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# Awesome PHP Libraries
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A list of amazingly awesome PHP libraries that you should consider using (and some other shiny extras).
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* [Composer ](http://getcomposer.org/ )/[Packagist](http://packagist.org/) - A package and dependency manager.
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* [Composer Installers ](https://github.com/composer/installers ) - A multi framework Composer library installer.
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* [Symfony2 ](http://symfony.com/ ) - A framework comprised of individual components.
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* [Zend Framework 2 ](http://framework.zend.com ) - Another framework comprised of individual components.
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* [Laravel 4 ](https://github.com/laravel/framework ) - A simple PHP framework.
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* [Lithium ](http://lithify.me/ ) - Another framework of components.
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* [Symfony2 Components ](http://symfony.com/doc/master/components/index.html ) - The components that make Symfony2.
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* [Zend Framework 2 Components ](https://packages.zendframework.com/ ) - The components that make ZF2.
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* [Aura Components ](http://auraphp.github.com/ ) - A package of PHP 5.4 components.
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* [Silex ](http://silex.sensiolabs.org/ ) - A micro framework built around Symfony2 components.
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* [Silex Skeleton ](https://github.com/fabpot/Silex-Skeleton ) - A skeleton for Silex.
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* [Slim ](http://www.slimframework.com/ ) - Another simple micro framework.
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* [Twig ](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/ ) - A comprehensive templating language.
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* [Twig Cache Extension ](https://github.com/asm89/twig-cache-extension ) - A template fragment cache library for Twig.
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* [Mustache ](https://packagist.org/packages/phly/mustache ) - A PHP implementation of the Mustache template language.
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* [MtHaml ](https://github.com/arnaud-lb/MtHaml ) - A PHP implementation of the HAML template language.
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* [SwiftMailer ](http://swiftmailer.org/ ) - A mailer solution.
* [Pimple ](http://pimple.sensiolabs.org/ ) - A tiny dependency injection container.
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* [Auryn ](https://github.com/rdlowrey/Auryn ) - Another dependency injection container.
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* [PHP DI ](http://mnapoli.github.com/PHP-DI/ ) - A dependency injection implementation using annotations.
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* [Doctrine ](http://www.doctrine-project.org/ ) - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM.
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* [Doctrine Migrations ](http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-migrations/en/latest/toc.html ) - A migration library for Doctrine.
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* [Migrations ](https://github.com/icomefromthenet/Migrations ) - A migration management library.
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* [Propel ](http://www.propelorm.org/ ) - A fast ORM.
* [Goutte ](https://github.com/fabpot/Goutte ) - A simple web scraper.
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* [Assetic ](https://github.com/kriswallsmith/assetic ) - An asset manager pipeline library.
* [Pipe ](https://github.com/CHH/pipe ) - Another asset manager pipeline library.
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* [Imagine ](http://imagine.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html ) - An image manipulation library.
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* [PHP Image Workshop ](https://github.com/Sybio/ImageWorkshop ) - Another image manipulation library.
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* [GIF Frame Extractor ](https://github.com/Sybio/GifFrameExtractor ) - A library to extract GIF animation frame information.
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* [GIF Creator ](https://github.com/Sybio/GifCreator ) - A library to create GIF animations from multiple images.
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* [Monolog ](https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog ) - A comprehensive logger.
* [Behat ](http://behat.org/ ) - A Behaviour Driven Development framework.
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* [Mink ](http://mink.behat.org/ ) - Web acceptance testing.
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* [Buzz ](https://github.com/kriswallsmith/Buzz ) - A HTTP client.
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* [Guzzle ](http://guzzlephp.org/ ) - Another HTTP client.
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* [PHPUnit ](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit ) - A unit testing framework.
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* [RunkitTestCase ](https://github.com/kherge/RunkitTestCase ) - A library for creating PHPUnit test cases that use runkit.
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* [PHPSpec ](https://github.com/phpspec/phpspec2 ) - A design by specification unit testing library.
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* [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.
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* [KnpMenu ](https://github.com/KnpLabs/KnpMenu ) - A menu library.
* [Gaufrette ](https://github.com/KnpLabs/Gaufrette ) - A filesystem abstraction layer.
