- Other Dependency Management
- Frameworks
- Other Frameworks
- Framework Components
- Micro Frameworks
- Other Micro Frameworks
- Templating
- Static Site Generators
- HTTP
- URL
- Files
- Streams
- Dependency Injection
- Imagery
- Testing
- Continuous Integration
- Documentation
- Security
- Passwords
- Code Analysis
- Debugging
- Build Tools
- Task Runners
- Navigation
- Asset Management
- Geolocation
- Date and Time
- Event
- Logging
- E-commerce
- Database
- Migrations
- NoSQL
- Queue
- Search
- Command Line
- Authentication
- Markup
- Strings
- Numbers
- Filtering and Validation
- REST and API
- Caching
- Data Structures and Storage
- Notifications
- Deployment
- Internationalisation and Localisation
- Third Party APIs
- Extensions
- Miscellaneous
- Software
- PHP Installation
- Development Environment
- Virtual Machines
- IDE
- Web Applications
- Resources
- PHP Websites
- Other Websites
- PHP Books
- Other Books
- PHP Videos
- PHP Reading
- PHP Internals Reading
A PHP resource list started and maintained by ziadoz on Github, covering: libraries, frameworks, templates, security, code analysis, logging, third-party libraries, configuration tools, web tools, books, e-books, classic blog posts and much more.
Dependency Management Libraries for dependency and package management
- Composer/Packagist:A package and dependency manager
- Composer Installers:A multi-framework Composer library installer
- Pickle:A PHP extension installer
Other Dependency Management
Other related dependency management
- Satis:A static Composer repository generator
- Composition:A library for checking the Composer environment at runtime
- Version:A semantic version parsing and comparison library
- NameSpacer - A library that converts underscores to namespaces
- Patch Installer - A library that installs patches using Composer
- Composer Checker - A tool that validates Composer configuration
Frameworks
Web development frameworks
- Symfony2 - A framework built from standalone components
- Zend Framework 2 - Another framework built from standalone components
- Laravel 4 - Another PHP framework
- Aura PHP - A framework of standalone components
- Yii2 - Another PHP framework
- Nette - Another framework built from individual components
- PPI Framework 2 - An interoperability framework
- Phalcon - A framework implemented through a C extension
Other Frameworks
Other web development frameworks
- Symfony CMF - A content management framework for building custom CMSs
- Knp RAD Bundle - A rapid application development (RAD) bundle for Symfony 2
Framework Components
Standalone components from web development frameworks
- Symfony2 Components - Symfony2 components
- Zend Framework 2 Components - ZF2 components
- Aura Components - A package of PHP 5.4 components
- Hoa Project - Another package of PHP components
Micro Frameworks
Micro frameworks and routers
- Silex - A micro framework built on Symfony2 components
- Slim - Another simple micro framework
- Bullet PHP - A micro framework for building REST APIs
- Fast Route - A fast routing library
- Pux - Another fast routing library
Other Micro Frameworks
Other related micro frameworks and routers
- Silex Skeleton - A project skeleton for Silex
- Silex Web Profiler - A web debug toolbar for Silex
- Stack - A stackable middleware library for Silex/Symfony
- Slim Skeleton - A skeleton for Slim
- Slim View - A collection of custom views for Slim
- Slim Middleware - A collection of custom middleware for Slim
Templating
Libraries and tools for templating and lexing
- Twig - A comprehensive template language
- Twig Cache Extension - A template fragment caching library for Twig
- Mustache - A PHP implementation of the Mustache template language
- Phly Mustache - Another PHP implementation of the Mustache template language
- MtHaml - A PHP implementation of the HAML template language
- PHPTAL - A PHP implementation of the TAL template language
- Plates - A native PHP templating library
- Lex - A lightweight template parser
Static Site Generators
Pre-processing tools that generate the content of web pages.
