Open Source PHP Libraries

RBAC (role based access control) is the de-facto standard in authorization and access control, because its much easier to maintain and use than traditional ACLs. Unfortunately due to its complicated internals, not many implementations are available. PHP RBAC is compatible with NIST Level 2 RBAC standard and provides even more, with best performance yet available for any authorization library, and its for PHP. Note: Development and support has been moved to Github (https://github.com/OWASP/rbac). New releases will continue to be released here on SF.

Webiness is lightweight PHP framework based on MVC design pattern. It has a very straightforward installation process that requires only a minimal configuration, so it can save you a lot of hassle. Also, it canbe an ideal choice if you want to avoid PHP version conflict, as it works on all PHP versions from 5.3. Webiness extensively uses the lazy loading technique so, in most cases, it is faster then other frameworks. It can be used for rapid prototyping of web applications. Webiness is integrated with jQuery, and it comes with a set of AJAX-enabled features and his own light CSS framework for frontend development. Trying to be secure, it has integrated authetification and authorization module, RBAC user interface, sessions expire feature, input validation, CSRF protection, SQL injection prevention and other security features.