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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 CXI, PDO Functions
Reference CXXIX, SDO Functions
Reference CXXXI, SDO Relational Data Access Service Functions
Reference XCVII, 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 LII, IBM DB2, Cloudscape and Apache Derby Functions
Reference LIX, Informix Functions
Reference LX, Ingres II Functions
Reference LXXI, MaxDB PHP Extension
Reference LXXXIV, mSQL Functions
Reference LXXXI, Microsoft SQL Server Functions
Reference LXXXVII, MySQL Functions
Reference LXXXIX, MySQL Improved Extension
Reference XCVI, Oracle functions
Reference CII, Oracle Functions [deprecated]
Reference CV, Ovrimos SQL Functions
Reference CVI, Paradox File Access
Reference LXXXII, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Functions (PDO_DBLIB)
Reference XL, Firebird/Interbase Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
Reference LXXXVIII, MySQL Functions (PDO_MYSQL)
Reference CIII, Oracle Functions (PDO_OCI)
Reference XCVIII, ODBC and DB2 functions (PDO_ODBC)
Reference CXVI, PostgreSQL Functions (PDO_PGSQL)
Reference CXLIII, SQLite Functions (PDO_SQLITE)
Reference CXV, PostgreSQL Functions
Reference CXLII, SQLite Functions
Reference CXLIX, Sybase Functions

XML Manipulation

Reference XXX, DOM Functions
Reference XXXI, DOM XML Functions
Reference LXV, libxml Functions
Reference CXXI, qtdom Functions
Reference CXXX, SDO XML Data Access Service Functions
Reference CXXXVII, SimpleXML functions
Reference CLXIII, XML Parser Functions
Reference CLXV, XMLReader functions
Reference CLXVI, XSL functions
Reference CLXVII, XSLT Functions

Web Services

Reference CXXXIX, SOAP Functions
Reference CLIX, WDDX Functions
Reference CLXIV, XML-RPC Functions

Credit Card Processing

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

Math and Cryptography

Mathematical Extensions

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

Cryptography Extensions

Reference XVI, Crack Functions
Reference LXXIII, Mcrypt Encryption Functions
Reference LXXVI, Mhash Functions
Reference CI, OpenSSL Functions

Human Language and Character Encoding Support

Reference XLI, FriBiDi Functions
Reference XLV, Gettext
Reference LIV, iconv Functions
Reference LXXXV, Multibyte String Functions
Reference CXX, Pspell Functions
Reference CXXV, 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 LXXVII, Mimetype Functions
Reference CLXI, xattr Functions

Process Control Extensions

Reference CXVIII, Program Execution Functions
Reference XXXIV, Expect Functions
Reference CVIII, Process Control Functions
Reference CXIII, POSIX Functions
Reference CXXXII, Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC Functions
Reference CXXXVI, Shared Memory Functions

Accessing Services

Mail Related Extensions

Reference XXI, Cyrus IMAP administration Functions
Reference LVIII, IMAP, POP3 and NNTP Functions
Reference LXVIII, Mail Functions
Reference LXIX, mailparse Functions
Reference CLVII, vpopmail Functions

Authentication Services

Reference LXIII, KADM5
Reference CXXII, Radius

Compression Extensions

Reference IX, Bzip2 Compression Functions
Reference LXVII, LZF Functions
Reference CXXIII, Rar Functions
Reference CLXX, Zip File Functions (Read Only Access)
Reference CLXXI, Zlib Compression Functions

Calendar and Event Related Extensions

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

Utilization Area Specific Extensions

Non-Text MIME Output

Reference XIV, ClibPDF Functions
Reference XXXVI, Forms Data Format Functions
Reference LXXVIII, Ming functions for Flash
Reference CX, PDF functions
Reference CXIX, PostScript document creation
Reference CXLVIII, Shockwave Flash Functions

Image Processing and Generation

Reference XXXIII, Exif Functions
Reference LVII, Image Functions

Audio Formats Manipulation

Reference LV, ID3 Functions
Reference XCIX, oggvorbis
Reference C, OpenAL Audio Bindings

Command Line Specific Extensions

Reference XC, Ncurses Terminal Screen Control Functions
Reference XCII, Newt Functions
Reference CXXIV, GNU Readline

Windows Only Extensions

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

Server Specific Extensions

Reference II, Apache-specific Functions
Reference LVI, IIS Administration Functions
Reference XCIII, NSAPI-specific Functions

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