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24 alternatives to Domain-Driven Design in PHP

Real examples written in PHP.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Domain-Driven Design in PHP launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1PB
   PHP Best Practices, a short guide for common and confusing PHP tasks▲16

   2012 · phpbestpractices.org · its alternatives →

2. 2AP
   A PHP parser written in PHP▲77

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3FA
   Functors, Applicative Functors and Monads in PHP▲46

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4PD
   PHP does Meta Programming too▲45

   2011 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5PA
   PHPunctional, a PHP Functional Programming Library▲37

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6PC
   PHP Code Generator – A scaffolding framework▲27

   2014 · about.asika.tw · its alternatives →

7. 7DW
   Designing Web Applications▲105

   2012 · nathanbarry.com · its alternatives →

8. 8RI
   Rails-Inspired PHP Framework▲28

   2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Object-Oriented PHP Book▲8

   Writing Resilient & Reusable Code in PHP 7

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10NP
    Namespaced PHP functions to fix inconsistencies in the PHP language▲19

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11FC
    Frock: Clojure-flavoured PHP▲12

    2018 · chr15m.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12HA
    Halite – A simple libsodium wrapper for PHP projects▲43

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13WA
    Windwalker – A Modern PHP Framework▲15

    2015 · windwalker.io · its alternatives →

14. 14SC
    Sodium_compat, a Pure PHP implementation of libsodium▲62

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15CI
    Continuous Integration for PHP development▲10

    2014 · itscontinuous.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The PHP Socket Programming Handbook▲58

    Learn how to make servers in PHP.

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17HI
    Hosty – Image/Text self-hosting for minimalists in PHP▲36

    2014 · bitbucket.org · its alternatives →

18. 18AA
    AllSpark – A PHP Scaffolding/Boilerplate Framework▲6

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19LP
    Learning PHP and how to use APIs, made something slightly useful▲5

    2015 · dailytil.xyz · its alternatives →

20. 20NA
    Nectar – A modular MVC framework for PHP▲6

    2014 · nectarmvc.com · its alternatives →

21. 21AB
    A/Bingo for PHP▲33

    2010 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22FA
    Flubber – another PHP framework▲6

    2014 · flubber.co · its alternatives →

23. 23WA
    Wireframe – A Simple PHP Framework with Routing and Templating▲9

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24EF
    Essential functions in JavaScript in vanilla form (inspired by PHP)▲5

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →