Useful PHP Tools : First Episode

I'm a PHP Developer. I like php much better. PHP is the acronym for "PHP Hypertext Preprocessor". Little Confused? Huh? No Problem. You can get more about PHP from Here. PHP is one of the most widely used open-source server-side scripting languages that exist today. With over 20 million indexed domains using PHP, including major websites like Facebook, Digg and WordPress, there are good reasons why many Web developers prefer it to other server-side scripting languages, such as Python and Ruby.

The information given below presents 50 useful PHP tools that can significantly improve your programming workflow. Among other things, you’ll find a plethora of libraries and classes that aid in debugging, testing, profiling and code-authoring in PHP.

PHP Code Beautifier

1. PHP Beautifier
2. PHPCodeBeautifier
3. GeSHi - Generic Syntax Highlighter

Debugging Tools

1. Webgrind
2. Xdebug
3. Gubed PHP Debugger
4. DBG
5. PHP_Debug
6. PHP_Dyn
7. MacGDBp

Testing and Optimization Tools

1. PHPUnit
2. SimpleTest
3. Selenium
4. PHP_CodeSniffer
5. dBug
6. PHP Profile Class

Documentation Tools

1. phpDocumentor
2. PHP DOX

Version-Control Systems

1. Phing
2. xinc

Image Manipulation and Graphs

1. PHP/SWF Charts
2. pChart - a chart-drawing PHP library
3. WideImage
4. MagickWand For PHP

Useful Extensions, Utilities and Classes

1. SimplePie
2. HTML Purifier
3. TCPDF
4. htmlSQL
5. The Greatest PHP Snippet File Ever (Using Quicktext for Notepad++)
6. Creole
7. PHPLinq
8. PHPMathPublisher
9. phpMyAdmin
10. PHPExcel
11. Phormer
12. xajax PHP Class Library
13. PHP User Class
14. PHP-GTK

Security Tools

1. Securimage
2. Scavenger
3. PHP-IDS
4. Pixy: PHP Security Scanner

More Coming on the next post.....

Cheers,
Jenson