- Sculpin - A tool that converts Markdown and Twig into static HTML
- Phrozn - Another tool that converts Textile, Markdown and Twig into HTML
HTTP
Libraries for HTTP and website scraping
- Guzzle - A comprehensive HTTP client
- Buzz - Another HTTP client
- Requests - A simple HTTP library
- HTTPFul - A chained HTTP library
- Goutte - A simple web scraper
- PHP VCR - A library for recording and replaying HTTP requests
URL
Libraries for parsing URLs
- Purl - A URL manipulation library
- PHP Domain Parser - A local prefix parsing library
Libraries for sending and parsing email
- SwiftMailer - An email solution
- PHPMailer - Another email solution
- Fetch - An IMAP library
- Email Reply Parser - An email reply parsing library
- Stampie - A library for email services such as SendGrid, PostMark, MailGun and Mandrill.
- CssToInlineStyles - A library that inlines CSS inside email templates
Files
Libraries for file handling and MIME type detection
- Gaufrette - A filesystem abstraction layer
- Flysystem - Another filesystem abstraction layer
- Canal - A library for detecting internet media types
- Apache MIME Types - A library for parsing Apache MIME types
- Ferret - A MIME detection library
- Hoa Mime - Another MIME detection library
- Lurker - A resource tracking library
- PHP File Locator - A library for locating files in large projects
- PHP FFmpeg - A library that wraps FFmpeg for video.
- CSV - A CSV data manipulation library
Streams
Libraries for working with streams
- Streamer - An object-oriented stream wrapping library
Dependency Injection
Libraries that implement the dependency injection design pattern
- Pimple - A small dependency injection container
- Auryn - Another dependency injection container
- Orno Di - Another scalable dependency injection container
- PHP DI - A dependency injection implementation that uses annotations
- Acclimate - A common interface for dependency injection containers and service locators
Imagery
Libraries for manipulating images
- Imagine - An image manipulation library
- PHP Image Workshop - Another image manipulation library
- Intervention Image - Another image manipulation library
- GIF Frame Extractor - A library for extracting frame information from animated GIFs
- GIF Creator - A library for creating animated GIFs from multiple images
- Image With Text - A library for embedding text into images
- Color Extractor - A library for extracting colors from images
Testing
Libraries for testing code and generating test data
- PHPUnit - A unit testing framework
- DBUnit - A database testing library for PHPUnit
- ParaTest - A parallel testing library for PHPUnit
- PHPSpec - A unit testing library based on specification-by-example design
- Codeception - A full-stack testing framework
- AspectMock - A mocking framework for PHPUnit/Codeception.
- Atoum - A simple testing library
- Mockery - A mock object library for testing
- Phake - Another mock object library for testing
- Prophecy - A highly opinionated mocking framework
- Faker - A fake data generation library
- Samsui - Another fake data generation library
- Alice - An expressive fixture generation library
- Behat - A behaviour-driven development (BDD) testing framework
- Pho - A behaviour-driven development testing framework
- Mink - Web acceptance testing
- HTTP Mock - A library for mocking HTTP requests in unit tests
- VFS Stream - A virtual filesystem stream wrapper for testing
- VFS - Another virtual filesystem for testing
- Locust - A modern load testing library written in Python
Continuous Integration
Libraries and applications for continuous integration
- Travis CI - A continuous integration platform
- PHPCI - An open source continuous integration platform for PHP
- Sismo - A continuous testing service library
- Jenkins A continuous integration platform with PHP support
- JoliCi - A continuous integration client written in PHP and powered by Docker
Documentation
Libraries for generating project documentation
- Sami - An API documentation generator
- APIGen - Another API documentation generator
- PHP Documentor 2 - An API documentation generator
- phpDox - A documentation generator for PHP projects (not limited to API documentation)
Security
Libraries for generating secure random numbers, encrypting data and scanning for vulnerabilities
- HTML Purifier - A standards-compliant HTML filter
- RandomLib - A library for generating random numbers and strings
- True Random - A library that generates random numbers using www.random.org
- SecurityMultiTool - A PHP security library
- PHPSecLib - A pure PHP secure communications library
- TCrypto - A simple key-value encrypted storage library
- PHP IDS - A structured PHP security layer
- PHP SSH - An experimental object-oriented SSH wrapper library
- IniScan - A library that scans PHP INI files for security
- SensioLabs Security Check - A web tool that provides security advisories for Composer dependencies
- Zed - An integrated web application penetration testing tool
Passwords
Libraries and tools for handling and storing passwords
- Password Compat - A compatibility library for the new PHP 5.5 password functions
- phpass - A portable password hashing framework
- PHP Password Lib - A library for generating and validating passwords
- Password Policy - A password policy library for PHP and JavaScript
- Password Validator - A library for validating and upgrading password hashes
- Zxcvbn PHP - A realistic PHP password strength estimation library based on Zxcvbn JS
Code Analysis
Libraries and tools for analysing, parsing and manipulating codebases
- PHP Parser - A PHP parser written in PHP
- PHPPHP - A PHP virtual machine implemented in PHP
- PHPSandbox - A PHP sandbox environment
- Dissect - A collection of tools for lexical and grammatical analysis
- PHP Mess Detector - A library that scans for code defects, suboptimal code, unused parameters and more.
