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Composer

• Composer (http://getcomposer.org/)/Packagist (http://packagist.org/) - A package and dependency manager.
• Composer Installers (https://github.com/composer/installers) - A  multi framework Composer library installer.

Composer Related

• Satis (https://github.com/composer/satis) - A static Composer repository generator.
• Composition (https://github.com/bamarni/composition) - A library to check your Composer environment at runtime.
• Poser (https://github.com/FrenkyNet/Poser) - A Composer class aliasing library.
• Version (https://github.com/kherge/Version) - A parsing and comparison library for semantic versioning.
• NameSpacer (https://github.com/ralphschindler/Namespacer) - A library to convert from underscores to namespaces.
• Patch Installer (https://github.com/goatherd/patch-installer) - A library to install patches using Composer.

Frameworks

• Symfony2 (http://symfony.com/) - A framework comprised of individual components.
• Knp RAD Bundle (http://rad.knplabs.com/) - A Rapid Application Development (RAD) bundle for Symfony 2.
• Zend Framework 2 (http://framework.zend.com) - Another framework comprised of individual components.
• Laravel 4 (https://github.com/laravel/framework) - A simple PHP framework.
• Lithium (http://lithify.me/) - Another framework of components.

Framework Components

• Symfony2 Components (http://symfony.com/doc/master/components/index.html) - The components that make Symfony2.
• Zend Framework 2 Components (https://packages.zendframework.com/) - The components that make ZF2.
• Aura Components (http://auraphp.github.com/) - A package of PHP 5.4 components.

Micro Frameworks

• Silex (http://silex.sensiolabs.org/) - A micro framework built around Symfony2 components.
• Silex Skeleton (https://github.com/fabpot/Silex-Skeleton) - A skeleton for Silex.
• Slim (http://www.slimframework.com/) - Another simple micro framework.
• Bullet PHP (http://bulletphp.com/) - A mico framework for building REST APIs.

Templating

• Twig (http://twig.sensiolabs.org/) - A comprehensive templating language.
• Twig Cache Extension (https://github.com/asm89/twig-cache-extension) - A template fragment cache library for Twig.
• Mustache (https://github.com/bobthecow/mustache.php) - A PHP implementation of the Mustache template language.
• Phly Mustache (https://github.com/weierophinney/phly_mustache) - Another PHP implementation of the Mustache template language.
• MtHaml (https://github.com/arnaud-lb/MtHaml) - A PHP implementation of the HAML template language.
• Lex (https://github.com/pyrocms/lex) - A lightweight template parser.

HTTP

• Guzzle (http://guzzlephp.org/) - A HTTP client.
• Buzz (https://github.com/kriswallsmith/Buzz) - Another HTTP client.
• Requests (https://github.com/rmccue/Requests) - A simple HTTP library.
• Goutte (https://github.com/fabpot/Goutte) - A simple web scraper.

URL

• Purl (https://github.com/jwage/purl) - A URL manipulation library.
• PHP Domain Parser (https://github.com/jeremykendall/php-domain-parser) - A domain suffix parser library.

Email

• SwiftMailer (http://swiftmailer.org/) - A mailer solution.
• PHPMailer (https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer) - Another mailer solution.
• Fetch (https://github.com/tedivm/Fetch) - An IMAP library.
• Email Reply Parser (https://github.com/willdurand/EmailReplyParser) - An email reply parser library.

File

• Gaufrette (https://github.com/KnpLabs/Gaufrette) - A filesystem abstraction layer.
• Canal (https://github.com/dflydev/dflydev-canal) - A library to determine internet media types.
• Apache MIME Types (https://github.com/dflydev/dflydev-apache-mime-types) - A library that parses Apache MIME types.
• Ferret (https://github.com/versionable/Ferret) - A MIME detection library.

Dependency Injection

• Pimple (http://pimple.sensiolabs.org/) - A tiny dependency injection container.
• Auryn (https://github.com/rdlowrey/Auryn) - Another dependency injection container.
• Di (https://github.com/orno/di) - Another flexible dependency injection container.
• PHP DI (http://mnapoli.github.com/PHP-DI/) - A dependency injection implementation using annotations.

