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 comprised of individual components.
• Symfony2 Components - The components that make Symfony2.
• Aura Components - A package of PHP 5.4 components.
• Illuminate Components - The components that make the upcoming Laravel 4 framework.
• Silex - A micro framework built around Symfony2 components.
• Slim - Another simple micro framework.
• Twig - A comprehensive templating language.
• MtHaml - A PHP implementation of the HAML template language.
• SwiftMailer - A mailer solution.
• Pimple - A tiny dependency injection container.
• Auryn - Another dependency injection container.
• Doctrine - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM.
• Doctrine Migrations - A migration library for Doctrine.
• 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.
• GIF Frame Extractor - A library to extract GIF animation frame information.
• GIF Creator - A library to create GIF animations from multiple images.
• 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.
• RunkitTestCase - A library for creating PHPUnit test cases that use runkit.
• PHPSpec - A design by specification unit testing library.
• Mockery - A mock object library for unit testing.
• Phake - Another mock object library for unit testing.
• 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.
• React - An event driven non-blocking I/O library.
• Événement - An event dispatcher library.
• FuelPHP Event - Another event dispatcher library.
• Sami - An API documentation generator.
• Bob - A simple project automation tool.
• Phake - A rake PHP clone library.
• 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.
• Sismo - A continuous testing server library.
• Fetch - An IMAP library.
• Lex - A lightweight template parser.
• Sslurp - A library that makes dealing with SSL suck less.
• Composition - A library to check your Composer environment at runtime.
• Entities - A Doctrine ORM service provider for Silex.
• Elf - A collection of helpers for the Symfony Console component.
• Amend - A Symfony Console helper and command set for updating and upgrading applications.
• Doctrine Extensions - A collection of Doctrine behavioural extensions.
• Color Jizz - A library for manipulating and converting colours.
• Poser - A Composer class aliasing library.
• Version - A parsing and comparison library for semantic versioning.
• Respect Validate - A simple validation library.
• BCrypt - A BCrypt password hashing library.
• ShellWrap - A simple command line wrapper library.
• Streamer - A simple object-orientated stream wrapper library.
• Cron Expression - A library to calculate cron run dates.
• OPAuth - A multi-provider authentication framework.
• Ratchet - A web socket library.
• Alice - An expressive fixture generation library.
• PHP Option An option type library.
• Hateoas - A HATEOAS REST web service library.
• Metrics - A simple metrics API library.
• AWS SDK - The official PHP AWS SDK library.
• Stripe - The official Stripe PHP library.
• JShrink - A JavaScript minifier library.
• PHP Datastructures - A library of data structures.
• HAL - A HAL builder library.
• MongoQB - A MongoDB query builder library.
• Monga - A MongoDB abstraction library.

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 CS Fixer - A coding standard fixer library.
• PHP Parser - A PHP parser written in PHP.
• PHP Manipulator - A library for analysing and modifying PHP Source Code.

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.

Tutorials

• Easy Package Management with Composer - A Composer tutorial by Phil Sturgeon.
• Composer and Namespaces in Five Minutes - A Composer namespace tutorial by Juan Treminio.