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PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser
A php based DOM parser.
A simple PHP HTML DOM parser written in PHP5+, supports invalid HTML, and provides a very easy way to find, extract and modify the HTML elements of the dom. jquery like syntax allow sophisticated finding methods for locating the elements you care about. -
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PHPMailer
The classic email sending library for PHP
PHPMailer – A full-featured email creation and transfer class for PHP. Support for UTF-8 content and 8bit, base64, binary, and quoted-printable encodings. SMTP authentication with LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, and XOAUTH2 mechanisms over SMTPS and SMTP+STARTTLS transports. Validates email addresses automatically. Many PHP developers need to send email from their code. The only PHP function that supports this directly is mail(). However, it does not provide any assistance for making use of popular features such as encryption, authentication, HTML messages, and attachments. Formatting email correctly is surprisingly difficult. There are myriad overlapping (and conflicting) standards, requiring tight adherence to horribly complicated formatting and encoding rules – the vast majority of code that you'll find online that uses the mail() function directly is just plain wrong, if not unsafe! -
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Dompdf
HTML to PDF converter for PHP
dompdf is an HTML to PDF converter. At its heart, dompdf is (mostly) a CSS 2.1 compliant HTML layout and rendering engine written in PHP. It is a style-driven renderer, it will download and read external stylesheets, inline style tags, and the style attributes of individual HTML elements. It also supports most presentational HTML attributes. PDF rendering is currently provided either by PDFLib or by a bundled version the R&OS CPDF class written by Wayne Munro. (Some important changes have been made to the R&OS class, however). In order to use PDFLib with dompdf, the PDFLib PECL extension is required. Using PDFLib improves performance and reduces the memory requirements of dompdf somewhat, while the R&OS CPDF class, though slightly slower, eliminates any dependencies on external PDF libraries. -
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mPDF
PHP library generating PDF files from UTF-8 encoded HTML
mPDF is a PHP library that generates PDF files from UTF-8 encoded HTML. The original author, Ian Back, wrote mPDF to output PDF files ‘on-the-fly’ from his website, handling different languages. It is slower than the original scripts e.g. HTML2FPDF and produces larger files when using Unicode fonts, but support for CSS styles etc. and has been much enhanced. Supports almost all languages including RTL (Arabic and Hebrew), and CJK (Chinese-Japanese-Korean). Nested block-level elements (e.g. P, DIV) including margins, borders, padding, line height, background colors, etc. Right-to-left languages are supported, with automatic detection of RTL characters within a document. Transposes tables, lists, text justification, and table cell alignment, as well as a full-text reversal for RTL characters. Automatically detects non-RTL characters and displays these in the original order. -
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PhpSpreadsheet
A pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files
PhpSpreadsheet is a library written in pure PHP and offers a set of classes that allow you to read and write various spreadsheet file formats such as Excel and LibreOffice Calc. PhpSpreadsheet is a library written in pure PHP and offers a set of classes that allow you to read and write various spreadsheet file formats such as Excel and LibreOffice Calc. Support for PHP versions will only be maintained for a period of six months beyond the end of life of that PHP version. Use composer to install PhpSpreadsheet into your project. Or also download the documentation and samples if you plan to use them. A good way to get started is to run some of the samples. Don't forget to download them via --prefer-source composer flag. And then serve them via PHP built-in webserver. PhpSpreadsheet relies on Composer autoloader. So before working with PhpSpreadsheet in standalone, be sure to run composer install. -
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PHPExcel
Library offering classes to read from and write to spreadsheet formats
PHPExcel is a comprehensive library for reading, writing, and manipulating Excel spreadsheets in PHP, supporting multiple formats like XLS, XLSX, CSV, and more. Developers can create complex spreadsheets with styled cells, formulas, charts, images, and multiple sheets programmatically. It also supports reading existing files, iterating through cells, applying data validation, and converting between formats. Because it handles the details of Excel file structures—including relationships, themes, and various metadata—users don’t need to manage proprietary file internals themselves. The API allows for cell access using row/column indexes or column letters, batch updates, and streaming writes to reduce memory usage. As a mature library, it’s used in reporting, migrations, invoice generation, and any scenario where dynamic, server-side spreadsheet generation is needed in PHP applications. -
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PHPWord
PHP library for reading and writing word processing documents
