{"id":46,"date":"2009-03-26T22:03:15","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T14:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genepeng.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2009-04-17T21:31:24","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T13:31:24","slug":"20-great-php-libraries-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genepeng.com\/index.php\/46","title":{"rendered":"20 Great PHP Libraries You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019re in the middle of a project, and need to get everything done as soon as possible. To keep the deadline and still have a life, you would better to collect this awesome library on your fingertip. By knowing this library capability, then you\u2019ll know when to use any of them.<\/p>\n

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Charting Library<\/h3>\n

You can create simple graph or chart using GD library on PHP, but to help you create more complex chart, then you\u2019ll need this awesome library.<\/p>\n

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  1. pChart<\/span><\/a> – a PHP class to build charts.<\/li>\n
  2. Libchart<\/span><\/a> – Simple PHP chart drawing library.<\/li>\n
  3. JpGraph<\/span><\/a> – Object-oriented graph creating library for PHP.<\/li>\n
  4. Open Flash Chart<\/span><\/a> – Flash based charting library.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    RSS Parser Library<\/h3>\n

    Parsing a RSS is not a fun thing to do, so you would better put this library and get everything done.<\/p>\n

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    1. MagpieRSS<\/span><\/a> – RSS for PHP.<\/li>\n
    2. SimplePie<\/span><\/a> – Super-fast, easy-to-use, RSS and Atom feed parsing in PHP.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Thumbnail Generator<\/h3>\n

      Just another way to create thumbnail.<\/p>\n

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      1. phpThumb<\/span><\/a> – The PHP thumbnail creator.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Payment<\/h3>\n

        Dealing with an e-commerce site? Need payment solution? Don\u2019t worry. Let this library help you.<\/p>\n

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        1. PHP Payment Library<\/span><\/a> – PHP Payment Library for Paypal, Authorize.net and 2Checkout (2CO)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          OpenID<\/h3>\n

          Just in case you need to implement OpenID to your project.<\/p>\n

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          1. PHP-OpenID<\/span><\/a> – OpenID implementation in PHP.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Database Abstraction\/ORM<\/h3>\n

            Writing SQL Query isn\u2019t really exciting. These library let you smile more.<\/p>\n

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            1. ADOdb<\/span><\/a> – Database abstraction library for PHP.<\/li>\n
            2. Doctrine<\/span><\/a> – Object relational mapper (ORM) for PHP 5.2.3+ that sits on top of a powerful database abstraction layer (DBAL).<\/li>\n
            3. Propel<\/span><\/a> – Object-Relational Mapping framework for PHP5<\/li>\n
            4. Outlet<\/span><\/a> – an Open source object-to-relational mapping tool for PHP.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              PDF Generator<\/h3>\n
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              1. FPDF<\/span><\/a> – PHP class which allows to generate PDF files with pure PHP.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Excel<\/h3>\n

                Need to generate your report in Excel file. Well, you better have this library on your side.<\/p>\n

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                1. php-excel<\/span><\/a> – Very simple library for generating excel documents from php on-the-fly.<\/li>\n
                2. PHP Excel Reader<\/span><\/a> – Parse and retrieve information from XLS files.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

                  E-Mail<\/h3>\n

                  Don\u2019t like PHP mail function? Put this library on your project, and you have more features when dealing with email.<\/p>\n

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                  1. Swift Mailer<\/span><\/a> – Free Feature-rich PHP Mailer.<\/li>\n
                  2. PHPMailer <\/span><\/a>– Powerful email transport class with a big features and small footprint.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Unit Testing<\/h3>\n

                    For Test-driven development lover, these library will help you get your heart at home.<\/p><\/div>\n

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                    1. SimpleTest<\/span><\/a> – PHP unit test and web test framework.<\/li>\n
                    2. PHPUnit<\/span><\/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 analyse their results.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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