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* [Snappy ](https://github.com/KnpLabs/snappy ) - A PDF and image generation library (uses [WKHTMLToPDF ](https://github.com/antialize/wkhtmltopdf )).
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* [Pagerfanta ](https://github.com/whiteoctober/Pagerfanta ) - A pagination library.
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* [GeoCoder ](http://geocoder-php.org/ ) - A geocoding library.
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* [GeoTools ](https://github.com/toin0u/Geotools ) - A library of geo-related tools.
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* [Faker ](https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker ) - A fake data generator library.
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* [Spork ](https://github.com/kriswallsmith/spork ) - A process forking library.
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* [HTML Purifier ](https://github.com/ezyang/htmlpurifier ) - A standards compliant HTML filter.
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* [React ](https://github.com/react-php/react ) - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.
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* [Événement ](https://github.com/igorw/evenement ) - An event dispatcher library.
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* [FuelPHP Event ](https://github.com/fuelphp/event ) - Another event dispatcher library.
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* [Sami ](https://github.com/fabpot/Sami ) - An API documentation generator.
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* [Go ](https://github.com/herrera-io/php-go ) - A simple PHP build tool.
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* [Bob ](https://github.com/CHH/bob ) - A simple project automation tool.
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* [Phake ](https://github.com/jaz303/phake ) - A rake PHP clone library.
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* [JSON Lint ](https://github.com/Seldaek/jsonlint ) - A JSON lint utility.
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* [PHPAss ](http://www.openwall.com/phpass/ ) - A portable password hashing framework.
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* [PHPSecLib ](http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net/ ) - A pure PHP secure communications library.
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* [PHP Password Lib ](https://github.com/ircmaxell/PHP-PasswordLib ) - A library for generating and validating passwords.
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* [Password Compat ](https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat ) - A library that provides compatibility with the new PHP 5.5 password functions.
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* [Password Policy ](https://github.com/ircmaxell/password-policy ) - A password policy library for PHP and JavaScript.
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* [RandomLib ](https://github.com/ircmaxell/RandomLib ) - A library for generating random numbers and strings.
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* [SecurityMultiTool ](https://github.com/padraic/SecurityMultiTool ) - A PHP security library.
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* [Box ](https://github.com/kherge/Box ) - A utility to build PHAR files.
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* [Wisdom ](https://github.com/kherge/Wisdom ) - A library for loading config data.
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* [GetOpt ](ulrichsg/getopt-php ) - A command line opt parser.
* [OptParse ](https://github.com/CHH/optparse ) - Another command line opt parser.
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* [Commando ](https://github.com/nategood/commando ) - Another simple command line opt parser.
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* [TCrypto ](https://github.com/timoh6/TCrypto ) - A simple encrypted key-value storage library.
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* [OmniPay ](https://github.com/adrianmacneil/omnipay ) - A framework agnostic multi-gateway payment processing library.
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* [Ruler ](https://github.com/bobthecow/Ruler ) - A simple stateless production rules engine.
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* [Carbon ](https://github.com/briannesbitt/Carbon ) - A simple DateTime API extension.
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* [Datum ](https://github.com/dandoescode/datum ) - A fork of the Carbon DateTime API extension.
* [ExpressiveDate ](https://github.com/jasonlewis/expressive-date ) - Another DateTime API extension.
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* [Upload ](https://github.com/codeguy/Upload ) - A library for handling file uploads and validation.
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* [Sismo ](http://sismo.sensiolabs.org/ ) - A continuous testing server library.
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* [Fetch ](https://github.com/tedivm/Fetch ) - An IMAP library.
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* [Email Reply Parser ](https://github.com/willdurand/EmailReplyParser ) - An email reply parser library.
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* [Lex ](https://github.com/pyrocms/lex ) - A lightweight template parser.
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* [Sslurp ](https://github.com/EvanDotPro/Sslurp ) - A library that makes dealing with SSL suck less.
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* [Composition ](https://github.com/composition/composition ) - A library to check your Composer environment at runtime.
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* [Entities ](https://github.com/kherge/Entities ) - A Doctrine ORM service provider for Silex.