PHPWord is a library written in pure PHP that provides a set of classes to write to and read from different document file formats. The current version of PHPWord supports Microsoft Office Open XML (OOXML or OpenXML), OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument or ODF), and Rich Text Format (RTF). PHPWord is an open source project licensed under the terms of LGPL version 3. PHPWord is aimed to be a high quality software product by incorporating continuous integration and unit testing. Set document properties, e.g. title, subject, and creator. Create document sections with different settings, e.g. portrait/landscape, page size, and page numbering. Create header and footer for each sections, set default font type, font size, and paragraph style. Use UTF-8 and East Asia fonts/characters. Define custom font styles (e.g. bold, italic, color) and paragraph styles (e.g. centered, multicolumns, spacing) either as named style or inline in text. -
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Nelmio Alice
Expressive fixtures generator
Nelmio Alice is a PHP library designed to generate complex data fixtures for testing and development environments. It uses YAML, XML, or PHP files to define fixture templates, making it easy to create realistic and varied data sets. Alice integrates well with Doctrine ORM, allowing developers to quickly populate databases with test data, making it especially useful for automated testing and staging environments. -
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Fast Artificial Neural Network Library is a free open source neural network library, which implements multilayer artificial neural networks in C with support for both fully connected and sparsely connected networks. Cross-platform execution in both fixed and floating point are supported. It includes a framework for easy handling of training data sets. It is easy to use, versatile, well documented, and fast. Bindings to more than 15 programming languages are available. An easy to read introduction article and a reference manual accompanies the library with examples and recommendations on how to use the library. Several graphical user interfaces are also available for the library.
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CodeIgniter RestServer
RESTful server implementation for CodeIgniter
CodeIgniter RestServer is a fully RESTful server implementation for CodeIgniter using one library, one config file and one controller. CodeIgniter Rest Server is available on Packagist (using semantic versioning), and installation via composer is the recommended way to install Codeigniter Rest Server. Note that you will need to copy rest.php to your config directory (e.g. application/config) -
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PHP XLSX Writer
Lightweight XLSX Excel Spreadsheet Writer in PHP
A fast and memory-efficient PHP library for writing XLSX (Excel) files. It supports large datasets and is ideal for exporting tabular data without using high-level libraries like PHPExcel, providing an efficient alternative for lightweight data export. -
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Psl
Centralized, well-typed, non-blocking set of APIs for PHP programmers
Psl is a standard library for PHP, inspired by hhvm/hsl. The goal of Psl is to provide a consistent, centralized, well-typed set of APIs for PHP programmers. A modern, consistent, centralized, well-typed, non-blocking set of APIs for PHP programmers. -
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Ansible Examples
A few starter examples of ansible playbooks, to show features
This repository collects practical, real-world examples of using Ansible to automate infrastructure, deployments, and configurations. Each directory demonstrates a specific use case—ranging from setting up web servers, load balancers, and databases to orchestrating multi-tier applications in cloud environments. The examples highlight common Ansible practices such as organizing inventories, writing reusable playbooks, using roles, and handling variables and templates. They’re designed to be adapted directly into your own infrastructure or to serve as reference blueprints when learning how to structure automation projects. Whether you’re managing a handful of servers or deploying at scale, this repo provides starting points that illustrate how Ansible can streamline repetitive operational tasks. -
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Devilbox
A modern Docker LAMP stack and MEAN stack for local development
Devilbox is a modern and flexible LAMP and MEAN stack environment powered by Docker. It provides a pre-configured, customizable setup for web development, supporting a wide range of services like Apache, Nginx, PHP, MySQL, and MongoDB. Devilbox is designed to be a one-stop solution for developers who need a consistent and portable development environment, eliminating the need to manually configure servers. -
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Directory Lister
Directory Lister exposes the contents of any web folder
Directory Lister is a simple, self-hosted PHP application that lets users browse and share the contents of directories over the web. It creates a web interface to list files and folders on a server, complete with download links, breadcrumb navigation, and optional themes. Ideal for file sharing and public repositories, it requires no database and can be deployed quickly on any PHP-compatible server. -
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KnpSnappyBundle
Easily create PDF and images in Symfony by converting html using webki
Easily create PDF and images in Symfony by converting HTML using webkit. Snappy is a PHP wrapper for the wkhtmltopdf conversion utility. It allows you to generate either pdf or image files from your html documents, using the webkit engine. The KnpSnappyBundle provides a simple integration for your Symfony project. If you need to change the binaries, change the instance options or even disable one or both services, you can do it through the configuration. Render a pdf document with a relative url inside like css files. Render a pdf document as a response from a controller. Render an image as response from a controller. Generate a pdf document from a twig view. -
