精心收集很棒的PHP库，资源和一些闪亮的东西列表。

• Awesome PHP
  • Package Management
  • Package Management Extras
  • Frameworks
  • Framework Extras
  • Framework Components
  • Micro Frameworks
  • Micro Framework Extras
  • Templating
  • Static Site Generators
  • HTTP
  • URL
  • Email
  • Files
  • Streams
  • Dependency Injection
  • Imagery
  • Testing
  • Documentation
  • Security
  • Code Analysis
  • Build Tools
  • Asset Management
  • Geolocation
  • Date and Time
  • Event
  • Logging
  • E-commerce
  • PDF
  • ORM and Datamapping
  • NoSQL
  • Queue
  • Search
  • Command Line
  • Authentication
  • Markup
  • Text and Numbers
  • Filtering and Validation
  • REST and API
  • Caching
  • Data Structure and Storage
  • Notifications
  • Deployment
  • Third Party APIs
  • Miscellaneous
  • Development Software
  • Web Tools
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• Resources
  • Websites
  • Books
  • Web Reading
  • PHP Reading
  • PHP Internals Reading
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  • Contributing
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  Package Management

  Libraries for package and dependency management.

  • Composer/Packagist - A package and dependency manager.
  • Composer Installers - A multi framework Composer library installer.

  Package Management Extras

  Extras related to package management.

  • Satis - A static Composer repository generator.
  • Composition - A library to check your Composer environment at runtime.
  • Poser - A Composer class aliasing library.
  • Version - A parsing and comparison library for semantic versioning.
  • NameSpacer - A library to convert from underscores to namespaces.
  • Patch Installer - A library to install patches using Composer.

  Frameworks

  Web development frameworks.

  • Symfony2 - A framework comprised of individual components.
  • Zend Framework 2 - Another framework comprised of individual components.
  • Laravel 4 - A simple PHP framework.
  • Aura PHP - A framework of independent components.
  • Phalcon - A framework implemented as a C extension.

  Framework Extras

  Extras related to web development frameworks.

  • Symfony CMF - A Content Management Framework to create custom CMS.
  • Knp RAD Bundle - A Rapid Application Development (RAD) bundle for Symfony 2.

  Framework Components

  Standalone component from web development frameworks.

  • Symfony2 Components - The components that make Symfony2.
  • Zend Framework 2 Components - The components that make ZF2.
  • 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 around 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.

  Micro Framework Extras

  Extras related to micro frameworks and routers.

  • Silex Skeleton - A project skeleton for Silex.
  • Silex Web Profiler - A web debug toolbar for Silex.
  • Stack - A library of stackable middleware 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 templating language.
  • Twig Cache Extension - A template fragment cache 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.
  • Plates - A native PHP templating library.
  • Lex - A lightweight template parser.

  Static Site Generators

  Tools for pre-processing content to generate 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 working with HTTP and scraping websites.

  • Guzzle - A HTTP client.
  • Buzz - Another HTTP client.
  • Requests - A simple 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 domain suffix parser library.

  Email

  Libraries for sending and parsing email.

  • SwiftMailer - A mailer solution.
  • PHPMailer - Another mailer solution.
  • Fetch - An IMAP library.
  • Email Reply Parser - An email reply parser library.
  • Stampie - A library for email services such as SendGrid, PostMark, MailGun and Mandrill.

  Files

  Libraries for file manipulation and MIME type detection.

  • Gaufrette - A filesystem abstraction layer.
  • Flysystem - Another filesystem abstraction layer.
  • Canal - A library to determine internet media types.
  • Apache MIME Types - A library that parses 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 wrapper for the FFmpeg video library.
  • CSV - A CSV data manipulation library.
  • Cartographer - A sitemap generation library.

  Streams

  Libraries for working with streams.

  • Streamer - A simple object-orientated stream wrapper library.

  Dependency Injection

  Libraries that implement the dependency injection design pattern.

  • Pimple - A tiny dependency injection container.
  • Auryn - Another dependency injection container.
  • Orno Di - Another flexible dependency injection container.
  • PHP DI - A dependency injection implementation using annotations.
  • Acclimate - A common interface to 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 to extract GIF animation frame information.
  • GIF Creator - A library to create GIF animations from multiple images.
  • Image With Text - A library for embedding text into images.
  • Color Extractor - A library for extracting colours from images.

