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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mldarshana" data-source="post: 13144238" data-attributes="member: 25657">Really Useful Classes & Libraries For PHP Developers Source: <a href="http://www.w3avenue.com/2009/08/11/really-useful-classes-and-libraries-for-php-developers/" target="_blank">http://www.w3avenue.com/2009/08/11/really-useful-classes-and-libraries-for-php-developers/</a> Database <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://adodb.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">ADOdb</a> An object oriented library written in PHP that abstracts database operations for portability. It is modeled on Microsoft’s ADO, but has many improvements that make it unique (eg. Pivot Tables, Active Record  support, generating HTML for paging recordsets with next and previous  links, cached recordsets, HTML menu generation, etc). Supports large  number of databases including: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase, Firebird,  Informix, Oracle, MS SQL, Foxpro, Access, ADO, Sybase, FrontBase, DB2,  SAP DB, SQLite, Netezza, LDAP, and generic ODBC, ODBTP.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.redbeanphp.com/" target="_blank">RedBean</a> RedBean is an easy, lightweight ORM for PHP that doesn’t require any  configuration and works out of the box. The only requirement is a  database connection string; it offer a single setup-class that gets you  up and running with just 1 single method invocation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.doctrine-project.org/" target="_blank">Doctrine</a> Doctrine is an object relational mapper (ORM) for PHP  5.2.3+ that sits on top of a powerful database abstraction layer (DBAL).  One of its key features is the option to write database queries in a  proprietary object oriented SQL dialect called Doctrine Query Language  (DQL), inspired by Hibernates HQL. This provides developers with a  powerful alternative to SQL that maintains flexibility without requiring  unnecessary code duplication.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://phplinq.codeplex.com/" target="_blank">PHPLINQ</a> A set of PHP classes mimicing C#3.0′s LINQ (Language  Integrated Query) extension methods.PHPLinq currently features: LINQ  operators (select, take, skip, orderBy / orderByDescending, thenBy /  thenByDescending), Lambda expressions, and Anonymous types.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://mimesis.110mb.com/" target="_blank">Mimesis</a> Mimesis is an Open Source PHP Flat File Database  low-level API designed to act as a backend for server-side scripts that  require database functionality. Instead of parsing SQL statements,  Mimesis uses PHP’s object-oriented constructs to provide a distinct  class with various database manipulation methods.</li> </ul>Development <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://matrix.squiz.net/developer/tools/php_cs" target="_blank">PHP CodeSniffer</a> PHP CodeSniffer is a PHP5 script that tokenizes and “sniffs” PHP code to  detect violations of a defined set of coding standards. It is an  essential development tool that ensures that your code remains clean and  consistent. It can even help prevent some common semantic errors made  by developers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://manual.phpdoc.org/" target="_blank">phpDocumentor</a> Similar to Javadoc, and written in php, phpDocumentor can be used from  the command line or a web interface to create professional documentation  from php source code. phpDocumentor has support for linking between  documentation, incorporating user level documents like tutorials and  creation of highlighted source code with cross referencing to PHP  general documentation.</li> </ul>Document <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.tcpdf.org/" target="_blank">TCPDF</a> An Open Source PHP class for generating PDF documents.  Requires no external libraries for the basic functions; supports all ISO  page formats including UTF-8, Unicode, RTL languages and HTML.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.phppowerpoint.net/" target="_blank">PHPPowerPoint</a> Based on Microsoft’s OpenXML standard PHPPowerPoint Classes enables you to read and write PowerPoint  files. Features include: setting presentation meta data (author, title,  description, …), adding slides, adding images to your presentation and  much more!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.phpexcel.net/" target="_blank">PHPExcel</a> Based on Microsoft’s OpenXML standard PHPExcel Class enables you to read and write Excel  files. Features include:  setting spreadsheet meta data (author, title,  description, …), multiple worksheets, different fonts and font styles,  cell borders, fills, gradients, adding images to your spreadsheet and  much, much more!