List of PHP software and tools

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

See also: Comparison of server-side web frameworks for PHP

• Backdrop CMS – content management system^[1]
• BioPHP – bioinformatics^[2]
• CakePHP – open-source web framework model–view–controller^[3]
• CodeIgniter – open-source rapid web development framework for building dynamic web sites^[4]
• Doctrine Project – libraries primarily focused on providing persistence services and related functionality^[5]
• Drupal – open-source web content management system^[6]
• Fat-Free Framework – web framework^[7]
• FuelPHP – open-source web application framework^[8]
• GetSimple CMS – web content management system^[9]
• Guzzle — HTTP client library^[10]
• Gyroscope – framework and a code template system for building web backend systems
• Horde – web application framework^[11]
• 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^[12]
• Laravel — web application framework
• li₃ – full-stack web framework
• MODX – open-source content management system and web 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 the model–view–controller pattern
• PHP-Fusion – web framework based on PHP and MySQL & MariaDB that has an integrated content management system^[14]
• 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^[15]
• PHPEclipse – development plugin for the Eclipse IDE Framework^[16]
• PHPMailer — library for sending email
• Pop PHP Framework – web framework
• PRADO – open-source, object-oriented, event-driven, component-based PHP web framework.
• Predis^[17] — client library for Redis
• ProcessWire – open source content management system, content management framework, and web application framework.
• ReactPHP^[18] — 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^[19]
• Silverstripe CMS – content management system
• SimpleXML – extension that allows users to easily manipulate/use XML data
• Slim^[20] — 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.^[21]
• 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^[22]

Integrated development environments

See also: Comparison of IDEs for PHP and List of PHP text editors

• 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

See also: List of online IDEs

• GitHub Codespaces
• Replit
• JDoodle

Compilers

See also: List of PHP compilers

• HipHop Virtual Machine — open-source virtual machine for executing programs written in PHP and Hack^[23]
• PeachPie — modern PHP compiler to .NET, successor to Phalanger.^[24]
• 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^[25]
• Xdebug — debugger and profiler using DBGp^[26]
• Zend Debugger — debugger integrated with Zend Studio^[27]

Unit testing

See also: List of unit testing frameworks for PHP

• Behat — behavior-driven development testing framework for PHP^[28]
• Lime – unit testing and functional testing framework built specifically for the Symfony
• PHPUnit — unit testing framework^[29]

Package managers

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

PHP dialects

• Hack – dialect of PHP and compiles on the HipHop Virtual Machine
• Quercus — implementation of PHP in Java^[32]

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

1. "Backdrop CMS · GitHub". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
2. "GitHub - kennypavan/BioPHP: BioPHP implements some light tools for manipulating genomic data". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
3. "GitHub - cakephp/cakephp: CakePHP: The Rapid Development Framework for PHP - Official Repository". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
4. "GitHub - bcit-ci/CodeIgniter: Open Source PHP Framework (originally from EllisLab)". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
5. "Doctrine · GitHub". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
6. "Drupal · GitHub". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
7. "GitHub - bcosca/fatfree: A powerful yet easy-to-use PHP micro-framework designed to help you build dynamic and robust Web applications - fast!". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
8. "GitHub - fuel/fuel: Fuel PHP Framework v1.x is a simple, flexible, community driven PHP 5.3+ framework, based on the best ideas of other frameworks, with a fresh start! FuelPHP is now fully PHP 8.0 compatible". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
9. "GitHub - GetSimpleCMS/GetSimpleCMS: GetSimple CMS". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
10. "GitHub - guzzle/guzzle: Guzzle, an extensible PHP HTTP client". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
11. "The Horde Project · GitHub". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
12. "Laminas Project · GitHub". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
13. "MODX · GitHub". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
14. "PHPFusion · GitHub". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
15. "GitHub - phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor: Documentation Generator for PHP". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
16. "Eclipse PDT · GitHub". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
17. "Home · predis/predis Wiki · GitHub". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
18. "GitHub - reactphp/reactphp: Event-driven, non-blocking I/O with PHP". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
19. "GitHub - roadrunner-server/roadrunner: 🤯 High-performance PHP application server, process manager written in Go and powered with plugins". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
20. "GitHub - slimphp/Slim: Slim is a PHP micro framework that helps you quickly write simple yet powerful web applications and APIs". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
21. "Yii Software · GitHub". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
22. "Awesome PHP Libraries and Resources · GitHub". gist.github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
23. "HipHop Virtual Machine · GitHub". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
24. "GitHub - peachpiecompiler/peachpie: PeachPie - the PHP compiler and runtime for .NET and .NET Core". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
25. "GitHub - barbushin/php-console: Handle PHP errors, dump variables, execute PHP code remotely in Google Chrome". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
26. "GitHub - xdebug/xdebug: Xdebug — Step Debugger and Debugging Aid for PHP". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
27. "GitHub - zendframework/zend-developer-tools: Module for developer and debug tools for working with the ZF2 MVC layer". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
28. "GitHub - Behat/Behat: BDD in PHP". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
29. "GitHub - sebastianbergmann/phpunit: The PHP Unit Testing framework". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
30. "GitHub - composer/composer: Dependency Manager for PHP". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
31. "PEAR - PHP Extension and Application Repository". pear.php.net. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
32. "GitHub - CleverCloud/Quercus: Java implementation of PHP, by Caucho's Technology, Clever Cloud Development Branch". github.com. Retrieved 2025-09-13.

External links

• Composer website
• Official PHP documentation
• Packagist PHP package repository