Imagery

• Imagine (http://imagine.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html) - An image manipulation library.
• PHP Image Workshop (https://github.com/Sybio/ImageWorkshop) - Another image manipulation library.
• GIF Frame Extractor (https://github.com/Sybio/GifFrameExtractor) - A library to extract GIF animation frame information.
• GIF Creator (https://github.com/Sybio/GifCreator) - A library to create GIF animations from multiple images.

Testing

• PHPUnit (https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit) - A unit testing framework.
• RunkitTestCase (https://github.com/kherge/RunkitTestCase) - A library for creating PHPUnit test cases that use runkit.
• ParaTest (https://github.com/brianium/paratest) - A parallel testing library for PHPUnit.
• PHPSpec (https://github.com/phpspec/phpspec2) - A design by specification unit testing library.
• Codeception (https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception) - A full stack testing framework.
• Atoum (https://github.com/atoum/atoum) - A simple testing library.
• Mockery (https://github.com/padraic/mockery) - A mock object library for testing.
• Phake (https://github.com/mlively/Phake) - Another mock object library for testing.
• Parody (https://github.com/dotink/Parody) - Yet another mock object library for testing.
• Sismo (http://sismo.sensiolabs.org/) - A continuous testing server library.
• Faker (https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker) - A fake data generator library.
• Alice (https://github.com/nelmio/alice) - An expressive fixture generation library.
• Behat (http://behat.org/) - A Behaviour Driven Development framework.
• Mink (http://mink.behat.org/) - Web acceptance testing.

Documentation

• Sami (https://github.com/fabpot/Sami) - An API documentation generator.
• PHP Documentor 2 (https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor2) - Another documentation generator.

Security

• HTML Purifier (https://github.com/ezyang/htmlpurifier) - A standards compliant HTML filter.
• RandomLib (https://github.com/ircmaxell/RandomLib) - A library for generating random numbers and strings.
• SecurityMultiTool (https://github.com/padraic/SecurityMultiTool) - A PHP security library.
• Password Compat (https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat) - A compatibility library for the new PHP 5.5 password functions.
• BCrypt (https://github.com/kherge/Bcrypt) - A BCrypt password hashing library.
• PHPAss (http://www.openwall.com/phpass/) - A portable password hashing framework.
• PHP Password Lib (https://github.com/ircmaxell/PHP-PasswordLib) - A library for generating and validating passwords.
• Password Policy (https://github.com/ircmaxell/password-policy) - A password policy library for PHP and JavaScript.
• PHPSecLib (http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net/) - A pure PHP secure communications library.
• TCrypto (https://github.com/timoh6/TCrypto) - A simple encrypted key-value storage library.
• PHP IDS (https://github.com/PHPIDS/PHPIDS) - A structured PHP security layer.

Build Tools

• Go (https://github.com/herrera-io/php-go) - A simple PHP build tool.
• Bob (https://github.com/CHH/bob) - A simple project automation tool.
• Phake (https://github.com/jaz303/phake) - A rake PHP clone library.
• Box (https://github.com/kherge/Box) - A utility to build PHAR files.

Asset Management

• Assetic (https://github.com/kriswallsmith/assetic) - An asset manager pipeline library.
• Pipe (https://github.com/CHH/pipe) - Another asset manager pipeline library.
• Munee (https://github.com/meenie/munee) - An asset optimiser library.
• JShrink (https://github.com/tedivm/JShrink) - A JavaScript minifier library.

Geolocation

• GeoCoder (http://geocoder-php.org/) - A geocoding library.
• GeoTools (https://github.com/toin0u/Geotools) - A library of geo-related tools.

Date and Time

• Carbon (https://github.com/briannesbitt/Carbon) - A simple DateTime API extension.
• ExpressiveDate (https://github.com/jasonlewis/expressive-date) - Another DateTime API extension.
• CalendR (http://yohan.giarel.li/CalendR) - A calendar management library.

