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<li class="toctree-l1 current"><a class="current reference internal" href="#">Overview</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="Quickstart.html#create-your-first-qr-code">Create your first QR Code</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="Advanced-usage.html#configuration-via-qroptions">Configuration via <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QROptions</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="Advanced-usage.html#supply-an-iterable-of-options">Supply an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">iterable</span></code> of options</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="Advanced-usage.html#extending-the-qroptions-class">Extending the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QROptions</span></code> class</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="Advanced-usage.html#qrcode-methods"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QRCode</span></code> methods</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="Advanced-usage.html#render-a-qrmatrix-instance">Render a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QRMatrix</span></code> instance</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="Advanced-usage.html#qr-code-reader">QR Code reader</a></li>
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<p class="caption" role="heading"><span class="caption-text">Customizing output</span></p>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Module-Values.html">Module values</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Module-Values.html#basics">Basics</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Module-Values.html#assigning-values">Assigning values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Module-Values.html#handling-in-your-own-qroutputinterface">Handling in your own <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QROutputInterface</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Module-Values.html#setting-module-values">Setting module values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Module-Values.html#using-the-module-values">Using the module values</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QROutputAbstract</span></code></a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#options-and-matrix"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$options</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$matrix</span></code></a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#copies-of-qroptions-values">Copies of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QROptions</span></code> values</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#methods">Methods</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#setmodulevalues"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">setModuleValues()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#modulevalueisvalid"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moduleValueIsValid()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#preparemodulevalue"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">prepareModuleValue()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#getdefaultmodulevalue"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">getDefaultModuleValue()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#getmodulevalue-and-getmodulevalueat"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">getModuleValue()</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">getModuleValueAt()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#setmatrixdimensions"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">setMatrixDimensions()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#getoutputdimensions"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">getOutputDimensions()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#collectmodules"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">collectModules()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/QROutputAbstract.html#savetofile-and-tobase64datauri"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">saveToFile()</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">toBase64DataURI()</span></code></a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Custom-output-interface.html">Custom <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QROutputInterface</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Custom-output-interface.html#class-skeleton">Class skeleton</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Custom-output-interface.html#module-values">Module values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Custom-output-interface.html#transform-the-output">Transform the output</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Custom-output-interface.html#run-the-custom-output">Run the custom output</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Customizing/Custom-output-interface.html#summary">Summary</a></li>
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<p class="caption" role="heading"><span class="caption-text">Built-In Output Modules</span></p>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QREps.html">QREps</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QREps.html#example">Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QREps.html#additional-methods">Additional methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QREps.html#options-that-affect-this-module">Options that affect this module</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QREps.html#options-that-have-no-effect">Options that have no effect</a></li>
</ul>
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</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRFpdf.html">QRFpdf</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRFpdf.html#example">Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRFpdf.html#additional-methods">Additional methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRFpdf.html#options-that-affect-this-module">Options that affect this module</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRFpdf.html#options-that-have-no-effect">Options that have no effect</a></li>
</ul>
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</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRGdImage.html">QRGdImage</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRGdImage.html#example">Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRGdImage.html#additional-methods">Additional methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRGdImage.html#options-that-affect-this-module">Options that affect this module</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRGdImage.html#options-that-have-no-effect">Options that have no effect</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRImagick.html">QRImagick</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRImagick.html#example">Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRImagick.html#additional-methods">Additional methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRImagick.html#options-that-affect-this-module">Options that affect this module</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRImagick.html#options-that-have-no-effect">Options that have no effect</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRMarkupHTML.html">QRMarkupHTML</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRMarkupHTML.html#example">Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRMarkupHTML.html#additional-methods">Additional methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRMarkupHTML.html#options-that-affect-this-module">Options that affect this module</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRMarkupHTML.html#options-that-have-no-effect">Options that have no effect</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRMarkupSVG.html">QRMarkupSVG</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRMarkupSVG.html#example">Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRMarkupSVG.html#additional-methods">Additional methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRMarkupSVG.html#options-that-affect-this-module">Options that affect this module</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRMarkupSVG.html#options-that-have-no-effect">Options that have no effect</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRString.html">QRString</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRString.html#plain-text">Plain text</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRString.html#json">JSON</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRString.html#additional-methods">Additional methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRString.html#options-that-affect-this-module">Options that affect this module</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Built-In-Output/QRString.html#options-that-have-no-effect">Options that have no effect</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p class="caption" role="heading"><span class="caption-text">Appendix</span></p>
<ul>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../Appendix/Terminology.html">Terminology</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Appendix/Terminology.html#qr-code">QR Code</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Appendix/Terminology.html#matrix">Matrix</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Appendix/Terminology.html#module">Module</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Appendix/Terminology.html#version">Version</a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../Appendix/Terminology.html#function-patterns">Function Patterns</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../Appendix/Terminology.html#finder-pattern">Finder Pattern</a></li>
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<p>A PHP QR Code generator based on the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/kazuhikoarase/qrcode-generator">implementation by Kazuhiko Arase</a>, namespaced, cleaned up, improved and other stuff.
