In this new post on the JSLabs blog, Justin Silverton shares his top five PHP tools that he percieves as invaluable for any developer out there.

The list is made up of:

• Crimson Editor
• VS.php
• ez_sql/ez_results - mysql wrapper library
• Smarty Template Engine mysql gui bundle 5.0

With the exception of the VS.php utiliy, all of the rest are free to use as you see fit. He briefly describes each, including why he thinks they are invaluable.