Event

• React (https://github.com/reactphp/react) - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.
• Ratchet (https://github.com/cboden/Ratchet) - A web socket library.
• Événement (https://github.com/igorw/evenement) - An event dispatcher library.
• FuelPHP Event (https://github.com/fuelphp/event) - Another event dispatcher library.

Logging

• Monolog (https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog) - A comprehensive logger.

Payment

• OmniPay (https://github.com/adrianmacneil/omnipay) - A framework agnostic multi-gateway payment processing library.

PDF

• Snappy (https://github.com/KnpLabs/snappy) - A PDF and image generation library.
• WKHTMLToPDF (https://github.com/antialize/wkhtmltopdf) - A tool to convert HTML to PDF.

ORM and Datamapping

• Doctrine (http://www.doctrine-project.org/) - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM.
• Doctrine Migrations (http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-migrations/en/latest/toc.html) - A migration library for Doctrine.
• Doctrine Extensions (https://github.com/l3pp4rd/DoctrineExtensions) - A collection of Doctrine behavioural extensions.
• Propel (http://www.propelorm.org/) - A fast ORM.
• Eloquent (https://github.com/illuminate/database) - The Laravel 4 ORM.
• Baum (https://github.com/etrepat/baum) - A nested set implementation for Eloquent.
• Spot (https://github.com/vlucas/Spot) - A MySQL datamapper ORM.
• PHP ActiveRecord (https://github.com/kla/php-activerecord) - A PHP Active Record implementation.
• Migrations (https://github.com/icomefromthenet/Migrations) - A migration management library.
• Phinx (https://github.com/robmorgan/phinx) - Another database migration library.
• Entities (https://github.com/kherge/Entities) - A Doctrine ORM service provider for Silex.

NoSQL

• MongoQB (https://github.com/alexbilbie/MongoQB) - A MongoDB query builder library.
• Monga (https://github.com/FrenkyNet/Monga) - A MongoDB abstraction library.
• Predis (https://github.com/nrk/predis) - A feature complete Redis library.

Queue

• Pheanstalk (https://github.com/pda/pheanstalk) - A Beanstalkd client library.

Command Line

• Boris (https://github.com/d11wtq/boris) - A tiny PHP REPL.
• GetOpt (https://github.com/ulrichsg/getopt-php) - A command line opt parser.
• OptParse (https://github.com/CHH/optparse) - Another command line opt parser.
• Commando (https://github.com/nategood/commando) - Another simple command line opt parser.
• Elf (https://github.com/kherge/Elf) - A collection of helpers for the Symfony Console component.
• Amend (https://github.com/kherge/Amend) - A Symfony Console helper and command set for updating and upgrading applications.
• Cron Expression (https://github.com/mtdowling/cron-expression) - A library to calculate cron run dates.
• ShellWrap (https://github.com/MrRio/shellwrap) - A simple command line wrapper library.

Authentication

• Sentry (https://github.com/cartalyst/sentry) - A framework agnostic authentication & authorisation library.
• Sentry Social (http://docs.cartalyst.com/sentry-social-2/introduction) - A library for social network authentication.
• OPAuth (https://github.com/uzyn/opauth) - A multi-provider authentication framework.

OAuth

• OAuth2 (https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server) - An OAuth2 authentication server, resource server and client library.
• PHP oAuthLib (https://github.com/Lusitanian/PHPoAuthLib) - Another OAuth library.
• TwitterOAuth (https://github.com/ruudk/twitteroauth) - A Twitter OAuth library.

Markup

• Decoda (http://milesj.me/code/php/decoda) - A lightweight markup parser library.
• PHP Markdown (https://github.com/michelf/php-markdown) - A markdown parser library.
• Dflydev Markdown (https://github.com/dflydev/dflydev-markdown) - Another markdown parser library.

