This is a list of software and programming tools for the PHP programming language, which includes libraries, debuggers, compilers, integrated development environments, frameworks, and related projects.
Libraries and tools
Aureus ERP – free and open-source enterprise resource planning application written in PHP and built with Laravel and FilamentPHP. Backdrop CMS – content management system BioPHP – bioinformatics CakePHP – open-source web framework model–view–controller CodeIgniter – open-source rapid web development framework for building dynamic web sites Doctrine Project – libraries primarily focused on providing persistence services and related functionality Drupal – open-source web content management system Fat-Free Framework – web framework FuelPHP – open-source web application framework GetSimple CMS – web content management system Guzzle — HTTP client library Gyroscope – framework and a code template system for building web backend systems Horde – web application framework Intelephense - a cross platform, cross editor PHP coding tool adhering to the Language Server Protocol (LSP) ImpressPages – content management system, MVC engine, inline editing, and drag&drop interface. Jamroom – web content management system Joomla – content management system Laminas Project – open-source object-oriented web application framework Laravel — web application framework li₃ – full-stack web framework MODX – open-source content management system and web application framework Monolog — logging library Neos Flow – web application framework Novius OS – content management system designed for internet publishing Phalcon – web framework based on the model–view–controller pattern PHP-Fusion – web framework based on PHP and MySQL & MariaDB that has an integrated content management system PHP-GTK – language bindings which allow GTK GUI applications to be written in PHP phpDocumentor – documentation generator that automatically parses PHP source code and produces readable documentation PHPEclipse – development plugin for the Eclipse IDE Framework PHPMailer — library for sending email Pop PHP Framework – web framework PRADO – open-source, object-oriented, event-driven, component-based PHP web framework. Predis — client library for Redis ProcessWire – open source content management system, content management framework, and web application framework. ReactPHP — event-driven non-blocking I/O library RedBeanPHP — lightweight ORM for PHP simplifying database access RoadRunner – open-source application server and load-balancer for rapid application development Silverstripe CMS – content management system SimpleXML – extension that allows users to easily manipulate/use XML data Slim — micro-framework Smart Framework PHP – web framework Symfony — reusable PHP components and web framework Textpattern – open-source content management system for PHP and MySQL Twig — template engine TYPO3 – content management framework and content management system wxPHP – extension that wraps the wxWidgets library XHP – augmentation of PHP and Hack to allow XML syntax to create custom and reusable HTML elements XOOPS - content management system Yii – open source, object-oriented, component-based, MVC, web application framework. Zend Engine – compiler and runtime environment Zend Framework — open-source framework for building web applications and services Zend Server – certified PHP distribution stack originally developed by Zend Technologies
Integrated development environments
CodeCharge Studio — rapid application development IDE for building database-driven web applications PhpStorm — commercial IDE for PHP from JetBrains Eclipse PDT — PHP Development Tools plugin for Eclipse NetBeans IDE — open-source IDE supporting PHP Visual Studio Code — general-purpose editor with PHP extensions Zend Studio
Online IDEs
GitHub Codespaces Replit JDoodle W3Schools PHP Online Compiler
Solution Stacks XAMPP MAMP FlyEnv ServBay
Compilers
HipHop Virtual Machine — open-source virtual machine for executing programs written in PHP and Hack PeachPie — modern PHP compiler to .NET, successor to Phalanger. Phalanger — PHP compiler to .NET framework (discontinued)
Debugging tools Blackfire Profiler – SaaS service for Valgrind and tracks server resources like memory, CPU time, and I/O operations. PHP Console — Chrome extension for PHP error logging Xdebug — debugger and profiler using DBGp Zend Debugger — debugger integrated with Zend Studio
Unit testing
Behat — behavior-driven development testing framework for PHP Lime – unit testing and functional testing framework built specifically for the Symfony PHPUnit — unit testing framework
Package managers Composer — application-level dependency manager PEAR package manager – legacy way to install, uninstall, or upgrade with new PEAR packages or PECL extensions
PHP dialects Hack – dialect of PHP and compiles on the HipHop Virtual Machine Quercus — implementation of PHP in Java
See also List of PHP accelerators List of PHP frameworks List of PHP extensions List of PHP software List of .NET libraries and frameworks List of C# software List of C++ software and tools List of C software and tools List of Java frameworks List of JavaScript libraries and List of JavaScript-based web frameworks List of Perl software and tools List of Python software List of Ruby software and tools List of computer books and List of software programming journals PHP syntax and semantics
References
External links Composer website Official PHP documentation Packagist PHP package repository
