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+# php-tools
+
+A web frontend for common PHP encode/decode operations.
+
+![php-tools screenshot](http://objects.dreamhost.com/sixohthree/php-tools.1374806160.png)
+
+## Install
+
+    git clone https://github.com/abackstrom/php-tools.git
+    cd php-tools
+    composer install