Awesome PHP

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

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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.
Toran Proxy - A static Composer repository and proxy.

Frameworks

Web development frameworks.

Aura PHP - A framework of 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 2 - A framework comprised of individual components (SF2).
Yii2 - Another PHP framework.
Zend Framework 2 - Another framework comprised of individual components (ZF2).
Radar - An Action-Domain-Responder implementation for PHP.
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 2.
Symfony CMF - A Content Management Framework to create custom CMS.

Components

Standalone components from web development frameworks and development groups.

CakePHP Plugins - A directory of CakePHP plugins.
Hoa Project - Another package of PHP components.
League of Extraordinary Packages - A PHP package development group.
Symfony2 Components - The components that make Symfony 2.
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
Silex - A micro framework built around Symfony2 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.

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.

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
Slim Middleware - A collection of custom middleware for Slim.
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.

Streams

Libraries for working with streams.

Streamer - A simple object-orientated stream wrapper library.

Dependency Injection

Libraries that implement the dependency injection design pattern.

Acclimate - A common interface to dependency injection containers and service locators.
Auryn - A recursive dependency injector.
Container - Another flexible 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 (SF2).

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.
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.

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.
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 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.
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.
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.

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

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.

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.
Icicle - An asynchronous library with coroutines, non-blocking I/O, and multithreading.
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.
PHPExcel - A library for working with Microsoft Excel documents.
PHPPowerPoint - A library for working with Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations.
PHPWord - A library for working with Microsoft Word documents.

Database

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

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.

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