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/phprtf/" target="_blank">PhpRtf Lite</a> Purpose of this library is to create RTF documents with PHP, which are compatible with Microsoft Word and Open Office Writer  programs. Main features include: Document sections formatting: margins,  paper size, borders and other (document can have more than one  section); Headers and footer formatting; Paragraph control: background,  borders, alignment and other; Font control: bold, italic, face, size,  color (it’s possible to use html style tags); Embedded images (.jpg and  .png formats); Tables formatting: sizes, borders, background and  alignment of cells; UTF-8 support.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.phpconcept.net/pclzip/index.en.php" target="_blank">PclZip</a> Offers compression and extraction functions for Zip  formatted archives (WinZip, PKZIP). It gives you the ability to create  an archive, list the content and extract all its content in the file  system. PclZip defines an object class which represent a Zip Archive.  This class manages the archive properties and offers access method and  actions on the archive.</li> </ul>Email <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://swiftmailer.org/" target="_blank">Swift Mailer</a> Swift Mailer integrates into any web app written in PHP 5, offering a  flexible and elegant object-oriented approach to sending emails with a  multitude of features: Send emails using SMTP, Sendmail, Postfix  or a custom Transport implementation of your own, Support servers that  require username & password and/or encryption, Protect from header  injection attacks without stripping request data content, Send MIME  compliant HTML/multipart emails, Use event-driven plugins to customize  the library, Handle large attachments and inline/embedded images with  low memory use.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://phpmailer.worxware.com/" target="_blank">PHPMailer</a> Full featured email transfer class for PHP. PHPMailer features: Supports  emails digitally signed with S/MIME encryption, Supports emails with  multiple TOs, CCs, BCCs and REPLY-TOs, Supports Text & HTML emails,  Embedded image support, Multipart/alternative emails for mail clients  that do not read HTML email, Redundant SMTP servers, SMTP  authentication, Tested on multiple SMTP servers: Sendmail, qmail, Postfix, Gmail, Imail, Exchange, etc.</li> </ul>Form <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.phpcaptcha.org/" target="_blank">Securimage</a> An open-source free PHP CAPTCHA script for generating  complex images and CAPTCHA codes to protect forms from spam and abuse.  It can be easily added into existing forms on your website to provide  protection from spam bots.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://pof.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">phpObjectForms</a> phpObjectForms is a fully object-oriented, highly customizable, easily  extendable, library for creating and processing HTML forms without  writing any HTML code. Main Features: Support for all the standard HTML  form input elements, Server-side input validation based  on regular expressions, Optional client-side JavaScript pre-validation,  Support for template-based forms. The output forms presentation is  highly tied with CSS, therefore it can be easily tuned without writing  any code but only by changing the style sheet.</li> </ul>HTML / CSS <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://htmlpurifier.org/" target="_blank">HTML Purifier</a> HTML Purifier is a standards-compliant HTML filter library written in PHP. HTML Purifier will not only remove all malicious code (better known as XSS)  with a thoroughly audited, secure yet permissive white list, it will  also make sure your documents are standards compliant, something only  achievable with a comprehensive knowledge of W3C’s specifications.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://qbnz.com/highlighter/" target="_blank">GeSHi – Generic Syntax Highlighter</a> GeSHi is a syntax highlighter for HTML, written in PHP.  Basically, you input the source you want to highlight and the name of  the language you want to highlight it in, and GeSHi returns the  syntax-highlighted result. But it doesn’t stop there – GeSHi has many  powerful and unique features, including: The ability to change the  styles of any highlighted element on the fly, Use of CSS classes to  reduce the amount of output produced (GeSHi can also produce a  stylesheet to be used with a language on the fly), XHTML 1.0 Strict +  CSS2 compliance, Auto-caps/noncaps of keywords, Line numbering (both  normal and fancy forms, see the demo, and many more!</li> </ul>Image / Media / File <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://asido.info/" target="_blank">Asido</a> A PHP image processing solution, with “pluggable”  drivers(adapters) for virtually any environment: GD2, Magick Wand, Image  Magick via shell, Image Magick via extension, etc. Asido offers the  following functionality: resize images, watermark images, rotate imates,  copy images, crop images, grayscale images, convert images.