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Appendix K. Extension Categorization

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This appendix categorizes more than 150 extensions documented in the PHP Manual by several criteria.

Purpose

Basic PHP Extensions

Database Extensions

Abstraction Layers

Reference XXIV, Database (dbm-style) Abstraction Layer Functions
Reference XXVII, dbx Functions
Reference CXXII, PDO Functions
Reference CXLV, SDO Relational Data Access Service Functions
Reference CVIII, ODBC Functions (Unified)

Vendor Specific Database Extensions

Reference XXV, dBase Functions
Reference XXIII, DB++ Functions
Reference XLV, FrontBase Functions
Reference XXXIX, filePro Functions
Reference XLII, Firebird/InterBase Functions
Reference LX, IBM DB2, Cloudscape and Apache Derby Functions
Reference LXVIII, Informix Functions
Reference LXX, Ingres II Functions
Reference LXXXII, MaxDB PHP Extension
Reference XCV, mSQL Functions
Reference XCII, Microsoft SQL Server Functions
Reference XCVIII, MySQL Functions
Reference C, MySQL Improved Extension
Reference CVII, Oracle Functions
Reference CXIII, Oracle Functions [deprecated]
Reference CXVI, Ovrimos SQL Functions
Reference CXVII, Paradox File Access
Reference XCIII, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Functions (PDO_DBLIB)
Reference XLIII, Firebird/Interbase Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
Reference LIX, IBM Functions (PDO_IBM)
Reference LXIX, Informix Functions (PDO_INFORMIX)
Reference XCIX, MySQL Functions (PDO_MYSQL)
Reference CXIV, Oracle Functions (PDO_OCI)
Reference CIX, ODBC and DB2 Functions (PDO_ODBC)
Reference CXXVIII, PostgreSQL Functions (PDO_PGSQL)
Reference CLVII, SQLite Functions (PDO_SQLITE)
Reference CXXVII, PostgreSQL Functions
Reference CLVI, SQLite Functions
Reference CLXIV, Sybase Functions

XML Manipulation

Reference XXX, DOM Functions
Reference XXXI, DOM XML Functions
Reference LXXVI, libxml Functions
Reference CXXXIII, qtdom Functions
Reference CXLII, SCA Functions
Reference CXLIII, SDO Functions
Reference CXLIV, SDO XML Data Access Service Functions
Reference CLI, SimpleXML functions
Reference CLXXIX, XML Parser Functions
Reference CLXXXI, XMLReader functions
Reference CLXXXII, XMLWriter Functions
Reference CLXXXIII, XSL functions
Reference CLXXXIV, XSLT Functions

Web Services

Reference CLIII, SOAP Functions
Reference CLXXIV, WDDX Functions
Reference CLXXX, XML-RPC Functions

Credit Card Processing

Reference XIX, Cybercash Payment Functions
Reference XX, Credit Mutuel CyberMUT functions
Reference LXXXV, MCVE (Monetra) Payment Functions
Reference CLXXI, Verisign Payflow Pro Functions

Math and Cryptography

Mathematical Extensions

Reference VII, BCMath Arbitrary Precision Mathematics Functions
Reference L, GMP Functions
Reference LXXXI, Mathematical Functions
Reference CLIX, Statistics Functions

Cryptography Extensions

Reference XVI, Crack Functions
Reference LIV, hash Functions
Reference LXXXIV, Mcrypt Encryption Functions
Reference LXXXVII, Mhash Functions
Reference CXII, OpenSSL Functions

Human Language and Character Encoding Support

Reference XXXII, enchant Functions
Reference XLIV, FriBiDi Functions
Reference XLIX, Gettext Functions
Reference LVIII, i18n Functions
Reference LXII, iconv Functions
Reference XCVI, Multibyte String Functions
Reference CXXXII, Pspell Functions
Reference CXXXVII, GNU Recode Functions
Reference CLXVIII, Unicode Functions

File System and Process Control

File System Related Extensions

Reference XXVIII, Direct IO Functions
Reference XXIX, Directory Functions
Reference XXXVI, File Alteration Monitor Functions
Reference XXXVIII, Fileinfo Functions
Reference XL, Filesystem Functions
Reference LXXXVIII, Mimetype Functions
Reference CLXXVII, xattr Functions

Process Control Extensions

Reference CXXX, Program Execution Functions
Reference XXXV, Expect Functions
Reference CXIX, Process Control Functions
Reference CXXV, POSIX Functions
Reference CXLVI, Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC Functions
Reference CL, Shared Memory Functions

Accessing Services

Mail Related Extensions

Reference XXI, Cyrus IMAP administration Functions
Reference LXVII, IMAP, POP3 and NNTP Functions
Reference LXXIX, Mail Functions
Reference LXXX, Mailparse Functions
Reference CLXXII, vpopmail Functions

Authentication Services

Reference LXXIV, KADM5
Reference CXXXIV, Radius

Compression Extensions

Reference IX, Bzip2 Compression Functions
Reference LXXVIII, LZF Functions
Reference CXXIII, Phar archive stream and classes
Reference CXXXV, Rar Functions
Reference CLXXXVII, Zip File Functions
Reference CLXXXVIII, Zlib Compression Functions

Calendar and Event Related Extensions

Reference X, Calendar Functions
Reference XXII, Date and Time Functions
Reference LXXXIII, MCAL Functions

Utilization Area Specific Extensions

Non-Text MIME Output

Reference XIV, ClibPDF Functions
Reference XXXVII, Forms Data Format Functions
Reference LI, gnupg Functions
Reference LIII, Haru PDF Functions
Reference LXXXIX, Ming functions for Flash
Reference CXXI, PDF Functions
Reference CXXXI, PostScript document creation
Reference CXXXVIII, RPM Header Reading Functions
Reference CLXII, Shockwave Flash Functions
Reference CLXIII, Swish Functions

Image Processing and Generation

Reference XXXIV, Exif Functions
Reference LXV, Image Functions
Reference LXVI, Imagick Image Library

Audio Formats Manipulation

Reference LXIII, ID3 Functions
Reference CX, oggvorbis
Reference CXI, OpenAL Audio Bindings

Command Line Specific Extensions

Reference CI, Ncurses Terminal Screen Control Functions
Reference CIII, Newt Functions
Reference CXXXVI, GNU Readline

Windows Only Extensions

Reference XV, COM and .Net (Windows)
Reference I, .NET Functions
Reference CXXIX, Printer Functions
Reference CLXXIII, W32api Functions
Reference CLXXV, win32ps Functions
Reference CLXXVI, win32service Functions

Server Specific Extensions

Reference II, Apache-specific Functions
Reference LXIV, IIS Administration Functions
Reference CIV, NSAPI-specific Functions

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