  Testing

  Libraries for testing codebases 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 design by specification unit testing library.
  • Codeception - A full stack testing framework.
  • Atoum - A simple testing library.
  • Mockery - A mock object library for testing.
  • Phake - Another mock object library for testing.
  • Parody - Yet another mock object library for testing.
  • Sismo - A continuous testing server library.
  • Faker - A fake data generator library.
  • Samsui - Another fake data generator library.
  • Alice - An expressive fixture generation library.
  • Behat - A behaviour driven development (BDD) testing framework.
  • Pho - Another 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.
  • Locust - A modern load test library written in Python.
  • Travis CI - A continuous integration platform.
  • PHPCI - An open source continuous integration platform for PHP.

  Documentation

  Libraries for generating project documentation.

  • Sami - An API documentation generator.
  • APIGen - Another API documentation generator.
  • PHP Documentor 2 - A documentation generator.

  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.
  • 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.
  • PHPSecLib - A pure PHP secure communications library.
  • TCrypto - A simple encrypted key-value storage library.
  • PHP IDS - A structured PHP security layer.
  • PHP SSH - An experimental object orientated SSH wrapper library.
  • IniScan - A tool that scans PHP INI files for security.
  • SensioLabs Security Check - A web tool to check your Composer dependecies for security advisories.
  • Zed - An integrated penetration testing tool for web applications.

  Code Analysis

  Libraries and tools for analysing, parsing and manipulation codebases.

  • PHP Parser - A PHP parser written in PHP.
  • PHPPHP - A PHP VM implementation in PHP.
  • PHPSandbox - A PHP sandbox environment.
  • Dissect - A set of tools for lexical and syntactical analysis.
  • PHP Mess Detector - A library that scans code for bugs, sub-optimal code, unused parameters and more.
  • PHP Code Sniffer - A library that detects PHP, CSS and JS coding standard violations.
  • PHPCPD - A library that detects copied and pasted code.
  • PHP Analyser - A library for analysing PHP code to find bugs and errors.
  • PHP CS Fixer - A coding standard fixer library.
  • PHP Manipulator - A library for analysing and modifying PHP Source Code.
  • PHP Metrics - A static metric library.
  • PHP Refactoring Browser - A command line utility for refactoring PHP code.
  • UBench - A simple micro benchmark library.
  • Athletic - An annotation based benchmark framework.
  • Mondrian - A code analysis tool using Graph Theory.
  • PHP Debug Bar - A debugging toolbar.
  • PHP Console - A web debugging console.
  • Barbushin PHP Console - Another web debugging console using Google Chrome.
  • PHPDBG - An interactive PHP debugger.
  • Scrutinizer - A web tool to scrutinise PHP code.
  • PHPLOC - A tool for quickly measuring the size of a PHP project.

  Build Tools

  Project build and automation tools.

  • Go - A simple PHP build tool.
  • Bob - A simple project automation tool.
  • Phake - A rake PHP clone library.
  • Box - A utility to build PHAR files.
  • Phing - A PHP project build system inspired by Apache Ant.

  Asset Management

  Tools for managing, compressing and minifying website assets.

  • Assetic - An asset manager pipeline library.
  • Pipe - Another asset manager pipeline library.
  • Munee - An asset optimiser library.
  • JShrink - A JavaScript minifier library.
  • Puli - A library for determining assets absolute paths.

  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 DateTime API extension.
  • ExpressiveDate - Another DateTime API extension.
  • CalendR - A calendar management library.

  Event

  Libraries that are event-driven or implement non-blocking event loops.

  • 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 working with log files.

  • Monolog - A comprehensive logger.

  E-commerce

  Libraries and applications for taking 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 Fowler's money pattern.
  • Sebastian Money - Another library for working with monetary values.
  • Swap - An exchange rates library.

  PDF

  Libraries and software for working with PDF files.

  • Snappy - A PDF and image generation library.
  • WKHTMLToPDF - A tool to convert HTML to PDF.

  ORM and Datamapping

  Libraries that implement object-relational mapping or datamapping techniques.

