10 most powerful PHP applications
PHP which is known for its simplicity and robustness is world’s most widely used web programming language and is meant for developing simple and complex web based applications. PHP is easy to code like C programming language as said by everyone.
There are various PHP made applications and here I have noted some of the Web’s popular and powerful web based products developed in PHP.
Wordpress is the most widely used blogging software in the internet. Wordpress is simple but very powerful than any other blogging software. It is known for its large repository of plugins and themes to customize it a lot. Of course Wordpress is an open source product.
Joomla – a popular php application is an open source Content Management System (CMS). Joomla can be used to build very complex websites in minutes of time. It is the mother of CMS.
An yet another open source product for Content Management System. Drupal is known for its rapid success in CMS platform and worldwide Drupal communities are well known for their Camp similar to WordCamp from Wordpress.
phpBB which is started in the year 2000 is an open source forum solution and is the most widely used forum software than in any other web programming language. It can be integrated with many Content Management Systems.
osCommerce is an open source ecommerce solution and can be used to build complex shopping portals with ease. It has a strong base with more than 5000 addons to be added to customize it further. Supports major payment gateways.
Moodle too is an open source software and is well known for its Internet based Course Management System which is a kind of CMS. Supports more than 30 languages and many themes and plugins for customization.
phpMyAdmin is well known among the webmasters and is the major open source software to handle the MySQL database system. From creating a MySQL database to export it, all are possible in phpMyAdmin. Features SQL query builder, PDF layout, search, etc.
OpenX is a powerful and popular open source solution which is known for its Advertisement Inventory. It is used by more than 150,000 websites. OpenX can be well suited for any website which is in need of a powerful but simple AD management system
osTicket is also in race as a open source solution which is the most popular Support ticket system. osTicket is used by many popular webhosting companies because of its simplicity in usage and its efficiency in performance.
Elgg is also a open source solution which gives you an option to build most powerful social networking system with support for plugins and themes. Elgg also features blogging, groups, media files support, privacy, etc.
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Apr 21, 2009 @ 11:39 AM
Hi,
I just love WordPress. It opens many doors for you and it’s very easy to use.
I also like the idea that plugin developers write new plugins as the times change and there is almost a plugin for anything you desire.
Apr 21, 2009 @ 1:38 PM
@George Serradinho,
Hi George,
Welcome to my blog. It is so happy to see your comment here.
Well my favorite application is none other than Wordpress because of its simplicity in usage and modification. It’s a boon for open source.
Apr 23, 2009 @ 3:19 PM
I know 5 out of the total listed applications. Will check out those that i don’t know.
Apr 23, 2009 @ 4:05 PM
@Nihar,
Thank you for your comments here dude.
Apr 25, 2009 @ 1:59 PM
Nice list. I am considering PHP as my career option. This’ gonna help me a lot.
Apr 25, 2009 @ 3:07 PM
@Maharshi,
I am happy to see your comment here. Your choice on Php is good. But don’t only think php. You have to learn a lot.
May 11, 2009 @ 4:26 AM
What about facebook?
May 11, 2009 @ 4:28 AM
@Zean,
Welcome dude. This topic suggests the top 10 PHP applications that are available to download and Facebook is patent holded product.
May 11, 2009 @ 4:38 AM
You are right, sorry.
Maybe phpPgAdmin could complement phpMyAdmin.
regards,
May 11, 2009 @ 4:41 AM
@zean.
phpMyAdmin is for MySQL and phpPgAdmin is for PostgreSQL. But phpMyAdmin is the most popular one than phpPgAdmin.
May 11, 2009 @ 8:25 PM
I agree with George Serradinho
I think Worpress is the ultimate.
I am not a fan of Joomla, and i think Drupal is just not as simpe as Wordpress.
Am a fan also of PHPBB!
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May 11, 2009 @ 8:30 PM
@Justin Leaf-Wright,
Hi Justin. I too agree with your words. Thanks for your first comment here.
May 12, 2009 @ 11:33 AM
Wordpress is nasty. Especially the MU edition. It’s full of bugs, full of errors and not very stable on high loads. It has an extremely poor database design and an extremely poor code. What pisses me off is that they say their code is poetry :S
May 12, 2009 @ 12:00 PM
@Rakan,
I think you misunderstood about a good open source code. Wordpress is good and reliable and hence it is widely used by many bloggers. Also Wordpress is internet’s most used blogging platform.
