Awesome PHP Libraries

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

• Composer/Packagist - A package and dependency manager.

• Symfony2 - A framework comprised of individual components.

• Zend Framework 2 - Another framework of individual components.

• Symfony2 Components - The components that make Symfony2.

• Aura Components - A package of PHP 5.4 components.

• Silex - A micro framework built around Symfony2 components.

• Slim - Another simple micro framework.

• Twig - A comprehensive templating language.

• SwiftMailer - A mailer solution.

• Pimple - A tiny dependency injection container.

• Doctrine - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM.

• Propel - A fast ORM.

• Goutte - A simple web scraper.

• Assetic - An asset manager pipeline library.

• Pipe - Another asset manager pipeline library.

• Imagine - An image manipulation library.

• PHP Image Workshop - Another image manipulation library.

• Monolog - A comprehensive logger.

• Behat - A Behaviour Driven Development framework.

• Mink - Web acceptance testing.

• Buzz - A HTTP client.

• Guzzle - Another HTTP client.

• PHPUnit - A unit testing framework.

• Mockery - A mock object library for unit testing.

• KnpRadBundle - A Symfony2 rapid application development library.

• KnpMenu - A menu library.

• Gaufrette - A filesystem abstraction layer.

• Snappy - A PDF and image generation library (uses WKHTMLToPDF).

• Pagerfanta - A pagination library.

• GeoCoder - A geocoding library.

• Faker - A fake data generator library.

• Spork - A process forking library.

• HTML Purifier - A standards compliant HTML filter.

• PHP CS Fixer - A coding standard fixer library.

• React - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.

• Événement - An event dispatcher library.

• Sami - An API documentation generator.

• Bob - A simple project automation tool.

• JSON Lint - A JSON lint utility.

• PHPAss - A portable password hashing framework.

• PHPSecLib - A pure PHP secure communications library.

• Box - A utility to build PHAR files.

• Wisdom - A library for loading config data.

• GetOpt - A command line opt parser.

• OptParse - Another command line opt parser.

• Commando - Another simple command line opt parser.

• TCrypto - A simple encrypted key-value storage library.

• Tala Payments - A payment processing library.

• Ruler - A simple stateless production rules engine.

• Carbon - A simple DateTime API extension.

• Upload - A library for handling file uploads and validation.

• [FlySystem] (https://github.com/1up-lab/OneupFlysystemBundle) - Flysystem is a filesystem abstraction which allows you to easily swap out a local filesystem for a remote one.

• [FOSUserBundle] (https://github.com/FriendsOfSymfony/FOSUserBundle) - The FOSUserBundle adds support for a database-backed user system in Symfony2. It provides a flexible framework for user management that aims to handle common tasks such as user registration and password retrieval.

C Extension Frameworks

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

Utilities

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

Resources

• PHP The Right Way - A PHP best practice quick reference guide.
• PHP Best Practices - A PHP best practice guide.
• PHP Security - A guide to PHP security.
• PHP Standards Working Group - The PHP standards working group.
• Easy Package Management with Composer - A Composer tutorial by Phil Sturgeon.