  - An opengraph library.
• Pagerfanta  - A pagination library.
• PHP Expression  - A PHP expression language.
• PHP PassBook  - A PHP library for iOS PassBook.
• PHP-GPIO  - A library for playing with the Raspberry PI's GPIO pins.
• PHP-ML  - A library for Machine Learning in PHP.
• PHPCR  - A PHP port of the Java Content Repository (JCR).
• PHPStack  - A TCP/IP stack proof of concept written in PHP.
• print_o  - An object graph visualizer.
• Procrastinator  - A library for running time consuming tasks.
• Prooph Service Bus  - Lightweight message bus supporting CQRS and Micro Services
• RMT  - A library for versioning and releasing software.
• sabre/vobject  - A library for parsing VCard and iCalendar objects.
• Slimdump  - An easy dumper tool for MySQL.
• Spork  - A process forking library.
• Sslurp  - A library that makes dealing with SSL suck less.
• SuperClosure  - 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  - 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  - A PHP tap for HomeBrew.
• HomeBrew  - A package manager for OSX.
• PHP Brew  - A PHP version manager and installer.
• PHP Build  - Another PHP version installer.
• PHP Env  - Another PHP version manager.
• PHP OSX  - A PHP installer for OSX.
• PHP Switch  - Another version manager.
• 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  - A Virtual Machine, Runtime and JIT for PHP by Facebook.
• HippyVM  - Another PHP virtual machine.

Integrated Development Environment

Integrated Development Environments with support for PHP.

• 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.

Web Applications

Web-based applications and tools.

• 3V4L  - An online PHP & HHVM shell.
• DBV  - A database version control application.
• PHP Queue  - An application for managing queueing backends.
• MailCatcher  - A web tool for capturing and viewing emails.
• Cachet  - The open source status page system.
• phpBeanstalkdAdmin  - Monitoring and administration interface for Beanstalkd.
• phpRedisAdmin  - A simple web interface to manage Redis  databases.
• phpPgAdmin  - A web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL.
• phpMyAdmin  - A web interface for MySQL/MariaDB.
• Adminer  - Database management in a single PHP file.
• Grav  - A modern flat-file CMS.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure for providing PHP applications and services.

• appserver.io  - A multithreaded application server for PHP, written in PHP.
• 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  - 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.

Other Websites

Useful websites related to web development.

• Atlassian Git Tutorials  - A series of Git tutorials.
• Hg Init  - A series of Mercurial tutorials.
• 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 main 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.
• 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.