* [Elf ](https://github.com/kherge/Elf ) - A collection of helpers for the Symfony Console component.
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* [Amend ](https://github.com/kherge/Amend ) - A Symfony Console helper and command set for updating and upgrading applications.
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* [Doctrine Extensions ](https://github.com/l3pp4rd/DoctrineExtensions ) - A collection of Doctrine behavioural extensions.
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* [Color Jizz ](https://github.com/mikeemoo/ColorJizz-PHP ) - A library for manipulating and converting colours.
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* [Poser ](https://github.com/FrenkyNet/Poser ) - A Composer class aliasing library.
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* [Version ](https://github.com/kherge/Version ) - A parsing and comparison library for semantic versioning.
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* [Respect Validate ](https://github.com/Respect/Validation ) - A simple validation library.
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* [BCrypt ](https://github.com/kherge/Bcrypt ) - A BCrypt password hashing library.
* [ShellWrap ](https://github.com/MrRio/shellwrap ) - A simple command line wrapper library.
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* [Streamer ](https://github.com/fzaninotto/Streamer ) - A simple object-orientated stream wrapper library.
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* [Cron Expression ](https://github.com/mtdowling/cron-expression ) - A library to calculate cron run dates.
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* [OPAuth ](https://github.com/uzyn/opauth ) - A multi-provider authentication framework.
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* [Ratchet ](https://github.com/cboden/Ratchet ) - A web socket library.
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* [Alice ](https://github.com/nelmio/alice ) - An expressive fixture generation library.
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* [PHP Option ](https://github.com/schmittjoh/php-option ) An option type library.
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* [Hateoas ](https://github.com/willdurand/Hateoas ) - A HATEOAS REST web service library.
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* [Metrics ](https://github.com/beberlei/metrics ) - A simple metrics API library.
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* [JShrink ](https://github.com/tedivm/JShrink ) - A JavaScript minifier library.
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* [Ardent ](https://github.com/morrisonlevi/Ardent ) - A library of data structures.
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* [HAL ](https://github.com/blongden/hal ) - A Hypertext Application Language (HAL) builder library.
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* [MongoQB ](https://github.com/alexbilbie/MongoQB ) - A MongoDB query builder library.
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* [Monga ](https://github.com/FrenkyNet/Monga ) - A MongoDB abstraction library.
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* [Predis ](https://github.com/nrk/predis ) - A feature complete Redis library.
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* [Sabre VObject ](https://github.com/evert/sabre-vobject ) - A library for parsing VCard and iCalendar objects.
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* [OAuth2 ](https://github.com/lncd/OAuth2 ) - An OAuth2 authentication server, resource server and client library.
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* [Annotations ](https://github.com/doctrine/annotations ) - An annotations library (part of Doctrine).
* [Cache ](https://github.com/doctrine/cache ) - A caching library (part of Doctrine).
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* [Filterus ](https://github.com/ircmaxell/filterus ) - A simple PHP filtering library.
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* [PHP Collections ](https://github.com/schmittjoh/php-collection ) - A simple collections library.
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* [PHP Domain Parser ](https://github.com/jeremykendall/php-domain-parser ) - A domain suffix parser library.
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* [PHP File Locator ](https://github.com/herrera-io/php-file-locator ) - A library for locating files in large projects.
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* [Elastica ](https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica ) - A client library for [Elastic Search ](http://www.elasticsearch.org/ ).
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* [Serializer ](https://github.com/schmittjoh/serializer ) - A library for serialising and de-serialising data.
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* [Numbers PHP ](https://github.com/powder96/numbers.php ) - A library for working with numbers.
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* [Patchwork UTF-8 ](https://github.com/nicolas-grekas/Patchwork-UTF8 ) - A portable library for working with UTF-8 strings.
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* [Boris ](https://github.com/d11wtq/boris ) - A tiny PHP REPL.
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* [LiteCQRS ](https://github.com/beberlei/litecqrs-php ) - A CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Separation) library.
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* [NameSpacer ](https://github.com/ralphschindler/Namespacer ) - A library to convert from underscores to namespaces.
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# 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.
