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Open source solutions can be of great help to you, such as:
Having been a web developer for so many years, I have compiled a list of PHPcomponents that can be deployed very easily in any project that I often use. .
Send email
Every website needs to send emails. Although PHP's email() function is good, it is powerless when we need to send attachments or send using the SMTP protocol. So in this case, you should use phpmailer.
phpmailer v5.1 download (with Chinese help and English help files included)
User Management
Another commonly used module is the user management module. Use this module to enable users to log in, log out, and register. I personally felt that I couldn’t find a good component to complete this task, so I wrote a Php user class myself. This component can even be used in applications that need to be released to the public, as it can be customized to use different data tables, variable types, etc.
Get RSS
Have you ever thought about adding a component to obtain RSS information in your program? Although it is easy to write such a component (Tutorial), more often than not you need more comprehensive functionality, in which case you need to use Magpie RSS.
Geolocation
Many times you will want to know which countries and regions your website visitors come from. Maxmind provides a solution to this problem. (Tutorial)
Get remote information
Sometimes the function of RSS cannot meet your needs for obtaining remote information, because you want to capture and save the information of the entire web page. At this time you will definitely need the htmlSQL class component. You can use SQL statements to get web page information, cool right?
Quote Notice
In our day and age, sending and receiving trackbacks is a very important function of a website. It can be done very easily if you use the php trackback component.
Template system
The template system is a component used by all websites. Template engines can save you a lot of time and make it very easy to change the style and design of your website pages. Smarty is a very excellent template system, basically all PHP websites are using it.
BB Code
BB code used to be a feature of forums, but as more and more websites use this feature to make themselves more user-friendly, I believe you also want to give this feature a try. But the problem is that writing BB code component requires a lot of time and experience. I don’t know if you can write it yourself. If you can't, just use the StringParser BBcode class.
PayPal payment system
You may know that PayPal provides a very good application programming interface (API) for those websites that want to set up a PayPal payment system on their website. The paypal IPN integration class component allows you to implement this function in 20 minutes.
Editor Controls
For me, the content of the website can be modified well using phpMyAdmin and a general text editor. But for my clients, they need a powerful WYSIWYG editor to help them work late. tinyMCE control written in javascript is such a component, using it can save you a lot of time.