Collection of PHP packages I use and recommend on most of the cases.

I’m doing this list to avoid that stupid moment when I start a project and don’t remember what was the package name? and have to Google it again. Also, I think these are the best packages in their category.

Backups

• Laravel Backup easy backups for Laravel doesn’t include the front end. Laravel Backup Panel this package has a panel to manage the backups.

Calendar & Time

• Laravel Full Calendar
• Period to handle periods of time.
• Time overlap calculator this package helps to know if to periods of time are overlapping.

Commands

• Laravel Zero a framework for console apps, is like Lumen for console apps.

Media

• Laravel Medial Library

HTTP Clients

• HTTPful
• Simple HTTP Client
• Guzzle

Debugging

• Laravel Debug Bar

Excel

• Laravel Excel the best import/export Excel package for Laravel.