  • Doctrine - A comprehensive DBAL and ORM.
  • Doctrine Migrations - A migration library for Doctrine.
  • Doctrine Extensions - A collection of Doctrine behavioural extensions.
  • Propel - A fast ORM.
  • Eloquent - The Laravel 4 ORM.
  • Baum - A nested set implementation for Eloquent.
  • Spot - A MySQL datamapper ORM.
  • RedBean - A lightweight, configuration-less ORM.
  • PHP ActiveRecord - A PHP Active Record implementation.
  • Paris and Idiorm - A minimalist database library.
  • Pomm - An Object Model Manager for PostgreSQL.
  • Migrations - A migration management library.
  • PHPMig - Another migration management library.
  • Phinx - Another database migration library.

  NoSQL

  Libraries for working with "NoSQL" backends.

  • MongoQB - A MongoDB query builder library.
  • Monga - A MongoDB abstraction library.
  • Predis - A feature complete 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 multibackend abstraction library.

  Search

  Libraries and software for indexing and performing search queries on data.

  • ElasticSearch PHP - The official client library for ElasticSearch.
  • Elastica - A client library for ElasticSearch.
  • Solarium - A client library for Solr.

  Command Line

  Libraries for building command line utilities.

  • Boris - A tiny PHP REPL.
  • PsySH - Another PHP REPL.
  • Pecan - An event-driven, non-blocking shell.
  • GetOpt - A command line opt parser.
  • OptParse - Another command line opt parser.
  • Commando - Another simple command line opt parser.
  • GetOptionKit - Another command line opt parser.
  • Cron Expression - A library to calculate cron run dates.
  • ShellWrap - A simple command line wrapper library.
  • Hoa Console - Another command line library.
  • Shunt - A library for running commands in parallel on multiple remote machines.

  Authentication

  Libraries for implementing authentications schemes.

  • Sentry - A framework agnostic authentication & authorisation library.
  • Sentry Social - A library for social network authentication.
  • OPAuth - A multi-provider authentication framework.
  • OAuth2 - An OAuth2 authentication server, resource server and client library.
  • PHP oAuthLib - Another OAuth library.
  • 推terOAuth - A 推ter OAuth library.
  • 推terSDK - A fully tested 推ter SDK.
  • Hawk - A Hawk HTTP authentication library.

  Markup

  Libraries for working with markup.

  • Decoda - A lightweight markup parser library.
  • PHP Markdown - A Markdown parser.
  • Dflydev Markdown - Another Markdown parser.
  • Parsedown - Another Markdown parser.
  • Ciconia - Another Markdown parser that supports Github flavoured Markdown.
  • Markdown - An extensible Markdown parser.
  • HTML5 PHP - An HTML5 parser and serializer library.

  Text and Numbers

  Libraries for parsing and manipulating text and numbers.

  • ANSI to HTML5 - An ANSI to HTML5 convertor library.
  • Patchwork UTF-8 - A portable library for working with UTF-8 strings.
  • Hoa String - Another UTF-8 string library.
  • Stringy - A string manipulation library with multibyte support.
  • Numbers PHP - A library for working with numbers.
  • Math - A library for working with large numbers.
  • Color Jizz - A library for manipulating and converting colours.
  • UUID - A library for generating UUIDs.
  • Slugify - A library to convert strings to slugs.
  • Urlify - A PHP port of Django's URLify.js.
  • Text - A text manipulation library.
  • PHP Units of Measure - A library for converting between units of measure.
  • PHP Conversion - Another library for converting between units of measure.
  • SQL Formatter - A library for formatting SQL statements.
  • Byte - A simple byte conversion library.
  • UA Parser - A library for parsing user agent strings.
  • 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 file uploads and validation.
  • DMS Filter - An annotation filtering library.
  • MetaYaml - A schema validation library that supports YAML, JSON and XML.
  • ISO-codes - A library for validating various ISO and ZIP codes (IBAN, SWIFT/BIC, BBAN, VAT, SSN, UKNIN).

  REST and API

  Libraries and web tools for developing REST-ful APIs.

  • Apigility - An API builder built with Zend Framework 2.
  • Hateoas - A HATEOAS REST web service library.
  • HAL - A Hypertext Application Language (HAL) builder library.
  • Negotiation - A content negotiation library.

  Caching

  Libraries for caching data.

  • Cache - A caching library (part of Doctrine).
  • Stash - Another library for caching.