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://phpthumb.gxdlabs.com/" target="_blank">PHP Thumb</a> A light-weight image manipulation library aimed at  thumbnail generation. It features the ability to resize by width,  height, and percentage, create custom crops, or square crops from the  center, and rotate the image. You can also easily add custom  functionality to the library through plugins. It also features the  ability to perform multiple manipulations per instance (also known as  chaining), without the need to save and re-initialize the class with  every manipulation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://wideimage.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">WideImage</a> WideImage is an object-oriented library for image manipulation.  The library focuses on often-used image operations and ease of use. It  provides a simple and unified way to loading and saving images from/to  files, strings, database and even URLs (load only, must be enabled in  PHP). Supports the most common image formats: GIF, PNG, JPEG, GD and  GD2.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://shiftingpixel.com/2008/03/03/smart-image-resizer/" target="_blank">Smart Image Resizer</a> Allows you to resize and crop any image on your website  without touching the actual image or writing any code. Simply upload  each image once at a high enough resolution and then reuse it at any  size you want, anywhere you want. Features include: Resizes JPEGs, GIFs,  and PNGs, Intelligently sharpens for crisp photos at any size, Can crop  based on width:height ratios, Can color-fill transparent GIFs and PNGs,  Built-in caching keeps image variations for optimal performance.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.verot.net/php_class_upload.htm" target="_blank">class.upload.php</a> This PHP script uploads files and manipulates images  very easily. The perfect script to generate thumbnails or create a photo  gallery! It can convert, resize and work on uploaded images in many  ways, add labels, watermarks and reflections and other image editing  features. You can use it for files uploaded through an HTML form, a  Flash uploader, or on local files.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.getid3.org/" target="_blank">getID3()</a> A PHP script that extracts useful information (such as ID3 tags, bitrate, playtime, etc.) from MP3s & other multimedia file formats (Ogg, WMA, WMV, ASF, WAV, AVI, AAC, VQF, FLAC, MusePack, Real, QuickTime, Monkey’s Audio, MIDI and more).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.kingsquare.nl/php-psd-reader" target="_blank">PHP PSD Reader</a> PHP comes with built-in support to read and write images in many formats  using the GD library. However, it does not support the Photoshop image  format: PSD. This class fill partly that void by reading Photoshop PSD  image files and creating a GD image resource from the Photoshop image  bitmaps.</li> </ul>JavaScript / AJAX <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.phplivex.com/" target="_blank">PHPLiveX</a> PHPLiveX is a lightweight PHP-JavaScript class library that helps you integrate AJAX  to your PHP applications. Without a page is loaded again, you may call  your PHP functions in the same page, submit your form to an URL and send  a request to another page with any type of data.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.xajaxproject.org/" target="_blank">Xajax</a> Xajax is an open source PHP library and JavaScript engine that allows  you to easily create powerful, web-based, Ajax applications using HTML,  CSS, JavaScript, and PHP that can asynchronously call server-side PHP  functions and update content.</li> </ul>Microformats <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/xmfp/" target="_blank">Xmf Parser</a> Extensible Microformats Parser for PHP 5. Currently supported Microformats include: xfn, rel-license, rel-tag, geo, adr, hcard, hcalendar, hreview, hresume.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/iCalcreator/index.php" target="_blank">iCalcreator</a> iCalcreator is a PHP class managing iCal formatted  files for non-calendar systems like CMS, project management systems and  other applications able to process calendar information. iCalcreator  features create, parse, edit and select calendar and calendar  components.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/hkit/" target="_blank">hKit</a> A simple PHP5 tool for extracting common microformats  from a page. The page can be presented as a string or a URL, and the  result is handed back as a standard PHP array structure. hkit uses  SimpleXML for parsing, and therefore requires PHP5.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/transformr/" target="_blank">Transformr</a> A Simple set of XSLT and PHP tools for Transforming Microformats.