Most Popular Open Source PHP Scripts

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I am posting here some of the PHP scripts which are must have ones when you develop a site. All of them are licensed under free open source GNU/GPL license.

WordPress  - Very popular blogging script in PHP. You can also create a full scale website with this script. It is free and GPL.

phpBB - A forum script to run a forum in your site.

phpMyAdmin - A Web based Mysql database administration software.

Xampp Server - If you want to run LAMP (linux apache mysql phpmyadmin php) in your windows computer, you will need this serverpackage.

PHP Link Directory - A full fledged software to run a powerful web directory site.

PHP Gallery - A script to run a photo album or image gallery in your website.

Elgg - A free open source social networking script.

Drupal - A free content management CMS script to setup any type of website.

PHP Mailer - A free PHP email class library.

Captcha PHP - A free CAPTCHA script to prevent automated bots and spam submissions. More captcha scripts here

MySQL Backup - Web based script to automatically backup mysql datbase in your site. Very Important!

Magpie RSS Parser - RSS/XML parsing script. It reads and produces html output to that you can syndicate the latest news content on your website.

PHP Base Library - Collection of tools, libraries and classes so that you can develop full fledged web applications by using re-usable code.

These scripts posted above are very useful and they can be of great help in different situations. If you are looking for more php scripts collection, please visit the archive best-php-scripts.com.

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3 Responses to “Most Popular Open Source PHP Scripts”

  1. Foutrelis Says:

    Thank you very much for the list! :)

    *goes to check Elgg out*

  2. Bart Says:

    PHP Link Directory is not free anymore

  3. llank Says:

    Actually there are two versions of PHP Link Directory, one that is pay and one that is free.

    Version 2.2.0 is free
    Version 3.3.0 is the one being sold.

    Both can be found on www.phplinkdirectory.com

    I just setup a link directory a couple days ago with Version 2.2.0 :)

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