  Data Structure and Storage

  Libraries that implement data structure or storage techniques.

  • Ardent - A library of data structures.
  • PHP Collections - A simple collections library.
  • Serializer - A library for serialising and de-serialising data.
  • PHP Object Storage - A library for object storage.
  • Fractal - A library for converting complex data structures to JSON output.

  Notifications

  Libraries for working with notification software.

  • Nod - A notification library (e.g., Growl).
  • Notificato - A library for handling push notifications.
  • Notification Pusher - A standalone library for device push notifications.
  • Notificator - A lightweight notification library.

  Deployment

  • Pomander - A deployment tool for PHP applications.
  • Rocketeer - A fast and easy deployer for the PHP world.

  Third Party APIs

  Libraries for accessing third party APIs.

  • Amazon Web Service SDK - The official PHP AWS SDK library.
  • S3 Stream Wrapper - A stream wrapper library for Amazon S3.
  • Stripe - The official Stripe PHP library.
  • Campaign Monitor - The official Campaign Monitor PHP library.
  • Digital Ocean - A library to interface with the Digital Ocean API.
  • Github - A library to interface with the Github API.
  • PHP Github API - Another library to interface with the Github API.
  • 推ter OAuth - A library to interface with 推ter's OAuth workflow.
  • 推ter REST - A library to interact with 推ter's REST API.
  • Dropbox SDK - The official PHP Dropbox SDK library.
  • Twilio - The official Twilio PHP REST API.

  Miscellaneous

  Useful libraries or tools that don't fit in the categories above.

  • Spork - A process forking library.
  • JSON Lint - A JSON lint utility.
  • JSONPCallbackValidator - A library for validating JSONP callbacks.
  • KnpMenu - A menu library.
  • Pagerfanta - A pagination library.
  • Ruler - A simple stateless production rules engine.
  • LiteCQRS - A CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Separation) library.
  • Sslurp - A library that makes dealing with SSL suck less.
  • PHP Option An option 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 pretty error handling library.
  • Finite - A simple PHP finite state machine.
  • LadyBug - A dumper library.
  • Plum - A deployer library.
  • Procrastinator - A library for running time consuming tasks.
  • Compose - A function composition library.
  • SuperClosure - A library that allows Closures to be serialized.
  • Jumper - A remote service executor library.
  • Underscore - A PHP port of the Underscore JS library.
  • PHP PassBook - A PHP library for iOS PassBook.
  • PHP Expression - A PHP expression language.
  • RMT - A library for versioning and releasing software.
  • Wise - A configuration manager.
  • Opengraph - An opengraph library.
  • Essence - A library for extracting web media.
  • Embera - An Oembed consumer library.
  • Graphviz - A Graphviz library.
  • Monad PHP - A simple Monad library.
  • Flux - A regular expression building library.
  • Patchwork - A library for redefining userland functions.
  • Galapagos - Evolutionary language transformation.
  • Design Patterns PHP - A repository of software patterns implemented in PHP.
  • PHPCR - A PHP port of the Java Content Repository (JCR).
  • Functional PHP - A functional programming library.
  • ClassPreloader - A library for optimising autoloading.
  • Lib Country - A library for country and subdivision data.
  • Lib Accessor - A library for simplifying accessors.
  • PHPStack - A TCP/IP stack proof of concept written in PHP.
  • Nmap - A PHP wrapper around Nmap.
  • Code Mover - A library for moving code.
  • Iter - A library that provides iteration primatives using generators.
  • Lambda PHP - A Lambda calculus interpreter in PHP.
  • Country List - A list of all countries with names and ISO 3166-1 codes.
  • PHP-GPIO - A library for playing with the Raspberry PI's GPIO pins.

  Development Software

  Software for creating a development environment.

  • HomeBrew - A package manager for OSX.
  • HomeBrew PHP - A PHP tap for HomeBrew.
  • PHP OSX - A PHP installer for OSX.
  • HipHop PHP - A Virtual Machine, Runtime and JIT for PHP by 非死book.
  • Vagrant - A portable development environment utility.
  • Ansible - A radically simple orchestration framework.
  • Puppet - A server automation framework and application.
  • Chef - A systems integration framework.
  • SaltStack - An infrastructure management tool.
  • PHP Brew - A PHP version manager and installer.
  • PHP Env - Another PHP version manager.
  • PHP Switch - Another version manager.
  • PHP Build - Another PHP version installer.
  • CodeKit - A general web development tool.
  • HTTPie - A command line alternative to cURL written in Python.
  • Backup - A server backup tool written in Ruby.