- PHP Code Sniffer - A library that detects violations of PHP, CSS and JS coding standards
- PHPCPD - A library that detects copy and paste code
- PHP Analyser - A library for analysing PHP code to find defects and errors
- PHP CS Fixer - A coding standard library
- PHP Manipulator - A library for analysing and modifying PHP source code
- PHP Metrics - A static measurement library
- PHP Refactoring Browser - A command-line suite of tools for refactoring PHP code
- UBench - A simple micro benchmark library
- Athletic - An annotation-based benchmarking library
- Mondrian - A code analysis tool that uses graph theory
- Scrutinizer - A web tool that reviews PHP code
- PHPLOC - A tool for quickly measuring the size of a PHP project
- xHprof - Another PHP profiling tool
- PHPCheckstyle - A tool that helps you follow specific coding conventions.
Debugging
Libraries and tools for debugging code
- xDebug - A tool for debugging and profiling PHP
- PHP Debug Bar - A debugging toolbar
- PHP Console - A web debugging console
- Barbushin PHP Console - Another web debugging console that uses Google Chrome
- PHPDBG - An interactive PHP debugger
- Tracy - A simple library for error detection, logging and time measurement
Build Tools
Project build and automation tools
- Go - A simple PHP build tool
- Bob - A simple project automation tool
- Phake - A PHP clone library
- Box - A tool for building PHAR files
- Phing - A PHP project build system inspired by Apache Ant
Task Runners
Libraries for automatically running tasks
- Task - A pure PHP task runner inspired by Grunt and Gulp
- Robo - A PHP task runner with object-oriented configuration
- Bldr - A PHP task runner built on the Symfony components
Navigation
Tools for building navigation structures
- KnpMenu - A menu library
- Cartographer - A sitemap generation library
Asset Management
Tools for managing, compressing and minifying website assets
- Assetic - An asset management pipeline library
- Pipe - Another asset management pipeline library
- Munee - An asset optimisation library
- JShrink - A JavaScript minification library
- Puli - A library for detecting the absolute paths of assets
Geolocation
Libraries for geocoding addresses and working with latitudes and longitudes.
