Good programmers write great code. Great programmers reuse the great code of other programmers. Luckily for PHP programmers, there are several useful solutions for finding, installing, and managing third-party libraries, utilities, and frameworks.
There are two ways to extend the functionality of PHP. The simple way is to write functions and classes using the PHP scripting language: anything from a single function that solves a very specific problem to a library of classes and functions that can be used to implement countless solutions. The larger libraries are often referred ...