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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 CXV, PDO Functions
Reference CXXXIII, SDO Functions
Reference CXXXV, SDO Relational Data Access Service Functions
Reference CI, ODBC Functions (Unified)

Vendor Specific Database Extensions

Reference XXV, dBase Functions
Reference XXIII, DB++ Functions
Reference XLIV, FrontBase Functions
Reference XXXVIII, filePro Functions
Reference XLI, Firebird/InterBase Functions
Reference LV, IBM DB2, Cloudscape and Apache Derby Functions
Reference LXII, Informix Functions
Reference LXIV, Ingres II Functions
Reference LXXV, MaxDB PHP Extension
Reference LXXXVIII, mSQL Functions
Reference LXXXV, Microsoft SQL Server Functions
Reference XCI, MySQL Functions
Reference XCIII, MySQL Improved Extension
Reference C, Oracle Functions
Reference CVI, Oracle Functions [deprecated]
Reference CIX, Ovrimos SQL Functions
Reference CX, Paradox File Access
Reference LXXXVI, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Functions (PDO_DBLIB)
Reference XLII, Firebird/Interbase Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
Reference LXIII, Informix Functions (PDO_INFORMIX)
Reference XCII, MySQL Functions (PDO_MYSQL)
Reference CVII, Oracle Functions (PDO_OCI)
Reference CII, ODBC and DB2 Functions (PDO_ODBC)
Reference CXX, PostgreSQL Functions (PDO_PGSQL)
Reference CXLVII, SQLite Functions (PDO_SQLITE)
Reference CXIX, PostgreSQL Functions
Reference CXLVI, SQLite Functions
Reference CLIII, Sybase Functions

XML Manipulation

Reference XXX, DOM Functions
Reference XXXI, DOM XML Functions
Reference LXIX, libxml Functions
Reference CXXV, qtdom Functions
Reference CXXXIV, SDO XML Data Access Service Functions
Reference CXLI, SimpleXML functions
Reference CLXVIII, XML Parser Functions
Reference CLXX, XMLReader functions
Reference CLXXI, xmlwriter Functions
Reference CLXXII, XSL functions
Reference CLXXIII, XSLT Functions

Web Services

Reference CXLIII, SOAP Functions
Reference CLXIII, WDDX Functions
Reference CLXIX, XML-RPC Functions

Credit Card Processing

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

Math and Cryptography

Mathematical Extensions

Reference VII, BCMath Arbitrary Precision Mathematics Functions
Reference XLVIII, GMP Functions
Reference LXXIV, Mathematical Functions
Reference CXLIX, Statistics Functions

Cryptography Extensions

Reference XVI, Crack Functions
Reference LI, hash Functions
Reference LXXVII, Mcrypt Encryption Functions
Reference LXXX, Mhash Functions
Reference CV, OpenSSL Functions

Human Language and Character Encoding Support

Reference XLIII, FriBiDi Functions
Reference XLVII, Gettext
Reference LVII, iconv Functions
Reference LXXXIX, Multibyte String Functions
Reference CXXIV, Pspell Functions
Reference CXXIX, GNU Recode Functions
Reference CLVII, Unicode 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 XXXVII, Fileinfo Functions
Reference XXXIX, Filesystem Functions
Reference LXXXI, Mimetype Functions
Reference CLXVI, xattr Functions

Process Control Extensions

Reference CXXII, Program Execution Functions
Reference XXXIV, Expect Functions
Reference CXII, Process Control Functions
Reference CXVII, POSIX Functions
Reference CXXXVI, Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC Functions
Reference CXL, Shared Memory Functions

Accessing Services

Mail Related Extensions

Reference XXI, Cyrus IMAP administration Functions
Reference LXI, IMAP, POP3 and NNTP Functions
Reference LXXII, Mail Functions
Reference LXXIII, mailparse Functions
Reference CLXI, vpopmail Functions

Authentication Services

Reference LXVII, KADM5
Reference CXXVI, Radius

Compression Extensions

Reference IX, Bzip2 Compression Functions
Reference LXXI, LZF Functions
Reference CXXVII, Rar Functions
Reference CLXXVI, Zip File Functions (Read Only Access)
Reference CLXXVII, Zlib Compression Functions

Calendar and Event Related Extensions

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

Utilization Area Specific Extensions

Non-Text MIME Output

Reference XIV, ClibPDF Functions
Reference XXXVI, Forms Data Format Functions
Reference XLIX, gnupg Functions
Reference LXXXII, Ming functions for Flash
Reference CXIV, PDF Functions
Reference CXXIII, PostScript document creation
Reference CXXX, RPM Header Reading Functions
Reference CLII, Shockwave Flash Functions

Image Processing and Generation

Reference XXXIII, Exif Functions
Reference LX, Image Functions

Audio Formats Manipulation

Reference LVIII, ID3 Functions
Reference CIII, oggvorbis
Reference CIV, OpenAL Audio Bindings

Command Line Specific Extensions

Reference XCIV, Ncurses Terminal Screen Control Functions
Reference XCVI, Newt Functions
Reference CXXVIII, GNU Readline

Windows Only Extensions

Reference XV, COM and .Net (Windows)
Reference I, .NET Functions
Reference CXXI, Printer Functions
Reference CLXII, W32api Functions
Reference CLXIV, win32ps Functions
Reference CLXV, win32service Functions

Server Specific Extensions

Reference II, Apache-specific Functions
Reference LIX, IIS Administration Functions
Reference XCVII, NSAPI-specific Functions

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