- GeoCoder - A geocoding library
- GeoTools - A library of geo-related tools
- PHPGeo - A simple geo library
- GeoJSON - A GeoJSON implementation
Date and Time
Libraries for working with dates and times
- Carbon - A simple date and time API extension
- ExpressiveDate - Another date and time API extension
- CalendR - A calendar management library
Event
Libraries for time-driven or non-blocking event loop implementations
- React - An event-driven non-blocking I/O library
- Rx.PHP - A reactive extension library
- Ratchet - A web socket library
- Hoa WebSocket - Another web socket library
- Hoa EventSource - An event source library
- Evenement - An event dispatcher library
- FuelPHP Event - Another event dispatcher library
Logging
Libraries for generating and handling log files
E-commerce
Libraries and applications for handling payments and building online e-commerce stores
- OmniPay - A framework-agnostic multi-gateway payment processing library
- Payum - A payment abstraction library
- Sylius - An open source e-commerce solution
- Thelia - Another open source e-commerce solution
- Money - A PHP implementation of the Fowler money pattern
- Sebastian Money - Another library for working with monetary values
- Swap - An exchange rate library
Libraries and software for working with PDF files
- Snappy - A PDF and image generation library
- WKHTMLToPDF - A tool that converts HTML to PDF
Database
Libraries for database interaction using object-relational mapping (ORM) or data mapping techniques
- Doctrine - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM
- Doctrine Extensions - A collection of Doctrine behavioural extensions
- Propel - A fast ORM, migration library and query builder
- Eloquent - The Laravel 4 ORM
- Baum - A nested set implementation for Eloquent
- Spot2 - A MySQL ORM mapper
- RedBean - A lightweight, low-configuration ORM
- Pomm - A PostgreSQL object model manager
- ProxyManager - A set of tools for generating proxy objects for data mappers
Migrations
Libraries that help manage database schemas and migrations
- PHPMig - Another migration management library
- Phinx - Another database migration management library
- Migrations - A migration management library
- Doctrine Migrations - A Doctrine migration library
NoSQL
Libraries for working with NoSQL backends
- MongoQB - A MongoDB query building library
- Monga - A MongoDB abstraction library
- Predis - A fully featured Redis library
Queue
Libraries for working with event and task queues
- Pheanstalk - A Beanstalkd client library
- PHP AMQP - A pure PHP AMQP library
- Thumper - A RabbitMQ pattern library
- Bernard - A multi-backend abstraction library
Search
Libraries and software for indexing and performing queries on data
- ElasticSearch PHP - The official client library for ElasticSearch
- Elastica - A client library for ElasticSearch
- Solarium - A client library for Solr
- SphinxQL query builder - A query library for the Sphinx search engine
Command Line
Libraries for building command-line tools
- Boris - A tiny PHP REPL
- PsySH - Another tiny PHP REPL
- Pecan - An event-driven and non-blocking kernel
- GetOpt - A command-line option parser
- OptParse - Another command-line option parser
- Commando - Another simple command-line option parser
- GetOptionKit - Another command-line option parser
- Cron Expression - A library for calculating cron run dates
- ShellWrap - A simple command-line wrapping library
- Hoa Console - Another command-line library
- Shunt - A library for running commands in parallel on multiple remote machines
- Cilex - A micro framework for building command-line tools
Authentication
Libraries that implement authentication
- Sentry - A combined authentication and authorisation framework library
- Sentry Social - A social network authentication library
- Opauth - A multi-channel authentication framework
- OAuth2 - An OAuth2 authentication service, resource server and client library
- OAuth2 Server - Another OAuth2 server implementation
- PHP oAuthLib - Another OAuth library
- TwitterOAuth - A Twitter OAuth library
- TwitterSDK - A fully tested Twitter SDK
- Hawk - A Hawk HTTP authentication library
- HybridAuth - An open source social login library
Markup
Libraries for working with markup
- Decoda - A lightweight markup parsing library
- PHP Markdown - A Markdown parser
- CommonMark PHP - A Markdown parser with full support for the CommonMark spec
- Dflydev Markdown - Another Markdown parser
- Parsedown - Another Markdown parser
- Ciconia - Another Markdown parser that supports Github Flavoured Markdown
- Cebe Markdown - A fast and extensible Markdown parser
- HTML5 PHP - An HTML5 parsing and serialisation library
Strings
