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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 CXIII, PDO Functions
Reference CXXXI, SDO Functions
Reference CXXXIII, SDO Relational Data Access Service Functions
Reference XCIX, 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 LIII, IBM DB2, Cloudscape and Apache Derby Functions
Reference LX, Informix Functions
Reference LXII, Ingres II Functions
Reference LXXIII, MaxDB PHP Extension
Reference LXXXVI, mSQL Functions
Reference LXXXIII, Microsoft SQL Server Functions
Reference LXXXIX, MySQL Functions
Reference XCI, MySQL Improved Extension
Reference XCVIII, Oracle functions
Reference CIV, Oracle Functions [deprecated]
Reference CVII, Ovrimos SQL Functions
Reference CVIII, Paradox File Access
Reference LXXXIV, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Functions (PDO_DBLIB)
Reference XL, Firebird/Interbase Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
Reference XC, MySQL Functions (PDO_MYSQL)
Reference CV, Oracle Functions (PDO_OCI)
Reference C, ODBC and DB2 Functions (PDO_ODBC)
Reference CXVIII, PostgreSQL Functions (PDO_PGSQL)
Reference CXLV, SQLite Functions (PDO_SQLITE)
Reference CXVII, PostgreSQL Functions
Reference CXLIV, SQLite Functions
Reference CLI, Sybase Functions

XML Manipulation

Reference XXX, DOM Functions
Reference XXXI, DOM XML Functions
Reference LXVII, libxml Functions
Reference CXXIII, qtdom Functions
Reference CXXXII, SDO XML Data Access Service Functions
Reference CXXXIX, SimpleXML functions
Reference CLXVI, XML Parser Functions
Reference CLXVIII, XMLReader functions
Reference CLXX, XSL functions
Reference CLXXI, XSLT Functions

Web Services

Reference CXLI, SOAP Functions
Reference CLXI, WDDX Functions
Reference CLXVII, XML-RPC Functions

Credit Card Processing

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

Math and Cryptography

Mathematical Extensions

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

Cryptography Extensions

Reference XVI, Crack Functions
Reference LXXV, Mcrypt Encryption Functions
Reference LXXVIII, Mhash Functions
Reference CIII, OpenSSL Functions

Human Language and Character Encoding Support

Reference XLI, FriBiDi Functions
Reference XLV, Gettext
Reference LV, iconv Functions
Reference LXXXVII, Multibyte String Functions
Reference CXXII, Pspell Functions
Reference CXXVII, 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 LXXIX, Mimetype Functions
Reference CLXIV, xattr Functions

Process Control Extensions

Reference CXX, Program Execution Functions
Reference XXXIV, Expect Functions
Reference CX, Process Control Functions
Reference CXV, POSIX Functions
Reference CXXXIV, Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC Functions
Reference CXXXVIII, Shared Memory Functions

Accessing Services

Mail Related Extensions

Reference XXI, Cyrus IMAP administration Functions
Reference LIX, IMAP, POP3 and NNTP Functions
Reference LXX, Mail Functions
Reference LXXI, mailparse Functions
Reference CLIX, vpopmail Functions

Authentication Services

Reference LXV, KADM5
Reference CXXIV, Radius

Compression Extensions

Reference IX, Bzip2 Compression Functions
Reference LXIX, LZF Functions
Reference CXXV, Rar Functions
Reference CLXXIV, Zip File Functions (Read Only Access)
Reference CLXXV, Zlib Compression Functions

Calendar and Event Related Extensions

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

Utilization Area Specific Extensions

Non-Text MIME Output

Reference XIV, ClibPDF Functions
Reference XXXVI, Forms Data Format Functions
Reference LXXX, Ming functions for Flash
Reference CXII, PDF Functions
Reference CXXI, PostScript document creation
Reference CL, Shockwave Flash Functions

Image Processing and Generation

Reference XXXIII, Exif Functions
Reference LVIII, Image Functions

Audio Formats Manipulation

Reference LVI, ID3 Functions
Reference CI, oggvorbis
Reference CII, OpenAL Audio Bindings

Command Line Specific Extensions

Reference XCII, Ncurses Terminal Screen Control Functions
Reference XCIV, Newt Functions
Reference CXXVI, GNU Readline

Windows Only Extensions

Reference XV, COM and .Net (Windows)
Reference I, .NET Functions
Reference CXIX, Printer Functions
Reference CLX, W32api Functions
Reference CLXIII, win32service Functions

Server Specific Extensions

Reference II, Apache-specific Functions
Reference LVII, IIS Administration Functions
Reference XCV, NSAPI-specific Functions

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