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Laravel Socialite
Laravel wrapper around OAuth 1 & OAuth 2 libraries
Laravel Socialite provides an expressive, fluent interface to OAuth authentication with Facebook, Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket. It handles almost all of the boilerplate social authentication code you are dreading writing. Laravel Socialite provides an expressive, fluent interface to OAuth authentication with Facebook, Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket. It handles almost all of the boilerplate social authentication code you are dreading writing. To get started with Socialite, use the Composer package manager to add the package to your project's dependencies. When upgrading to a new major version of Socialite, it's important that you carefully review the upgrade guide. Before using Socialite, you will need to add credentials for the OAuth providers your application utilizes. -
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Manage newsletters in Laravel
Manage Mailcoach and MailChimp newsletters in Laravel
This package provides an easy way to integrate subscriptions to email lists of various email services. -
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Mobile Detect
Mobile_Detect is a lightweight PHP class for detecting mobile devices
Mobile-Detect is a lightweight PHP library that inspects the HTTP user agent string and HTTP headers to detect whether a request comes from a mobile, tablet, or desktop device. It includes a rich set of detection rules covering device brands, operating systems, and browser engines so developers can tailor responses (views, assets, or layouts) based on client form factor. Its API is simple: isMobile(), isTablet(), or deviceFamily() methods make branching logic intuitive. The library is used in server-rendered PHP apps, CMS themes, and frameworks to serve mobile-friendly templates or redirect users to mobile versions. Because it is pattern-driven and optimized for fast matching, it adds minimal runtime overhead to request handling. By abstracting away the complexity of UA sniffing, Mobile-Detect helps teams gracefully support multi-device clients without duplicating detection logic. -
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Nette PHP Generator
Generates neat PHP code for you. Supports new PHP 8.4 features
Nette PHP Generator is a powerful library that allows developers to generate PHP code programmatically. It is commonly used for code generation tasks like scaffolding, automated class creation, and dynamic configuration. The generator ensures that the output is valid, formatted PHP code, making it ideal for projects that require dynamic source code manipulation. -
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PHP-SVG-Lib
SVG file parsing / rendering library
php-svg-lib is a PHP library designed for parsing and rendering SVG files. It provides functionalities to rasterize SVG content to various surfaces, such as images or PDFs, and is utilized by projects like Dompdf for SVG rendering within PDF documents. -
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ProxiTok
Open source alternative frontend for TikTok made using PHP
ProxiTok is a self-hosted, privacy-respecting alternative frontend for TikTok, built to let users browse TikTok content without tracking or ads. It acts as a proxy that fetches and displays TikTok videos through a cleaner interface, enhancing user privacy and allowing developers to build integrations without using TikTok's official SDK. ProxiTok supports basic features like search, profiles, video playback, and hashtags. -
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Sentry PHP
The official PHP SDK for Sentry (sentry.io)
Sentry for PHP is a powerful error tracking library that helps developers identify, capture, and debug application issues in real time. It integrates seamlessly with PHP applications and frameworks like Laravel and Symfony, making it a go-to tool for production error monitoring. -
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SimplePie
A simple Atom/RSS parsing library for PHP
SimplePie is a very fast and easy-to-use feed parser, written in PHP, that puts the 'simple' back into 'really simple syndication. Flexible enough to suit beginners and veterans alike, SimplePie is focused on speed, ease of use, compatibility, and standards compliance. SimplePie is currently maintained by Malcolm Blaney. Get easy access to SimplePie directly from your web browser! We've worked extra hard to ensure that SimplePie is easy to use and easy to understand. That being said, it never hurts to get a little help to speed things up! We've got a collection of tips, tricks, tutorials, and screencasts to help you along the way! Looking to integrate SimplePie into your blogs, wikis, forums, or other sites? The SimplePie Community has created several plugins that allow you to use SimplePie with all sorts of other software! Check our SimplePie Plugins page for a list of what we're aware of. -
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Spatie Crawler
An easy to use, powerful crawler implemented in PHP
Spatie Crawler is a PHP library that allows developers to crawl websites and extract information efficiently. It can be used for web scraping, link checking, or automated testing of web pages. The library is simple to use and supports customizable crawling strategies, including controlling crawl depth and handling redirects. It’s suitable for building crawlers that navigate large or dynamically generated websites.
