A curated list of PHP frameworks, libraries, tools, CMS platforms, best practices, and learning resources — covering modern PHP development, APIs, security, performance, testing, and ecosystem tooling.
- Official Resources
- Frameworks
- Microframeworks
- CMS & Platforms
- Templating Engines
- HTTP, APIs & Middleware
- Databases & ORMs
- Security
- Authentication & Authorization
- Queues & Event Systems
- Testing
- Performance, Debugging & Profiling
- Developer Tools
- Learning Resources
- Related Awesome Lists
- PHP.net – Official documentation.
- PHP RFCs – Proposals for new features.
- Composer – Dependency manager.
- Packagist – PHP package repository.
- Laravel – Modern full-stack PHP framework.
- Symfony – Robust enterprise-grade framework.
- CodeIgniter – Lightweight MVC framework.
- Yii – High-performance component-based framework.
- CakePHP – Convention over configuration.
- Slim – Minimalistic API and microservice framework.
- Lumen – Laravel’s microframework variant.
- Silex (Archived) – Symfony-based microframework.
- WordPress – The most popular CMS.
- Drupal – Enterprise CMS & framework.
- Joomla – Flexible CMS.
- Magento – E-commerce platform.
- Shopware – Modern open e-commerce platform.
- Twig – Fast, secure templating from Symfony.
- Blade – Laravel’s templating engine.
- Plates – Native PHP templating.
- Guzzle – HTTP client for PHP.
- PSR-7 HTTP Message Interfaces – Standardized request/response structures.
- PSR-15 Middleware – HTTP middleware recommendation.
- FastRoute – High-performance router.
- Doctrine ORM – Full-featured ORM.
- Eloquent – Laravel’s active-record ORM.
- Cycle ORM – PHP data mapper ORM using PHP attributes.
- RedBeanPHP – Zero-config ORM.
- PDO – Standard DB interface.
- phpseclib – Cryptography library.
- Security Advisories Database – Known vulnerable packages.
- password_hash – Standard for secure password handling.
- Laravel Sanctum
- Laravel Passport – OAuth2 Server implementation.
- OAuth2 Server PHP – The League’s OAuth2 library.
- JWT Framework – Flexible JWT tools.
- Laravel Queue
- Symfony Messenger
- php-amqplib – AMQP (RabbitMQ) client.
- PHPUnit – De facto unit testing framework.
- Pest – Elegant testing library for PHP.
- Mockery – Mocking framework.
- Codeception – BDD-style testing framework.
- Xdebug – Debugging, stack traces, profiling.
- Blackfire – Performance profiling.
- Opcache – Built-in PHP accelerator.
- phpbench – Benchmarking framework.
- PHPStan – Static analysis.
- Psalm – Static analysis tool developed by Vimeo.
- PHP CS Fixer – Coding standards enforcement.
- Rector – Automated refactoring.
- Phan – Static analyzer for PHP.
- Deployer – PHP deployment tool.
- PHP Manual
- PHP: The Right Way – Best practices.
- Laracasts – Laravel + PHP learning platform.
- SymfonyCasts – Symfony tutorials.
- FreeCodeCamp PHP
- Awesome PHP Tutorials
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