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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 CXIX, PDO Functions
Reference CXXXVIII, SDO Functions
Reference CXL, SDO Relational Data Access Service Functions
Reference CV, 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 LVIII, IBM DB2, Cloudscape and Apache Derby Functions
Reference LXV, Informix Functions
Reference LXVII, Ingres II Functions
Reference LXXIX, MaxDB PHP Extension
Reference XCII, mSQL Functions
Reference LXXXIX, Microsoft SQL Server Functions
Reference XCV, MySQL Functions
Reference XCVII, MySQL Improved Extension
Reference CIV, Oracle Functions
Reference CX, Oracle Functions [deprecated]
Reference CXIII, Ovrimos SQL Functions
Reference CXIV, Paradox File Access
Reference XC, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Functions (PDO_DBLIB)
Reference XLIII, Firebird/Interbase Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
Reference LXVI, Informix Functions (PDO_INFORMIX)
Reference XCVI, MySQL Functions (PDO_MYSQL)
Reference CXI, Oracle Functions (PDO_OCI)
Reference CVI, ODBC and DB2 Functions (PDO_ODBC)
Reference CXXIV, PostgreSQL Functions (PDO_PGSQL)
Reference CLII, SQLite Functions (PDO_SQLITE)
Reference CXXIII, PostgreSQL Functions
Reference CLI, SQLite Functions
Reference CLVIII, Sybase Functions

XML Manipulation

Reference XXX, DOM Functions
Reference XXXI, DOM XML Functions
Reference LXXIII, libxml Functions
Reference CXXIX, qtdom Functions
Reference CXXXIX, SDO XML Data Access Service Functions
Reference CXLVI, SimpleXML functions
Reference CLXXIII, XML Parser Functions
Reference CLXXV, XMLReader functions
Reference CLXXVI, xmlwriter Functions
Reference CLXXVII, XSL functions
Reference CLXXVIII, XSLT Functions

Web Services

Reference CXLVIII, SOAP Functions
Reference CLXVIII, WDDX Functions
Reference CLXXIV, XML-RPC Functions

Credit Card Processing

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

Math and Cryptography

Mathematical Extensions

Reference VII, BCMath Arbitrary Precision Mathematics Functions
Reference L, GMP Functions
Reference LXXVIII, Mathematical Functions
Reference CLIV, Statistics Functions

Cryptography Extensions

Reference XVI, Crack Functions
Reference LIII, hash Functions
Reference LXXXI, Mcrypt Encryption Functions
Reference LXXXIV, Mhash Functions
Reference CIX, OpenSSL Functions

Human Language and Character Encoding Support

Reference XXXII, enchant Functions
Reference XLIV, FriBiDi Functions
Reference XLIX, Gettext
Reference LX, iconv Functions
Reference XCIII, Multibyte String Functions
Reference CXXVIII, Pspell Functions
Reference CXXXIII, GNU Recode Functions
Reference CLXII, 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 LXXXV, Mimetype Functions
Reference CLXXI, xattr Functions

Process Control Extensions

Reference CXXVI, Program Execution Functions
Reference XXXV, Expect Functions
Reference CXVI, Process Control Functions
Reference CXXI, POSIX Functions
Reference CXLI, Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC Functions
Reference CXLV, Shared Memory Functions

Accessing Services

Mail Related Extensions

Reference XXI, Cyrus IMAP administration Functions
Reference LXIV, IMAP, POP3 and NNTP Functions
Reference LXXVI, Mail Functions
Reference LXXVII, mailparse Functions
Reference CLXVI, vpopmail Functions

Authentication Services

Reference LXXI, KADM5
Reference CXXX, Radius

Compression Extensions

Reference IX, Bzip2 Compression Functions
Reference LXXV, LZF Functions
Reference CXXXI, Rar Functions
Reference CLXXXI, Zip File Functions
Reference CLXXXII, Zlib Compression Functions

Calendar and Event Related Extensions

Reference X, Calendar Functions
Reference XXII, Date and Time Functions
Reference LXXX, 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 LXXXVI, Ming functions for Flash
Reference CXVIII, PDF Functions
Reference CXXVII, PostScript document creation
Reference CXXXIV, RPM Header Reading Functions
Reference CLVII, Shockwave Flash Functions

Image Processing and Generation

Reference XXXIV, Exif Functions
Reference LXIII, Image Functions

Audio Formats Manipulation

Reference LXI, ID3 Functions
Reference CVII, oggvorbis
Reference CVIII, OpenAL Audio Bindings

Command Line Specific Extensions

Reference XCVIII, Ncurses Terminal Screen Control Functions
Reference C, Newt Functions
Reference CXXXII, GNU Readline

Windows Only Extensions

Reference XV, COM and .Net (Windows)
Reference I, .NET Functions
Reference CXXV, Printer Functions
Reference CLXVII, W32api Functions
Reference CLXIX, win32ps Functions
Reference CLXX, win32service Functions

Server Specific Extensions

Reference II, Apache-specific Functions
Reference LXII, IIS Administration Functions
Reference CI, NSAPI-specific Functions

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