May 12, 2009 @ 8:08 PM
Excellent post!
By the way, I’d add Magento (http://www.magentocommerce.com/) is a “new” very powerful e-commerce platform.
Regards,
Cx
May 12, 2009 @ 8:13 PM
@Centerax,
Happy to see your comment here. I know about Magento and it’s really a good one to add in this list.
Jun 01, 2009 @ 9:35 AM
Hope that you missed Cpanel mate
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Jun 04, 2009 @ 3:19 PM
@Balaji,
Yes dude. I have missed that because I was little bit confused at that time.
Aug 01, 2009 @ 10:28 PM
Great post! I love PHP. Currently trying to learn cURL and a few other libraries
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Aug 01, 2009 @ 10:30 PM
@Swashata,
That’s good. PHP is very simple but powerful than any other web based languages at present.
I will be watching you for some fabulous PHP apps from you.
We have developed a web search engine using PHP recently.
Aug 01, 2009 @ 10:34 PM
Cool! Can you show me it? I have developed a whole PHP toolkit site related to HTML and ASCII recently! You can check this from here http://toolkit.blakut.com
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Aug 01, 2009 @ 10:37 PM
@Swashata,
Already watched your tools list and they are all doing good. We are going to launch our search engine very soon and you will be invited to have a look on it.
Aug 06, 2009 @ 4:06 AM
mediaWiki (http://www.mediawiki.org), the guts of Wikipedia, surely deserves a mention…
Aug 06, 2009 @ 4:09 AM
@Richard,
Ya. Absolutely. Thanks for mentioning it.
Aug 06, 2009 @ 8:43 AM
Good list. Thanks for sharing it friend. Looking to see more from you. Keep going.
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Aug 06, 2009 @ 7:10 PM
@Amal Roy,
Thanks for loving it. Will go well as you said.
Aug 18, 2009 @ 5:18 PM
You missed out these applications
Zend Framework
Typo3
Aug 18, 2009 @ 5:36 PM
@Renjith,
Happy to see you here.
And I have added those 10 apps based on the popularity and reliability of them. Even though Typo3 is good, it is not yet so popular and well built. And Zend is a framework used for developing PHP apps and hence I didn’t add it here. Hope you understand my points. Thanks for sharing your views here.
Oct 09, 2009 @ 4:33 PM
Cool But you have quoted that “Web’s popular and powerful web based products developed in PHP.”
Zend Framework is very much Popular, Powerfull and is a Product Developed in PHP.
and regarding Typo3, I will not agree with you that typo3 is not well bbuilt and popular. It is built on Flow3.. I think, dont need to explain what is flow3.. and is very much poplar in european countries. Only one problem in typo3 is it need some patience to learn it…
Correct me if I am wrong
Oct 09, 2009 @ 4:49 PM
@Renjith,
As a php developer, I thought that Typo3 can be developed much better than what it exists now. As you have stated, the ease of learning is not good in Typo3 and hence I thought of not including that. But I agree with you that Typo3 is not a worst thing in anyway. It is one of the best thing to be listed in this list. Thanks for sharing some very good information about the most popular Typo3.
You are sharing very good details. I request you to write some guest posts here if you like it.
Aug 18, 2009 @ 9:02 PM
Umm. I would probably say you would want to include Magento in your next list to replace osCommerce. It may not have as many downloads as osCommerce but it is definitely more powerful and WAY better programmed.
osCommerce was what was the best available at its time, and their reign has fallen.
Aug 18, 2009 @ 10:23 PM
@Brian,
In the recent days, I am getting so many recommendations for Magento. I have to try it in detail and will come to a conclusion. As you have said, I agree that more no. of downloads will not mean that it is powerful.
Thanks for sharing about Magento. Surely will add it in my article.
Aug 22, 2009 @ 6:14 PM
I didnt know most of the application in the list. came to know something new today. Thanks for taking time and posting.
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Aug 22, 2009 @ 10:48 PM
@Suneel,
Happy to know that we have let you to know about some useful products.
Dec 06, 2009 @ 8:35 AM
The title should be 10 most popular php open source applications…