This repository provides an overview of some common and useful PHP libraries, categorized by their functionality. This list is not exhaustive but serves as a starting point for exploring various PHP libraries.

• Web Development and Networking
• Data Processing and Analysis
• Databases
• File and Directory Manipulation
• Text Processing and Regular Expressions
• Time and Date Management
• Multithreading and Concurrency
• Email and Messaging
• Testing and Debugging
• Authentication and Authorization
• Security and Encryption
• Compression and Archiving
• Miscellaneous

• Guzzle: A library for making HTTP requests, simpler and more convenient than file_get_contents.
• Symfony HttpFoundation: A library for handling HTTP requests and responses.
• Slim: A lightweight micro-framework for PHP.
• Laravel: A comprehensive web framework for PHP.
• Symfony: A set of reusable PHP components and a web application framework.
• CodeIgniter: A powerful PHP framework with a small footprint.
• cURL: A built-in PHP extension for making HTTP requests.
• FTP: A built-in PHP extension for working with FTP servers.

• PHPExcel: A library for reading and writing spreadsheet files (Excel, CSV, etc.).
• parsecsv: A library for parsing and exporting CSV data.
• Faker: A library for generating fake data, such as names, addresses, and phone numbers.
• json: A built-in PHP extension for working with JSON data.
• XML: Built-in PHP extensions like SimpleXML and DOMDocument for processing XML data.
• SPL (Standard PHP Library): A collection of interfaces and classes for data structures and iterators.
• libxml: Core XML library.
• fileinfo: A built-in PHP extension for detecting the MIME type of a file.

• PDO: A built-in PHP extension for working with databases.
• Doctrine DBAL: A library for working with databases using an abstraction layer.
• Doctrine ORM: A library for working with databases using an ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) approach.
• Eloquent ORM: An ORM library included in the Laravel framework, but can also be used independently.
• Propel: An ORM library for PHP.
• mysqli: A built-in PHP extension for interacting with MySQL databases.
• SQLite3: A built-in PHP extension for interacting with SQLite databases.

• Flysystem: A library for abstracting file system operations, such as reading, writing, and listing files.
• Gaufrette: A library for working with local and remote file systems in a consistent way.
• Symfony Filesystem: A library for handling file system operations, such as creating and deleting directories.
• SplFileObject: A built-in PHP class for working with files.
• DirectoryIterator: A built-in PHP class for iterating over directory contents.
• SPL: Standard PHP Library for data structures and iterators.

• PCRE: A built-in PHP extension for working with regular expressions.
• mbstring: A built-in PHP extension for working with multi-byte strings, such as Unicode characters.
• PHP-Parser: A library for parsing, analyzing, and modifying PHP source code.
• ext-filter: A built-in PHP extension for validating and sanitizing input data.
• iconv: A built-in PHP extension for character set conversion.

• DateTime: A built-in PHP class for working with dates and times.
• Carbon: A library for working with dates and times in a more human-readable way, with timezone support.
• Chronos: A library for working with dates and times, with an emphasis on immutability.
• date: A built-in PHP extension for date and time functions.

• pthreads: A PHP extension for working with threads.
• ReactPHP: A library for event-driven, non-blocking I/O with PHP.
• pcntl: A built-in PHP extension for process control.

• PHPMailer: A library for sending emails using the PHP mail() function or an SMTP server.
• SwiftMailer: A library for sending emails with various transports, including SMTP, Mail, and Sendmail.
• Pheanstalk: A library for working with the Beanstalkd work queue.
• mail: A built-in PHP function for sending emails.

• PHPUnit: A testing framework for PHP applications.
• Xdebug: A PHP extension for debugging and profiling PHP scripts.
• Monolog: A logging library for PHP applications.
• Reflection: A built-in PHP extension for introspecting PHP code.

• PHPAuth: A library for user authentication, including registration, login, and password management.
• OAuth2: A library for implementing OAuth 2.0 server and client functionality.
• JWT (JSON Web Tokens): A library for working with JSON Web Tokens, a compact URL-safe means of representing claims to be transferred between two parties.
• Socialite: A library for handling OAuth authentication with various social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google. (Laravel-based)
• session: A built-in PHP extension for managing sessions.

• openssl: A built-in PHP extension for working with OpenSSL.
• ext-hash: A built-in PHP extension for hashing.
• ext-filter: A built-in PHP extension for validating and sanitizing input data.
• mcrypt: A built-in PHP extension for encryption functions (deprecated in PHP 7.1.0, removed in PHP 7.2.0).

• zlib: A built-in PHP extension for working with zlib compression.
• bz2: A built-in PHP extension for working with bzip2 compression.
• zip: A built-in PHP extension for working with ZIP archives.

• Core: Essential PHP functions.
• SPL (Standard PHP Library): A collection of interfaces and classes for data structures and iterators.
• SimpleXML: A built-in PHP extension for working with simple XML.
• tokenizer: A built-in PHP extension for tokenizing PHP source code.
• standard: Standard set of PHP functions (arrays, strings, etc.).
• pcntl: A built-in PHP extension for process control.
• posix: A built-in PHP extension for POSIX functions.
• sockets: A built-in PHP extension for working with sockets.
• intl: A built-in PHP extension for internationalization functions.
• bcmath: A built-in PHP extension for arbitrary precision mathematics.
• readline: A built-in PHP extension for command-line interface (CLI) input.

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