10 Best PHP Security Libraries for Developers To Create Security Interfaces

Security is the key concern of any PHP developer. In this post we highlight 10 PHP security libraries which will help developers deliver 100% secure web applications.

HTML Purifier :

This is a standards-compliant HTML filter library that is written in PHP and is very useful in not only removing the malicious code with a whitelist that is permissive, secure and at the same time audited, but also makes sure that your documents are compliant with standards.

Hybrid Auth :

This is one of the open source PHP library that can be used for authenticating multiple social service ID providers. The various services that are supported on this include OpenID, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, Twitter, Windows Live, Foursquare, Paypal and a whole host of other ones. The most comfortable part about Hybrid Auth is that it can be easily integrated into existing websites and this can be done by just inserting a few lines into the sign-in pages.

PHP Intrusion Detection System :

The PHP Intrusion Detection System is a very simple to use, excellently made and very fast security layer that you can use for your PHP web app. It is based on a set of approved and highly-tested filter that can rule out almost any attack onto your system.

PHP Login Project :

This is a script that can be used for adding authentication to any of the PHP files that you may have. There are a lot of tutorials available which will help you to understand the installation and working on various configurations.

PHP Password Lib :

The PasswordLib aims to be one of the most exclusive as well as inclusive cryptographic library for any needs that the user might have. It is extremely easy to understand and very simple to install as well as utilize. The best part is that it can be adjusted to any developer.

Security MultiTool :

A library that offers access to recommended security related libraries as well as implementations of commonly performed tasks, this MultiTool acts as a set of reference implementations through which you can learn.

TCrypto :

One of the most simple and flexible PHP 5.3+ in-memory key-value storage library is the TCrypto. It is a cookie by default and can be used as a storage backend. There are safe algorithms and modes along with automatic and safe initialization vector creation. It can also be used as a scalable “session handler” if the need arises.

Security Check-Sensilabs :

This is a tool that can prove to be very important and useful for both experienced developers as well as beginners of PHP coding. It has a simple way of working wherein, you upload your .lockfile and the rest of the work is done by the PHP library. It can help you detect and diagnose some of the stuff that you may have missed out in the nick of time.

URLcrypt :

This helps in easily transmitting secure and short pieces of binary data in the form of a URL. It can be used for various functions such as user IDs, download expiration dates and a lot more. URLcrypt uses a 256-bit AES symmetric encryption code to encrypt data. It also encodes and decodes Base 32 strings that can be used directly in URLs.

PHPSecLib :

This is designed to be extremely compatible with any system and it can also work with PHP4+ and it does not require the use of any extensions additionally. For speed purposes, mycrypt is used along with gmp or bcmath in that same order but more often than not they are not required.