  Web Tools

  Web-based tools.

  • 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.
  • 3V4L - An online PHP shell.
  • DBV - A database version control application.
  • PHP Queue - An application for managing queueing backends.
  • Composer as a Service - A tool for downloading Composer packages as a zip file.
  • MailCatcher - A web tool for capturing and viewing emails.

  Resources

  Various resources, such as books, websites and articles, for improving your PHP development skills and knowledge.

  Websites

  Useful web and PHP-related websites and newsletters.

  • PHP The Right Way - A PHP best practice quick reference guide.
  • PHP Best Practices - A PHP best practice guide.
  • PHP Weekly - A weekly PHP newsletter.
  • PHP Security - A guide to PHP security.
  • PHP Internals - A book about the PHP internals.
  • PHP FIG - The PHP Framework Interoperability Group.
  • The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) - An open software security community.
  • WebSec IO - A web security community resource.
  • Web Advent - An advent calendar for web developers.
  • Mozilla Developer Network - A website of shared knowledge for the open web.
  • HTML5Rocks - A resource for open web HTML5 developers.
  • Programming with Anthony - A video series by Anthony Ferrara.

  Books

  Fantastic books and e-books.

  • Scaling PHP Applications - An ebook about scaling PHP applications by Steve Corona.
  • Grumpy PHPUnit - A book about unit testing with PHPUnit by Chris Hartjes.
  • Mastering Object-Orientated PHP - A book about object-orientated PHP by Brandon Savage.
  • Signaling PHP - A book about catching PCNTL signals in CLI scripts by Cal Evans.
  • Understanding Computation - A book about computation theory by Tom Stuart.
  • The Linux Command Line - A book about the Linux command line by William Shotts.
  • Securing PHP: Core Concepts - An ebook about common security terms and practices for PHP by Chris Cornutt.

  Web Reading

  General web-development-related reading materials.

  • OWASP PHP Security Cheat Sheet - A PHP security cheatsheet.
  • C is for Cookie, H is for Hacker - An article about cookies and security.
  • You Blew It Loading Your Login Form Over HTTP - An article about using HTTPS correctly with login forms.
  • How HTTPS Secures Your Connection - An article explaining how TLS/SSL secures your connection.
  • How to Build a Secure Remember Me Feature - An article on how to build a secure remember me feature.
  • A Beginners Guide to HTTP Cache Headers - An article about HTTP cache headers.
  • Beyond Series 1 2 3 4 - A series of articles about programming by Anthony Ferrara.
  • Semantic Versioning - A website explaining semantic versioning.
  • Atlassian Git Tutorials - A series of Git tutorials.
  • Hg Init - A series of Mercurial tutorials.

  PHP Reading

  PHP-releated reading materials.

  • Create Your Own PHP Framework - A series of articles on how to make your own PHP framework by Fabien Potencier.
  • Seven Ways to Screw Up BCrypt - An article about correct BCrypt implementation.
  • Preventing CSRF Attacks - An article on preventing CSRF attacks.
  • Don't Worry About BREACH - An article about the BREACH hack 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 helper.
  • 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 taking ideas from other language.
  • 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 materials related to the PHP internals or performance.

  • PHP RFCs - The home of PHP RFCs (Request for Comments).
  • Print vs Echo, Which One is Faster? - An article about print and echo performance.
  • The PHP Ternary Operator. Fast or Not? - An article ternary performance.
  • Disproving the Single Quotes Myth - An article about 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 string internals.
  • Understanding OpCodes - An article about opcodes.
  • How Foreach Works - A detailed StackOverflow answer about foreach.
  • When Does Foreach Copy? - An article about the internals of foreach.
  • How Big Are PHP Arrays (And Values) Really? - An article about array internals.
  • PHP Evaluation Order - An article about evaluation order in PHP.
  • PHP Source Code for Developers: 1 2 3 4 - A series about the PHP source code.
  • Collecting Garbage: 1 2 3 - A series about the PHP garbage collection internals.
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