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* [Campaign Monitor ](http://campaignmonitor.github.com/createsend-php/ ) - The official Campaign Monitor PHP library.
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# Utilities
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* [HomeBrew ](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ ) - A package manager for OSX.
* [HomeBrew PHP ](https://github.com/josegonzalez/homebrew-php ) - A PHP tap for HomeBrew.
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* [PHP Brew ](https://github.com/c9s/phpbrew ) - A PHP version manager and installer.
* [PHP Env ](https://github.com/CHH/phpenv ) - Another PHP version manager.
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* [PHP Build ](https://github.com/CHH/php-build ) - Another PHP version installer.
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* [PHP CS Fixer ](https://github.com/fabpot/PHP-CS-Fixer ) - A coding standard fixer library.
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* [PHP Parser ](https://github.com/nikic/PHP-Parser ) - A PHP parser written in PHP.
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* [PHP Manipulator ](https://github.com/schmittjoh/php-manipulator ) - A library for analysing and modifying PHP Source Code.
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* [PHP Analyser ](https://github.com/scrutinizer-ci/php-analyzer ) - A library for analysing PHP code to find bugs and errors.
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* [Zend Optimizer Plus ](https://github.com/zend-dev/ZendOptimizerPlus ) - A Zend engine opcode cacher and optimiser.
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* [PHP Queue ](https://github.com/miccheng/php-queue ) - An application for managing queueing backends.
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* [PHPPHP ](https://github.com/ircmaxell/PHPPHP ) - A PHP VM implementation in PHP.
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* [SensioLabs Security Check ](https://security.sensiolabs.org/ ) - A web tool to check your Composer dependecies for security advisories.
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* [DBV ](http://dbv.vizuina.com/ ) - A database version control application.
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* [Country List ](https://github.com/umpirsky/country-list ) - A list of all countries with names and ISO 3166-1 codes.
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# Resources
* [PHP The Right Way ](http://www.phptherightway.com/ ) - A PHP best practice quick reference guide.
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* [PHP Best Practices ](http://phpbestpractices.org/ ) - A PHP best practice guide.
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* [PHP Weekly ](http://phpweekly.info/archive/ ) - A weekly PHP newsletter.
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* [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.
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* [The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) ](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page ) - An open software security community.
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* [WebSec IO ](http://websec.io/ ) - A web security community resource.
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* [Web Advent ](http://webadvent.org ) - An advent calendar for web developers.
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* [Programming with Anthony ](http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM-218uGSX3DQ3KsB5NJnuOqPqc5CW2kW ) - A video series by Anthony Ferrara.
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* [Scaling PHP Applications ](http://www.scalingphpbook.com ) - A paid ebook about scaling PHP applications by Steve Corona.
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* [Grumpy PHPUnit ](https://leanpub.com/grumpy-phpunit ) - A book about unit testing with PHPUnit by Chris Hartjes.
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* [Semantic Versioning ](http://semver.org/ ) - A website explaining semantic versioning.
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# Reading
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* [OWASP PHP Security Cheat Sheet ](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/PHP_Security_Cheat_Sheet ) - A PHP security cheatsheet.
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* [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.
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* [Preventing CSRF Attacks ](http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2013/02/preventing-csrf-attacks.html ) - An article on preventing CSRF attacks.
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* [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.
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* [The PHP Ternary Operator. Fast or Not? ](http://fabien.potencier.org/article/48/the-php-ternary-operator-fast-or-not ) - An article ternary performance.
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* [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.
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* [Use Env ](http://seancoates.com/blogs/use-env ) - An article about using the unix environment helper.
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* [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.
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* [You're Being Lied To ](http://blog.golemon.com/2007/01/youre-being-lied-to.html ) - An article about internal ZVALs.
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* [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.
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* [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.
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* 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.
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* Collecting Garbage: [1 ](http://derickrethans.nl/collecting-garbage-phps-take-on-variables.html ) [2 ](http://derickrethans.nl/collecting-garbage-cleaning-up.html ) [3 ](http://derickrethans.nl/collecting-garbage-performance-considerations.html ) - A series about the PHP garbage collection internals.
* [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.
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* [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.