Text and Numbers

• ANSI to HTML5 (https://github.com/sensiolabs/ansi-to-html) - An ANSI to HTML5 convertor library.
• Patchwork UTF-8 (https://github.com/nicolas-grekas/Patchwork-UTF8) - A portable library for working with UTF-8 strings.
• Numbers PHP (https://github.com/powder96/numbers.php) - A library for working with numbers.
• Math (https://github.com/moontoast/math) - A library for working with large numbers.
• Color Jizz (https://github.com/mikeemoo/ColorJizz-PHP) - A library for manipulating and converting colours.
• UUID (https://github.com/ramsey/uuid) - A library for generating UUIDs.
• Slugify (https://github.com/cocur/slugify) - A library to convert strings to slugs.

Filtering and Validation

• Filterus (https://github.com/ircmaxell/filterus) - A simple PHP filtering library.
• Respect Validate (https://github.com/Respect/Validation) - A simple validation library.
• Valitron (https://github.com/vlucas/valitron) - Another validation library.
• Upload (https://github.com/codeguy/Upload) - A library for handling file uploads and validation.

REST and API

• Hateoas (https://github.com/willdurand/Hateoas) - A HATEOAS REST web service library.
• HAL (https://github.com/blongden/hal) - A Hypertext Application Language (HAL) builder library.

Caching

• Cache (https://github.com/doctrine/cache) - A caching library (part of Doctrine).
• Stash (https://github.com/tedivm/Stash) - Another library for caching.

Data Structure

• Ardent (https://github.com/morrisonlevi/Ardent) - A library of data structures.
• PHP Collections (https://github.com/schmittjoh/php-collection) - A simple collections library.

Miscellaneous

• Spork (https://github.com/kriswallsmith/spork) - A process forking library.
• JSON Lint (https://github.com/Seldaek/jsonlint) - A JSON lint utility.
• KnpMenu (https://github.com/KnpLabs/KnpMenu) - A menu library.
• Pagerfanta (https://github.com/whiteoctober/Pagerfanta) - A pagination library.
• Ruler (https://github.com/bobthecow/Ruler) - A simple stateless production rules engine.
• Serializer (https://github.com/schmittjoh/serializer) - A library for serialising and de-serialising data.
• LiteCQRS (https://github.com/beberlei/litecqrs-php) - A CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Separation) library.
• S3 Stream Wrapper (https://github.com/gwkunze/S3StreamWrapper) - A stream wrapper library for Amazon S3.
• Wisdom (https://github.com/kherge/Wisdom) - A library for loading config data.
• Sslurp (https://github.com/EvanDotPro/Sslurp) - A library that makes dealing with SSL suck less.
• Streamer (https://github.com/fzaninotto/Streamer) - A simple object-orientated stream wrapper library.
• PHP Option (https://github.com/schmittjoh/php-option) An option type library.
• Metrics (https://github.com/beberlei/metrics) - A simple metrics API library.
• Sabre VObject (https://github.com/evert/sabre-vobject) - A library for parsing VCard and iCalendar objects.
• Annotations (https://github.com/doctrine/annotations) - An annotations library (part of Doctrine).
• PHP File Locator (https://github.com/herrera-io/php-file-locator) - A library for locating files in large projects.
• Elastica (https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica) - A client library for Elastic Search (http://www.elasticsearch.org/).
• Whoops (https://github.com/filp/whoops) - A pretty error handling library.
• Finite (http://yohan.giarel.li/Finite) - A simple PHP finite state machine.
• LadyBug (https://github.com/raulfraile/Ladybug) - A dumper library.
• Plum (https://github.com/aerialls/Plum) - A deployer library.
• Procrastinator (https://github.com/lstrojny/Procrastinator) - A library for running time consuming tasks.
• Compose (https://github.com/igorw/compose) - A function composition library.
• Nod (https://github.com/filp/nod) - A notification library (e.g. Growl).

Official APIs

• Amazon Web Service SDK (https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-php) - The official PHP AWS SDK library.
• Stripe (https://github.com/stripe/stripe-php) - The official Stripe PHP library.
• Campaign Monitor (http://campaignmonitor.github.com/createsend-php/) - The official Campaign Monitor PHP library.

