20 common PHP Class Libraries

Chart Library

The following class library allows you to easily create complex charts and images. Of course, they need the support of the GD library.

• PChart-a database that allows you to create statistical charts.
• Libchart-this is also a simple statistical image library.
• JpGraph-an object-oriented image creation class.
• Open Flash Chart-this is a Flash-based Statistical Chart.

RSS resolution

• MagpieRSS-open-source PHP version RSS parser, said to be powerful, not verified.
• SimplePie-this is a fast and easy-to-use RSS and Atom parser library.

Thumbnail generation

• PhpThumb-powerful functions. Feel free to know how powerful it is.

Payment

• PHP Payment Library-Support for Paypal, Authorize.net, and 2 Checkout (2CO)

OpenID

• PHP-OpenID-a PHP library supporting OpenID. OpenID is a solution that helps you log on to different websites with the same user name and password. If you are not familiar with OpenID, you can look here: http://openid.net.cn/

Data is abstract/object link ing ORM

• ADOdb-database abstraction
• Doctrine-Object relational ing Object relational mapper (ORM) requires PHP 5.2.3 +, a very powerful database relational action layer (DBAL ).
• Propel-object relationship ing framework-PHP5
• Outlet-is also a tool for object link ing.

Note: Object Relational ing (ORM) is a technology designed to solve the mismatch between objects and Relational databases. To put it simply, ORM automatically persists the objects in the program to the relational database by using metadata that describes the ing between objects and databases. In essence, data is converted from one form to another. This also implies additional execution overhead. However, if ORM is implemented as a middleware, there will be many opportunities for optimization, which do not exist in the handwritten persistence layer. More importantly, the metadata used to control the conversion needs to be provided and managed; however, these costs are less than the manual maintenance solution; in addition, even object databases that comply with the ODMG specifications still need class-level metadata.

PDF Generator

• FPDF-this is a pure PHP class library that allows you to generate PDF files.

Excel Problems

• Php-excel-this is a very simple Excel file generation class.
• PHP Excel Reader-parses and reads data in the XLS file.

E-mail Problems

• Swift Mailer-free PHP email library with super-function features.
• PHPMailer-powerful mail sending class.

Unit Test

If you are developing your program using the test-driven method, the following class libraries and frameworks will definitely help you develop your program.

• SimpleTest-a PHP unit test and Web Testing Framework.
• PHPUnit-from the xUnit family, provides a framework for you to easily perform unit test case development. The test results can be easily analyzed.