Medoo is a lightweight (~8kb) PHP framework for working with SQL databases.
The framework comes as a single file and works with MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite (and more).
It has methods for all the common SQL queries and controls for preventing SQL injention.
Medoo is simple-yet-handy and it is very well-documented.
RazorFlow is a PHP framework for easily creating dashboards that work well on all major devices and browsers.
It works by simply inserting a single PHP file into any app, feeding it with data and choosing the output type.
The outputs can be charts (many chart types are supported), data grids or items that display a single value.
They are all interactive, have support for filtering the data and, like mentioned, they are responsive.
RazorFlow can connect to MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite databases.
For NoSQL fans, MongoDB is definitely the most popular solution with the simplicity and cross-platform support offered.
In order to manage MongoDB databases easily, Genghis, a single-file, self-hosted and web-based solution is pretty handy.
It can be installed either as a Ruby gem or as a standalone PHP script.
Genghis is capable of managing any number of databases on any number of servers with support for managing databases, collections and documents.
The interface of the application is responsive and works well down to mobile.
Koken is a free and self-hosted CMS (PHP-MySQL) that is focused on building websites where portfolio/gallery is in the core (like designer or photographer sites).
The application has a powerful media manager for the images and videos. It allows organizing items as categories, date captured, license and more.
It has a simple and flexible content editor that allows editing with live previews. Also, inserting media, slideshows or social content (like tweets, Flickr, Instagram and Vimeo) is possible.
Koken has a templating engine for building new themes. And, it is currently in beta but will soon have plugins for extending further.
Also, for Adobe Lightroom users, there is a free “publish services” plugin for easily updating, editing and replacing content.
BugKick is an open source bug tracking and task management application (source is hosted on GitHub) that is “light” in means of features (which i sometimes nice).
It is built with PHP-MySQL and allows teams to define projects, add tasks to them (which can be tagged with anything like “bug” or “feature request”) and assign to teammates.
Discussions under each task is possible, status updates about each of them are delivered via e-mail and closed ones are not deleted but kept.
There is an API for integrating it into our own apps and a JavaScript snippet + a contact form helps users to submit bugs too.
When starting a new project, it is usually a very good idea to re-use code. This can be your own snippets or a library/framework. They save so much time. And, working with stable code makes sense.
Eden is an open source and free PHP library for developing fast. It includes lots of components for auto-loading, event driven, file systems, caching, templating, i18n, databases, web services, payment gateways, shipping and cloud technologies.
To give a better opinion, it has ready-to-use functions for working with Google services (Youtube, Drive, Contacts, Analytics, Checkout, Maps), Facebok, Twitter, Tumblr, PayPal, Authorize.net, FedEx, UPS, Amazon + Rackspace Clouds and much more.
And, not even counting standard features like database, e-mail, templating, etc.
If you are using any CMS or PHP frameworks, that is ok too as Eden plays well with others like Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, Symfony, Zend Framework, Code Igniter, Laravel and even Titanium.
Forward is a fresh e-commerce application (that is in the alpha stage) built with PHP and using MongoDB for storing data.
The application is free, open source and built with developers in mind makes with easy custom coding, powerful templates and expressive syntax.
It has a REST-like API for interacting with every feature from orders to customers or products.
Thanks to MongoDB, the capabilities of the store is not limited to the default database schema and it is a breeze to have new fields/structures for everything.
Design of the storefront can be changed with a powerful templating engine (Smarty 3) and the backend is built with Bootstrap.
Mobile_Detect is an open source PHP class for detecting mobile devices.
It uses the User-Agent string combined with various HTTP headers in order to detect the mobile environment.
The class can easily understand whether the platform is mobile, tablet or desktop.
Also, functions exist for detecting whether it is iPad, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, etc.
And, we can even drill-down to the versions of the platforms and browsers if needed.
It has a huge library of devices (including Nook, Nexus, Kindle, Archos..) and browsers for a stable detection.
F.A.Q. pages are the most standard way online for informing and guiding users to help them find the answers to their questions about the service/app.
phpMyFAQ is a pretty stable and open source PHP F.A.Q. application that has many features for building a good F.A.Q. system.
A powerful admin interface exists for managing the categories, entries, users and also viewing the stats.
It is possible to enable users to ask or answer questions and comment to them or keep it admins-only.
There is an advanced search system empowering users to locate the related answers with ease.
The F.A.Q. page has some ready-to-use modules like “most popular, latest or sticky questions”.
Its look and feel can be customized with HTML-CSS, interface has multi-language support and all questions-answers can be exported as a PDF (with automated table of contents).
LemonStand is a professional PHP shopping cart application that allows anyone to create a fully-functional store.
It has support for featuring any number of products within an unlimited category structure.
Actually, customizability is baked into LemonStand’s DNA, it starts with the theming where any HTML-CSS_JS can be used and goes with the features integrated.
The app can be used to sell physical or digital products, services and even subscriptions. A solid product management system exists to control everything from inventory to product details and importing/exporting bulk items.
Built-in marketing tools exist to help self-promote the store like the ability to create custom landing pages for products and categories, product bundling, coupon system, newsletters and more.
Also, a content management module enables creating a blog or content for any page and also maintaining the comments, galleries or testimonials. Read the rest of this entry »