Utilities

• HomeBrew (http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/) - A package manager for OSX.
• HomeBrew PHP (https://github.com/josegonzalez/homebrew-php) - A PHP tap for HomeBrew.
• Vagrant (http://www.vagrantup.com/) - A portable development environment utility.
• PHP Brew (https://github.com/c9s/phpbrew) - A PHP version manager and installer.
• PHP Env (https://github.com/CHH/phpenv) - Another PHP version manager.
• PHP Switch (https://github.com/jubianchi/phpswitch) - Another version manager.
• PHP Build (https://github.com/CHH/php-build) - Another PHP version installer.
• PHP CS Fixer (https://github.com/fabpot/PHP-CS-Fixer) - A coding standard fixer library.
• PHP Parser (https://github.com/nikic/PHP-Parser) - A PHP parser written in PHP.
• PHP Manipulator (https://github.com/schmittjoh/php-manipulator) - A library for analysing and modifying PHP Source Code.
• PHP Analyser (https://github.com/scrutinizer-ci/php-analyzer) - A library for analysing PHP code to find bugs and errors.
• PHP Refactoring Browser (https://github.com/QafooLabs/php-refactoring-browser) - A command line utility for refactoring PHP code.
• PHP Queue (https://github.com/CoderKungfu/php-queue) - An application for managing queueing backends.
• PHPPHP (https://github.com/ircmaxell/PHPPHP) - A PHP VM implementation in PHP.
• PHPSandbox (https://github.com/fieryprophet/php-sandbox) - A PHP sandbox environment.
• PHPStack (http://dunkels.com/adam/phpstack/) - A TCP/IP stack proof of concept written in PHP.
• SensioLabs Security Check (https://security.sensiolabs.org/) - A web tool to check your Composer dependecies for security advisories.
• Scrutinizer (https://scrutinizer-ci.com/) - A web tool to scrutinise PHP code.
• Zed (https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Zed_Attack_Proxy_Project) - An integrated penetration testing tool for web applications.
• DBV (http://dbv.vizuina.com/) - A database version control application.
• Travis CI (https://travis-ci.org/) - A continuous integration platform.
• Country List (https://github.com/umpirsky/country-list) - A list of all countries with names and ISO 3166-1 codes.

Resources

• PHP The Right Way (http://www.phptherightway.com/) - A PHP best practice quick reference guide.
• PHP Best Practices (http://phpbestpractices.org/) - A PHP best practice guide.
• PHP Weekly (http://phpweekly.info/archive/) - A weekly PHP newsletter.
• PHP Security (http://phpsecurity.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html) - A guide to PHP security.
• PHP Standards Working Group (https://groups.google.com/group/php-standards) - The PHP standards working group.
• The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) (https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page) - An open software security community.
• WebSec IO (http://websec.io/) - A web security community resource.
• Web Advent (http://webadvent.org) - An advent calendar for web developers.
• Programming with Anthony (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM-218uGSX3DQ3KsB5NJnuOqPqc5CW2kW) - A video series by Anthony Ferrara.

E-Books

• Scaling PHP Applications (http://www.scalingphpbook.com) - A paid ebook about scaling PHP applications by Steve Corona.
• Grumpy PHPUnit (https://leanpub.com/grumpy-phpunit) - A book about unit testing with PHPUnit by Chris Hartjes.