Libraries for parsing and manipulating strings
- ANSI to HTML5 - A library that converts ANSI to HTML5
- Patchwork UTF-8 - A portable library for working with UTF-8 strings
- Hoa String - Another UTF-8 string library
- Stringy - A multibyte-aware string manipulation library
- Color Jizz - A library for manipulating and converting colors
- UUID - A library for generating UUIDs
- Slugify - A library that converts strings to slugs
- Urlify - A PHP port of Django’s URLify.js
- Text - A text manipulation library
- SQL Formatter - A library for formatting SQL statements
- UA Parser - A library for parsing user agent strings
Numbers
Libraries for working with numbers
- Numbers PHP - A library for working with numbers
- Math - A library for working with large numbers
- ByteUnits - A library for parsing, formatting and converting byte units in binary and metric systems
- PHP Units of Measure - A library for converting units of measure
- PHP Conversion - Another library for converting units of measure
- LibPhoneNumber for PHP - A PHP implementation of Google’s phone number handling library
Filtering and Validation
Libraries for filtering and validating data
- Filterus - A simple PHP filtering library
- Respect Validate - A simple validation library
- Valitron - Another validation library
- Upload - A library for handling and validating file uploads
- DMS Filter - An annotation filtering library
- MetaYaml - A schema validation library that supports YAML, JSON and XML
- ISO-codes - A library that validates various ISO and ZIP codes (IBAN, SWIFT/BIC, BBAN, VAT, SSN, UKNIN)
REST and API
Libraries and web tools for developing RESTful APIs
- Apigility - An API builder built on Zend Framework 2
- Hateoas - A HATEOAS REST web service library
- HAL - A Hypertext Application Language (HAL) building library
- Negotiation - A content negotiation library
- Drest - A library that exposes Doctrine entities as REST resource nodes
- Restler - A lightweight framework that exposes PHP methods as RESTful web APIs
Caching
Libraries for caching data
- Alternative PHP Cache (APC) - Open PHP opcode cache
- Cache - A caching library (part of Doctrine)
- Stash - Another caching library
Data Structures and Storage
Libraries that implement data structures and storage techniques
- Ardent - A data structure library
- PHP Collections - A simple collections library
- Serializer - A library for serialising and deserialising data
- PHP Object Storage - An object storage library
- Fractal - A library that converts complex data structures into JSON output
- Totem - A library for managing and creating data exchange sets
- PINQ - A real-time LINQ library for PHP
- JsonMapper - A library that maps nested JSON structures to PHP classes
Notifications
Libraries for working with notification software
- Nod - A notification library (Growl and others)
- Notificato - A library for handling push notifications
- Notification Pusher - A standalone library for device push notifications
- Notificator - A lightweight notification library
Deployment
Project deployment libraries
- Pomander - A PHP application deployment tool
- Rocketeer - A fast and simple deployer for the PHP world
- Envoy - A tool for running SSH tasks using PHP
- Plum - A deployment library
Internationalisation and Localisation
Internationalisation (I18n) and localisation (L10n)
Third Party APIs
Libraries for accessing third-party APIs
- Amazon Web Service SDK - The official PHP AWS SDK library
- S3 Stream Wrapper - An Amazon S3 stream wrapper library
- Stripe - The official Stripe PHP library
- Campaign Monitor - The official Campaign Monitor PHP library
- Digital Ocean - A Digital Ocean API interface library
- Github - A Github API interaction library
- PHP Github API - Another Github API interaction library
- Twitter OAuth - A library for interacting with the Twitter OAuth workflow
- Twitter REST - A library for interacting with the Twitter REST API
- Dropbox SDK - The official PHP Dropbox SDK library.
- Dropbox SDK - The official PHP Dropbox SDK library
- Twilio - The official Twilio PHP REST API.
- Twilio - The official Twilio PHP REST API
- Mailgun The official Mailgun PHP API.
- Mailgun The official Mailgun PHP REST API
Extensions
Libraries that help build PHP extensions
- Zephir - A compiled language between PHP and C++ for developing PHP extensions
- PHP CPP - A C++ library for developing PHP extensions
Miscellaneous
Useful libraries and tools that don’t fit into the categories above
- Spork - A library for handling forking
- JSON Lint - A JSON lint tool
- JSONPCallbackValidator - A library for validating JSONP callbacks
- Pagerfanta - A pagination library
- Ruler - A simple stateless production rules engine.