It also features a QR Code reader based on a <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/khanamiryan/php-qrcode-detector-decoder">PHP port</a> of the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zxing/zxing">ZXing library</a>.</p>
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<h2>Features<a class="headerlink" href="#features" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
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<li><p>Creation of <a class="reference external" href="https://www.qrcode.com/en/codes/model12.html">Model 2 QR Codes</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://www.qrcode.com/en/about/version.html">Version 1 to 40</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.qrcode.com/en/about/error_correction.html">ECC Levels</a> L/M/Q/H supported</p></li>
<li><p>Mixed mode support (encoding modes can be combined within a QR symbol). Supported modes:</p>
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<li><p>numeric</p></li>
<li><p>alphanumeric</p></li>
<li><p>8-bit binary</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Channel_Interpretation">ECI support</a></p></li>
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<li><p>13-bit double-byte:</p>
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<li><p>kanji (Japanese, Shift-JIS)</p></li>
<li><p>hanzi (simplified Chinese, GB2312/GB18030) as <a class="reference external" href="https://www.chinesestandard.net/PDF/English.aspx/GBT18284-2000">defined in GBT18284-2000</a></p></li>
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<li><p>Flexible, easily extensible output modules, built-in support for the following output formats:</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/manual/book.image">GdImage</a> (raster graphics: avif, bmp, gif, jpeg, png, webp)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/manual/book.imagick">ImageMagick</a> (<a class="reference external" href="https://imagemagick.org/script/formats.php">multiple supported image formats</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Markup types: SVG, HTML, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>String types: JSON, plain text, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>Encapsulated Postscript (EPS)</p></li>
<li><p>PDF via <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/setasign/fpdf">FPDF</a></p></li>
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<li><p>QR Code reader (via GD and ImageMagick)</p></li>
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<li><p>PHP 7.4+</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/manual/book.mbstring.php"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ext-mbstring</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p>optional:</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/manual/book.fileinfo.php"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ext-fileinfo</span></code></a> (required by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QRImagick</span></code> output)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/manual/book.image"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ext-gd</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/Imagick/imagick"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ext-imagick</span></code></a> with <a class="reference external" href="https://imagemagick.org">ImageMagick</a> installed</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/setasign/fpdf"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">setasign/fpdf</span></code></a> for the PDF output module</p></li>
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<p>For the QR Code reader, either <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ext-gd</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ext-imagick</span></code> is required!</p>
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<h2>Framework Integration<a class="headerlink" href="#framework-integration" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
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<li><p>CakePHP:</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-qrcode">QrCode plugin</a></p></li>
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<li><p>Drupal:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.drupal.org/project/tfa">Two-factor Authentication <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tfa</span></code></a> (Drupal 8+)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.drupal.org/project/ga_login">Google Authenticator Login <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ga_login</span></code></a> (deprecated, Drupal 7)</p></li>
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<li><p>Symfony</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/jonasarts/phpqrcode-bundle">phpqrcode-bundle</a></p></li>
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<li><p>WordPress:</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/sjinks/wp-two-factor-auth">wp-two-factor-auth</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-2fa/">simple-2fa</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/qriouslad/floating-share-button">floating-share-button</a></p></li>
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<li><p>WoltLab Suite</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://pluginstore.woltlab.com/file/3007-two-step-verification/">two-step-verification</a></p></li>
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<li><p>other uses:</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/chillerlan/php-qrcode/network/dependents">dependents</a> / <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/chillerlan/php-qrcode/network/dependents?dependent_type=PACKAGE">packages</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite">Appwrite</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/CachetHQ/Cachet">Cachet</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/GEANT/CAT">GÉANT CAT</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/it-novum/openITCOCKPIT">openITCOCKPIT</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/area17/twill">twill</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/jbroadway/elefant">Elefant CMS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/JKoblitz/osiris">OSIRIS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm">EspoCRM</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/FusionWowCMS/FusionCMS">FusionCMS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/danielbrendel/hortusfox-web">HortusFox</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/pelican-dev/panel">Pelican Panel</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/eduardokum/laravel-boleto">Laravel Boleto</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/openboleto/openboleto">OpenBoleto</a></p></li>
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<li><p>Articles:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.twilio.com/blog/create-qr-code-in-php">Twilio: How to Create a QR Code in PHP</a> (featuring v4.3.x)</p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/chillerlan/js-qrcode">js-qrcode</a> - a javascript port of this library</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/chillerlan/php-authenticator">php-authenticator</a> - a Google Authenticator implementation (see <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/chillerlan/php-qrcode/blob/main/examples/authenticator.php">authenticator example</a>)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/chillerlan/php-httpinterface">php-httpinterface</a> - a PSR-7/15/17/18 implemetation</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/chillerlan/php-oauth">php-oauth</a> - an OAuth 1/2 client library, fully PSR-7/PSR-17/PSR-18 compatible</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/chillerlan/php-database">php-database</a> - a database client &amp; querybuilder for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, MSSQL, Firebird</p></li>
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