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This is a list of software andprogramming tools for thePHP programming language, which includeslibraries,debuggers,compilers,integrated development environments, frameworks, and related projects.

• Backdrop CMS –content management system^[1]
• BioPHP –bioinformatics^[2]
• CakePHP –open-sourceweb frameworkmodel–view–controller^[3]
• CodeIgniter –open-source rapidweb development framework for buildingdynamic web sites^[4]
• Doctrine Project – libraries primarily focused on providingpersistence services and related functionality^[5]
• Drupal –open-source webcontent management system^[6]
• Fat-Free Framework –web framework^[7]
• FuelPHP –open-sourceweb application framework^[8]
• GetSimple CMS – webcontent management system^[9]
• Guzzle —HTTP client library^[10]
• Gyroscope – framework and a codetemplate system for building webbackend systems
• Horde – web application framework^[11]
• ImpressPages –content management system,MVC engine, inline editing, anddrag&drop interface.
• Jamroom –web content management system
• Joomla –content management system
• Laminas Project –open-sourceobject-orientedweb application framework^[12]
• Laravel — web application framework
• li₃ – full-stackweb framework
• MODX –open-sourcecontent management system andweb application framework^[13]
• Monolog — logging library
• Neos Flow – web application framework
• Novius OS – content management system designed for internet publishing
• Phalcon –web framework based on themodel–view–controllerpattern
• PHP-Fusion – web framework based on PHP andMySQL &MariaDB that has an integratedcontent management system^[14]
• PHP-GTK –language bindings which allowGTKGUI applications to be written in PHP
• phpDocumentor –documentation generator that automatically parses PHPsource code and produces readabledocumentation^[15]
• PHPEclipse – development plugin for theEclipse IDE Framework^[16]
• PHPMailer — library for sending email
• Pop PHP Framework – web framework
• PRADO –open-source,object-oriented,event-driven,component-basedPHPweb framework.
• Predis^[17] — client library forRedis
• ProcessWire –open sourcecontent management system,content management framework, andweb application framework.
• ReactPHP^[18] — event-driven non-blocking I/O library
• RedBeanPHP — lightweightORM for PHP simplifying database access
• RoadRunner –open-sourceapplication server andload-balancer forrapid application development^[19]
• Silverstripe CMS – content management system
• SimpleXML – extension that allows users to easily manipulate/useXML data
• Slim^[20] — micro-framework
• Smart Framework PHP – web framework
• Symfony — reusable PHP components and web framework
• Textpattern –open-sourcecontent management system forPHP andMySQL
• Twig —template engine
• TYPO3 –content management framework andcontent management system
• wxPHP – extension thatwraps thewxWidgetslibrary
• XHP – augmentation ofPHP andHack to allowXML syntax to create custom and reusableHTML elements
• XOOPS -content management system
• Yii –open source,object-oriented,component-based,MVC,web application framework.^[21]
• Zend Engine –compiler andruntime environment
• Zend Framework — open-source framework for building web applications and services
• Zend Server – certifiedPHP distribution stack originally developed byZend Technologies^[22]

• CodeCharge Studio —rapid application development IDE for building database-drivenweb applications
• PhpStorm — commercial IDE for PHP from JetBrains
• Eclipse PDT — PHP Development Tools plugin forEclipse
• NetBeans IDE — open-source IDE supporting PHP
• Visual Studio Code — general-purpose editor with PHP extensions
• Zend Studio

• GitHub Codespaces
• Replit
• JDoodle

• HipHop Virtual Machine — open-sourcevirtual machine for executing programs written in PHP andHack^[23]
• PeachPie — modern PHP compiler to.NET, successor toPhalanger.^[24]
• Phalanger — PHP compiler to.NET framework (discontinued)

• Blackfire Profiler –SaaS service forValgrind and tracks server resources like memory, CPU time, and I/O operations.
• PHP Console — Chrome extension for PHP error logging^[25]
• Xdebug — debugger and profiler usingDBGp^[26]
• Zend Debugger — debugger integrated withZend Studio^[27]

• Behat — behavior-driven development testing framework for PHP^[28]
• Lime –unit testing andfunctional testingframework built specifically for theSymfony
• PHPUnit — unit testing framework^[29]

• Composer —application-level dependency manager^[30]
• PEAR package manager –legacy way to install, uninstall, or upgrade with new PEAR packages orPECL extensions^[31]

• Hack – dialect of PHP and compiles on theHipHop Virtual Machine
• Quercus — implementation of PHP inJava^[32]

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