# php-standard-library/php-standard-library

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1,552 stars · 89 forks · PHP · MIT

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/php-standard-library/php-standard-library
- Homepage: https://php-standard-library.dev
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## Topics

`ansi` `async` `collection` `data-structures` `encoding` `grapheme-cluster` `html` `io` `json` `math` `multibyte-strings` `non-blocking` `password-hashing` `php` `pseudo-random` `secure-random` `shell` `standard-library` `terminal-ui` `type-assertion`

## Description

The php-standard-library is a comprehensive toolkit for functional programming and asynchronous networking in PHP, featuring typed data structures, structured concurrency, and composable validation mechanisms. It provides explicit result types and pure collection transformers that separate lists from dictionaries, eliminating traditional array key confusion and error-throwing patterns.

The library supports concurrent execution through lightweight user-space fibers, message-passing channels, and non-blocking event loops, driving asynchronous TCP, TLS, UDP, and Unix socket servers without relying on callbacks or promises. It includes tools for declarative data validation against untrusted input shapes without runtime reflection overhead, alongside Unicode-aware string processing and handle-based asynchronous input-output operations.

Additional capabilities cover classic data structures, immutable graph and tree algorithms, network routing, web identifier parsing, and process management.

## Tags

### Networking & Communication

- [Asynchronous Network Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/asynchronous-network-frameworks.md) — Provides an asynchronous networking library for building servers and clients using low-level protocols like TCP, TLS, and UDP.
- [Asynchronous Networking](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/asynchronous-networking.md) — Builds production-ready asynchronous TCP, TLS, UDP, and Unix socket servers and clients for reliable networking.
- [Network Primitives](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/network-primitives.md) — Provides production-ready asynchronous servers and clients using low-level network primitives like TCP, TLS, UDP, and Unix sockets. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))

### Programming Languages & Runtimes

- [Enforced Result Handling](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/enforced-result-handling.md) — Represents computations that either succeeded or failed, replacing traditional error-throwing patterns with explicit success and failure states. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))
- [Functional Programming Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/functional-programming-libraries.md) — Delivers a functional programming toolkit in PHP providing pure collection transformers, option types, and composable pipelines.
- [Structured Concurrency](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/language-features-paradigms/concurrency-models/concurrency/synchronization-primitives/channel-based-concurrency/fiber-based-schedulers/structured-concurrency.md) — Manages concurrent execution paths using lightweight user-space threads that coordinate background work safely without callbacks or promises.
- [Associative Arrays](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/associative-arrays.md) — Creates and transforms associative arrays with dedicated functions for dictionary data structures and key lookups. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))
- [Functional Pipeline Composition](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/programming-utilities/functional/function-currying/functional-pipeline-composition.md) — Provides functional programming utilities to compose, decorate, and control program flow, streamlining pipeline creation. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))
- [String Manipulations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/string-manipulations.md) — Replaces standard string operations with multi-byte character processing functions to guarantee proper handling of international text.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Asynchronous Messaging](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/asynchronous-messaging.md) — Allows passing messages between concurrent tasks using asynchronous communication channels that coordinate background work safely. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))
- [Composable Validation Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/custom-validation-rules/asynchronous-validators/custom-validation-functions/parameterized-custom-validators/composable-validation-frameworks.md) — Validates untrusted input data against declarative type definitions and shapes without runtime reflection overhead.
- [Type-Safe Schema Validators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/data-schema-validation/data-type-validation/type-safe-schema-validators.md) — Checks untrusted input against composable type definitions and shapes to coerce and validate values safely without reflection.
- [Error Handling Patterns](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/error-handling-patterns.md) — Represents computation outcomes as explicit success and failure states to replace traditional error-throwing patterns and ambiguous returns.
- [Functional Collection Utilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/functional-collection-utilities.md) — Transforms arrays using pure functions to map, filter, and sort while separating lists from dicts. ([source](https://github.com/php-standard-library/php-standard-library#readme))
- [Non-Blocking Event Loops](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/non-blocking-event-loops.md) — Drives asynchronous network servers and child processes using low-level input-output primitives wrapped in typed, testable abstractions.
- [Optional Value Types](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/optional-value-types.md) — Represents values that may or may not be present to safely replace nullable types and prevent runtime crashes. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))
- [Collection Separation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/collection-separation.md) — Distinguishes lists from dictionaries using dedicated functions and return types to prevent unintended array key confusion bugs.
- [Data Type Validation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/data-schema-validation/data-type-validation.md) — Checks untrusted input against composable type definitions like shapes, unions, and optionals to safely validate values. ([source](https://github.com/php-standard-library/php-standard-library/blob/next/README.md))
- [Child Process Execution](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/integration-extensibility/workflow-automation-integrations/external-application-integrations/child-process-execution.md) — Supports spawning and managing child processes using a typed, non-blocking interface for external system execution. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))
- [Asynchronous Spawning](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/integration-extensibility/workflow-automation-integrations/external-application-integrations/child-process-execution/asynchronous-spawning.md) — Spawns and manages child processes and external system commands using a typed, non-blocking interface with stream capture.
- [Sequential Computation Array Execution](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/sequential-computation-array-execution.md) — Creates and transforms sequential, zero-indexed arrays with dedicated list utilities that maintain index integrity. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))
- [Type-Safe Comparisons](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/type-safe-comparisons.md) — Compares values consistently and safely using dedicated interfaces and functions that prevent type coercion bugs. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))

### Data & Databases

- [Asynchronous Input-Output Operations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/asynchronous-input-output-operations.md) — Performs handle-based input and output operations using abstractions instead of global functions for better testing. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))
- [JSON Processing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/json-processing.md) — Encodes and decodes JSON data by throwing typed exceptions instead of returning ambiguous error states. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [Shell Command Execution](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/shell-command-execution.md) — Enables running external commands and system processes through a dedicated execution function with stream capture. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))
- [String Processing Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/string-processing-libraries.md) — Manipulates strings using Unicode-aware functions that replace standard string operations for proper character handling. ([source](https://php-standard-library.dev/))