Reading

• OWASP PHP Security Cheat Sheet (https://www.owasp.org/index.php/PHP_Security_Cheat_Sheet) - A PHP security cheatsheet.
• Seven Ways to Screw Up BCrypt (http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2012/12/seven-ways-to-screw-up-bcrypt.html) - An article about correct BCrypt implementation.
• Preventing CSRF Attacks (http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2013/02/preventing-csrf-attacks.html) - An article on preventing CSRF attacks.
• Print vs Echo, Which One is Faster? (http://fabien.potencier.org/article/8/print-vs-echo-which-one-is-faster) - An article about print and echo performance.
• The PHP Ternary Operator. Fast or Not? (http://fabien.potencier.org/article/48/the-php-ternary-operator-fast-or-not) - An article ternary performance.
• On PHP 5.3, Lamda Functions and Closures (http://fabien.potencier.org/article/17/on-php-5-3-lambda-functions-and-closures) - An article about lambda functions and closures.
• Use Env (http://seancoates.com/blogs/use-env) - An article about using the unix environment helper.
• Disproving the Single Quotes Myth (http://nikic.github.com/2012/01/09/Disproving-the-Single-Quotes-Performance-Myth.html) - An article about performance of single and double quoted strings.
• You're Being Lied To (http://blog.golemon.com/2007/01/youre-being-lied-to.html) - An article about internal ZVALs.
• How Long is a Piece of String (http://blog.golemon.com/2006/06/how-long-is-piece-of-string.html) - An article about string internals.
• Understanding OpCodes (http://blog.golemon.com/2008/01/understanding-opcodes.html) - An article about opcodes.
• How Foreach Works (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10057671/how-foreach-actually-works/14854568#14854568) - A detailed StackOverflow answer about foreach.
• When Does Foreach Copy? (http://nikic.github.com/2011/11/11/PHP-Internals-When-does-foreach-copy.html) - An article about the internals of foreach.
• How Big Are PHP Arrays (And Values) Really? (http://nikic.github.com/2011/12/12/How-big-are-PHP-arrays-really-Hint-BIG.html) - An article about array internals.
• PHP Source Code for Developers: 1 (http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2012/03/phps-source-code-for-php-developers.html) 2 (http://nikic.github.com/2012/03/16/Understanding-PHPs-internal-function-definitions.html) 3 (http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2012/03/phps-source-code-for-php-developers_21.html) 4 (http://nikic.github.com/2012/03/28/Understanding-PHPs-internal-array-implementation.html) - A series about the PHP source code.
• Collecting Garbage: 1 (http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.gc.refcounting-basics.php) 2 (http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.gc.collecting-cycles.php) 3 (http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.gc.performance-considerations.php) - A series about the PHP garbage collection internals.
• Semantic Versioning (http://semver.org/) - A website explaining semantic versioning.
• Composer Primer (http://daylerees.com/composer-primer) - A Composer primer.
• Composer Versioning (https://igor.io/2013/01/07/composer-versioning.html) - An article about Composer versioning.
• Composer Stability Flags (https://igor.io/2013/02/07/composer-stability-flags.html) - An article about Composer stability flags.
• PHP Sucks! But I Like It! (http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2012/04/php-sucks-but-i-like-it.html) - An article about the pros and cons of PHP.
• PHP Is Much Better Than You Think (http://fabien.potencier.org/article/64/php-is-much-better-than-you-think) - An article about the PHP lanaguage and ecosystem.
• Innocent Villagefolk or a Pillagin’ Pirate? (http://blog.astrumfutura.com/2012/04/php-innocent-villagefolk-or-a-pillagin-pirate/) - An article about PHP taking ideas from other language.
• Predicting Random Numbers in PHP (http://blog.astrumfutura.com/2013/03/predicting-random-numbers-in-php-its-easier-than-you-think/) - An article about generating random numbers.
• C is for Cookie, H is for Hacker (http://www.troyhunt.com/2013/03/c-is-for-cookie-h-is-for-hacker.html) - An article about cookies and security.
• You Blew It Loading Your Login Form Over HTTP (http://www.troyhunt.com/2013/05/your-login-form-posts-to-https-but-you.html) - An article about using HTTPS correctly with login forms.
• A 20 Point List for Preventing XSS in PHP (http://blog.astrumfutura.com/2013/04/20-point-list-for-preventing-cross-site-scripting-in-php/) - An article about preventing XSS.
• A Beginners Guide to HTTP Cache Headers (http://www.mobify.com/blog/beginners-guide-to-http-cache-headers/) - An article about HTTP cache headers.