- LiteCQRS - A CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) library
- Sslurp - A library that makes working with SSL less painful
- PHP Option An optional type library
- Metrics - A simple metrics API library
- Sabre VObject - A library for parsing VCard and iCalendar objects
- Annotations - An annotations library (part of Doctrine)
- Whoops - A nice error handling library
- Finite - A simple PHP finite state machine
- LadyBug - A dumper library
- Procrastinator - A library for running time-consuming tasks
- Compose - A function composition library
- SuperClosure - A library that allows closures to be serialised
- Jumper - A remote service execution library
- Underscore - A PHP implementation of the Underscore JS library
- PHP PassBook - An iOS PassBook PHP library
- PHP Expression - A PHP expression language
- RMT - A library for versioning and releasing software
- Wise - A configuration manager
- Opengraph - An open graph library
- Essence - A library for extracting web media
- Embera - An Oembed consumer library
- Graphviz - A graph library
- Monad PHP A simple Monad library
- Flux - A regular expression building library
- Patchwork - A library for redefining user functions
- Galapagos - Language transformation evolution
- Design Patterns PHP - A repository of design patterns implemented in PHP
- PHPCR - A PHP implementation of the Java Content Repository (JCR)
- Functional PHP - A functional programming library
- ClassPreloader - A library for optimising autoloading
- Lib Country - A library of country and region data
- Lib Accessor - A library that simplifies access
- PHPStack - A TCP/IP stack concept written in PHP
- Nmap - An Nmap PHP wrapper
- Code Mover - A library for moving code
- Iter - A library that provides iteration primitives using generators
- Lambda PHP - A lambda calculus interpreter in PHP
- Country List - A list of all countries with their names and ISO 3166-1 codes
- PHP-GPIO - A library for the GPIO pins of the Raspberry PI
- print_o - An object graph visualiser
- Alias - A class alias library
Software
Software for creating a development environment
PHP Installation
Tools that help you install and manage PHP on your computer
- HomeBrew - An OSX package manager
- HomeBrew PHP - A PHP tap for HomeBrew
- PHP OSX - A PHP installer for OSX
- PHP Brew - A PHP version manager and installer
- PHP Env - Another PHP version manager
- PHP Switch - Another PHP version manager
- PHP Build - Another PHP version installer
- VirtPHP - A tool for creating and managing isolated PHP environments
Development Environment
Software and tools for creating sandboxed development environments
- Vagrant - A portable development environment tool
- Ansible - A very simple orchestration framework
- Puppet - A server automation framework and application
- PuPHPet - A web tool for building PHP development virtual machines
- Protobox - Another web tool for building PHP development virtual machines
- Phansible - A web tool for building PHP development virtual machines with Ansible
Virtual Machines
Related PHP virtual machines
- HipHop PHP - A PHP virtual machine, runtime and JIT from Facebook
- HippyVM - Another PHP virtual machine
- Hack - A programming language that HHVM works with seamlessly
IDE
Integrated development environments that support PHP
- Netbeans - An IDE that supports PHP and HTML5
- Eclipse for PHP Developers - A PHP IDE based on the Eclipse platform
- PhpStorm - A commercial PHP IDE
Web Applications
Web-based applications and tools
- 3V4L An online PHP shell
- DBV - A database version control application
- PHP Queue - An application for managing backend queues
- Composer as a Service - A tool for downloading Composer packages as a zip file
- MailCatcher - A web tool for catching and viewing email
Resources
All kinds of resources to improve your PHP development skills and knowledge, such as books, websites and articles
PHP Websites
Useful PHP-related websites
- PHP The Right Way - A quick reference guide to PHP best practices
- PHP Best Practices - A PHP best practices guide
- PHP Weekly - A weekly PHP newsletter
- PHP Security - A PHP security guide
- PHP FIG - The PHP Framework Interoperability Group
- PHP UG - A website that helps users locate their nearest PHP user group (UG)
- Seven PHP - A website that interviews members of the PHP community
- Nomad PHP - An online PHP learning resource
