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Appendix I. 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 CX, PDO Functions
Reference CXXVII, SDO Functions
Reference CXXIX, SDO Relational Data Access Service Functions
Reference XCVI, ODBC Functions (Unified)

Vendor Specific Database Extensions

Reference XXV, dBase Functions
Reference XXIII, DB++ Functions
Reference XLII, FrontBase Functions
Reference XXXVII, filePro Functions
Reference XXXIX, Firebird/InterBase Functions
Reference LI, IBM DB2, Cloudscape and Apache Derby Functions
Reference LVIII, Informix Functions
Reference LIX, Ingres II Functions
Reference LXX, MaxDB PHP Extension
Reference LXXXIII, mSQL Functions
Reference LXXX, Microsoft SQL Server Functions
Reference LXXXVI, MySQL Functions
Reference LXXXVIII, MySQL Improved Extension
Reference XCV, Oracle functions
Reference CI, Oracle Functions [deprecated]
Reference CIV, Ovrimos SQL Functions
Reference CV, Paradox File Access
Reference LXXXI, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Functions (PDO_DBLIB)
Reference XL, Firebird/Interbase Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
Reference LXXXVII, MySQL Functions (PDO_MYSQL)
Reference CII, Oracle Functions (PDO_OCI)
Reference XCVII, ODBC and DB2 functions (PDO_ODBC)
Reference CXV, PostgreSQL Functions (PDO_PGSQL)
Reference CXLI, SQLite Functions (PDO_SQLITE)
Reference CXIV, PostgreSQL Functions
Reference CXL, SQLite Functions
Reference CXLVI, Sybase Functions

XML Manipulation

Reference XXX, DOM Functions
Reference XXXI, DOM XML Functions
Reference LXIV, libxml Functions
Reference CXX, qtdom Functions
Reference CXXVIII, SDO XML Data Access Service Functions
Reference CXXXV, SimpleXML functions
Reference CLX, XML Parser Functions
Reference CLXII, XMLReader functions
Reference CLXIII, XSL functions
Reference CLXIV, XSLT Functions

Web Services

Reference CXXXVII, SOAP Functions
Reference CLVI, WDDX Functions
Reference CLXI, XML-RPC Functions

Credit Card Processing

Reference XIX, Cybercash Payment Functions
Reference XX, Credit Mutuel CyberMUT functions
Reference LXXIII, MCVE Payment Functions
Reference CLIII, Verisign Payflow Pro Functions

Math and Cryptography

Mathematical Extensions

Reference VII, BCMath Arbitrary Precision Mathematics Functions
Reference XLVI, GMP Functions
Reference LXIX, Mathematical Functions

Cryptography Extensions

Reference XVI, Crack Functions
Reference LXXII, Mcrypt Encryption Functions
Reference LXXV, Mhash Functions
Reference C, OpenSSL Functions

Human Language and Character Encoding Support

Reference XLI, FriBiDi Functions
Reference XLV, Gettext
Reference LIII, iconv Functions
Reference LXXXIV, Multibyte String Functions
Reference CXIX, Pspell Functions
Reference CXXIV, GNU Recode Functions

File System and Process Control

File System Related Extensions

Reference XXVIII, Direct IO Functions
Reference XXIX, Directory Functions
Reference XXXV, File Alteration Monitor Functions
Reference XXXVIII, Filesystem Functions
Reference LXXVI, Mimetype Functions
Reference CLVIII, xattr Functions

Process Control Extensions

Reference CXVII, Program Execution Functions
Reference XXXIV, Expect Functions
Reference CVII, Process Control Functions
Reference CXII, POSIX Functions
Reference CXXX, Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC Functions
Reference CXXXIV, Shared Memory Functions

Accessing Services

Mail Related Extensions

Reference XXI, Cyrus IMAP administration Functions
Reference LVII, IMAP, POP3 and NNTP Functions
Reference LXVII, Mail Functions
Reference LXVIII, mailparse Functions
Reference CLIV, vpopmail Functions

Authentication Services

Reference LXII, KADM5
Reference CXXI, Radius

Compression Extensions

Reference IX, Bzip2 Compression Functions
Reference LXVI, LZF Functions
Reference CXXII, Rar Functions
Reference CLXVII, Zip File Functions (Read Only Access)
Reference CLXVIII, Zlib Compression Functions

Calendar and Event Related Extensions

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

Utilization Area Specific Extensions

Non-Text MIME Output

Reference XIV, ClibPDF Functions
Reference XXXVI, Forms Data Format Functions
Reference LXXVII, Ming functions for Flash
Reference CIX, PDF functions
Reference CXVIII, PostScript document creation
Reference CXLV, Shockwave Flash Functions

Image Processing and Generation

Reference XXXIII, Exif Functions
Reference LVI, Image Functions

Audio Formats Manipulation

Reference LIV, ID3 Functions
Reference XCVIII, oggvorbis
Reference XCIX, OpenAL Audio Bindings

Command Line Specific Extensions

Reference LXXXIX, Ncurses Terminal Screen Control Functions
Reference XCI, Newt Functions
Reference CXXIII, GNU Readline

Windows Only Extensions

Reference XV, COM and .Net (Windows)
Reference I, .NET Functions
Reference CXVI, Printer Functions
Reference CLV, W32api Functions
Reference CLVII, win32service Functions

Server Specific Extensions

Reference II, Apache-specific Functions
Reference LV, IIS Administration Functions
Reference XCII, NSAPI-specific Functions

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