</li> </ul>RSS & Atom Feeds <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://simplepie.org/" target="_blank">SimplePie</a> An open sources PHP class that provides an easy to use API for handling  all of the dirty work when it comes to fetching, caching, parsing,  normalizing data structures between RSS and Atom formats, handling character encoding translation, and sanitizing the resulting data.</li> </ul>Security <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://php-ids.org/" target="_blank">PHP Intrusion Detection System (PHPIDS)</a> A simple to use, well structured, fast and state-of-the-art security layer  for your PHP based web application. The IDS neither strips, sanitizes  nor filters any malicious input, it simply recognizes when an attacker  tries to break your site and reacts in exactly the way you want it to.  Currently the PHPIDS detects all sorts of XSS, SQL Injection, header  injection, directory traversal, RFE/LFI, DoS and LDAP attacks. Based on a  set of approved and heavily tested filter rules any attack is given a  numerical impact rating which makes it easy to decide what kind of  action should follow the hacking attempt. This could range from simple  logging to sending out an emergency mail to the development team,  displaying a warning message for the attacker or even ending the user’s  session.</li> </ul>Testing & Debugging <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.phpunit.de/" target="_blank">PHPUnit</a> PHPUnit is a member of the  xUnit family of testing  frameworks and provides both a framework that makes the writing of tests  easy as well as the functionality to easily run the tests and analyze  their results.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://simpletest.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">SimpleTest</a> SimpleTest is is similar to JUnit/PHPUnit. It supports  mock objects and can be used to automate the regression testing of web  applications with a scriptable HTTP Client that can parse HTML pages and  simulate things like clicking on links and submitting forms.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.php-debug.com/" target="_blank">PHP Debug</a> Provides assistance in debugging PHP code, by program  trace, variables display, process time, included files, queries  executed, watch variables… This information is gathered through the  script execution and therefore are displayed at the end of the script  (in a nice floating div or a html table) so that it can be read and used  at any moment.</li> </ul>Web Services <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://keithdevens.com/software/xmlrpc" target="_blank">XML-RPC Library for PHP</a> a fully compliant XML-RPC client and server written in pure PHP. Only  requirements are PHP, and the XML parser you’re guaranteed to have if  you’re using PHP built into Apache (which most people are).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PHP API Libraries & Wrapper Classes For Popular Services<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=131" target="_blank">Amazon Web Services</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://bingapiphp.codeplex.com/" target="_blank">Bing API PHP Library</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://delicious.com/help/api" target="_blank">Delicious</a> – <a href="http://www.phpdelicious.com/" target="_blank">PhpDelicious</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://apidoc.digg.com/" target="_blank">Digg</a> <a href="http://www.rawseo.com/news/2009/05/06/how-to-use-the-digg-api/" target="_blank">PHP API</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/PHP" target="_blank">Facebook – Official PHP Client Library</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.phpflickr.com/" target="_blank">Flickr – phpFlickr</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.maxmind.com/app/php" target="_blank">GeoIP PHP API</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://framework.zend.com/download/webservices" target="_blank">Google‘s Data APIs</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/php" target="_blank">Gravatar</a>: <a href="http://www.talkphp.com/script-giveaway/1905-gravatar-wrapper-class.html" target="_blank">Gravatar Wrapper Class</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/library_download_sdks" target="_blank">PayPal API</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://recaptcha.net/plugins/php/" target="_blank">reCAPTCHA – PHP Library</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-API-Documentation" target="_blank">Twitter:</a> <a href="http://emmense.com/php-twitter/" target="_blank">PHP Twitter</a>, <a href="http://simon.wippich.org/private-projects/php/twitter-class.html" target="_blank">Twitter Class</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/php/" target="_blank">Yahoo! Web Services APIs</a></li> </ul> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Find More Web Services API at <a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/apis/directory/1?format=PHP" target="_blank">ProgrammableWeb</a></li> </ul></blockquote>

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