- PHP Mentoring - A peer-to-peer PHP mentoring organisation
Other Websites
Useful web development-related websites
- The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) - An open software security community
- WebSec IO - A web security community resource
- Web Advent - A web developer calendar
- Semantic Versioning - A website that explains semantic versioning
- Atlassian Git Tutorials - A series of Git tutorials
- Hg Init - A series of Mercurial tutorials
- Servers for Hackers - A newsletter about server management
PHP Books
Excellent PHP-related books
- Scaling PHP Applications - An ebook by Steve Corona about scaling PHP applications
- The Grumpy Programmer’s Guide to Building Testable PHP Applications - A book by Chris Hartjes about building testable PHP applications
- Grumpy PHPUnit - A book by Chris Hartjes about unit testing with PHPUnit
- Mastering Object-Orientated PHP - A book by Brandon Savage about object-oriented PHP
- Signaling PHP - A book by Cal Evans about catching PCNTL signals in CLI scripts
- Securing PHP: Core Concepts - A book by Chris Cornutt about common PHP security terms and practices
- Modernising Legacy Applications in PHP - A book by Paul M.Jones about modernising legacy PHP applications
Other Books
Books related to computing and web development in general
- The Linux Command Line - A book by William Shotts about the Linux command line
- Understanding Computation - A book by Tom Stuart about the theory of computation
- The Tangled Web — Securing Web Applications - A book by Michal Zalewski about web application security
- Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide - A guide to working with Elasticsearch by Clinton Cormley and Zachary Tong
- Eloquent JavaScript - A book by Marijin Haverbeke about JavaScript programming
- Vagrant Cookbook-A book by Erika Heidi about creating Vagrant environments
- Pro Git - A book by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub about Git
PHP Videos
Excellent PHP-related videos
- Taking PHP Seriously - Facebook’s Keith Adams on the strengths of PHP
- PHP Town Hall - A casual PHP podcast by Ben Edmunds and Phil Sturgeon
- Programming with Anthony A video series by Anthony Ferrara
PHP Reading
PHP-related reading material
- Create Your Own PHP Framework - A series of articles by Fabien Potencier on how to create your own PHP framework
- Seven Ways to Screw Up BCrypt - An article about correcting BCrypt implementations
- Preventing CSRF Attacks - An article about preventing CSRF attacks
- Don’t Worry About BREACH - An article about the BREACH attack and CSRF tokens
- On PHP 5.3, Lamda Functions and Closures - An article about lambda functions and closures
- Use Env - An article about using the unix environment to your advantage
- Composer Primer - A Composer primer
- Composer Versioning - An article about Composer versioning
- Composer Stability Flags - An article about Composer stability flags
- Innocent Villagefolk or a Pillagin’ Pirate? - An article about PHP borrowing ideas from other languages
- Predicting Random Numbers in PHP - An article about generating random numbers
- A 20 Point List for Preventing XSS in PHP - An article about preventing XSS
- PHP Sucks! But I Like It! - An article about the pros and cons of PHP
- PHP Is Much Better Than You Think - An article about the PHP language and ecosystem
PHP Internals Reading
Reading material about the internals or performance of PHP
- PHP RFCs - The home of PHP RFCs (Request for Comments)
- PHP Internals Book - An online book about the internals of PHP written by three core developers
- Print vs Echo, Which One is Faster? - An article about the performance of print and echo
- The PHP Ternary Operator. Fast or Not? - An article about the performance of the ternary operator
- Disproving the Single Quotes Myth - An article about the performance of single and double quoted strings
- You’re Being Lied To - An article about internal ZVALs
- How Long is a Piece of String - An article about how strings work
- Understanding OpCodes - An article about opcodes
- How Foreach Works - StackOverflow’s detailed answer about foreach
- When Does Foreach Copy? - An article about how foreach works
- How Big Are PHP Arrays (And Values) Really? - An article about how arrays work
- Why Objects (Usually) Use Less Memory Than Arrays - An article about how objects and arrays work
- PHP Evaluation Order - An article about PHP evaluation order

