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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 CXVIII, PDO Functions
Reference CXXXVI, SDO Functions
Reference CXXXVIII, SDO Relational Data Access Service Functions
Reference CIV, 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 LVII, IBM DB2, Cloudscape and Apache Derby Functions
Reference LXIV, Informix Functions
Reference LXVI, Ingres II Functions
Reference LXXVIII, MaxDB PHP Extension
Reference XCI, mSQL Functions
Reference LXXXVIII, Microsoft SQL Server Functions
Reference XCIV, MySQL Functions
Reference XCVI, MySQL Improved Extension
Reference CIII, Oracle Functions
Reference CIX, Oracle Functions [deprecated]
Reference CXII, Ovrimos SQL Functions
Reference CXIII, Paradox File Access
Reference LXXXIX, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Functions (PDO_DBLIB)
Reference XLIII, Firebird/Interbase Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
Reference LXV, Informix Functions (PDO_INFORMIX)
Reference XCV, MySQL Functions (PDO_MYSQL)
Reference CX, Oracle Functions (PDO_OCI)
Reference CV, ODBC and DB2 Functions (PDO_ODBC)
Reference CXXIII, PostgreSQL Functions (PDO_PGSQL)
Reference CL, SQLite Functions (PDO_SQLITE)
Reference CXXII, PostgreSQL Functions
Reference CXLIX, SQLite Functions
Reference CLVI, Sybase Functions

XML Manipulation

Reference XXX, DOM Functions
Reference XXXI, DOM XML Functions
Reference LXXII, libxml Functions
Reference CXXVIII, qtdom Functions
Reference CXXXVII, SDO XML Data Access Service Functions
Reference CXLIV, SimpleXML functions
Reference CLXXI, XML Parser Functions
Reference CLXXIII, XMLReader functions
Reference CLXXIV, xmlwriter Functions
Reference CLXXV, XSL functions
Reference CLXXVI, XSLT Functions

Web Services

Reference CXLVI, SOAP Functions
Reference CLXVI, WDDX Functions
Reference CLXXII, XML-RPC Functions

Credit Card Processing

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

Math and Cryptography

Mathematical Extensions

Reference VII, BCMath Arbitrary Precision Mathematics Functions
Reference L, GMP Functions
Reference LXXVII, Mathematical Functions
Reference CLII, Statistics Functions

Cryptography Extensions

Reference XVI, Crack Functions
Reference LIII, hash Functions
Reference LXXX, Mcrypt Encryption Functions
Reference LXXXIII, Mhash Functions
Reference CVIII, OpenSSL Functions

Human Language and Character Encoding Support

Reference XXXII, enchant Functions
Reference XLIV, FriBiDi Functions
Reference XLIX, Gettext
Reference LIX, iconv Functions
Reference XCII, Multibyte String Functions
Reference CXXVII, Pspell Functions
Reference CXXXII, GNU Recode Functions
Reference CLX, 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 LXXXIV, Mimetype Functions
Reference CLXIX, xattr Functions

Process Control Extensions

Reference CXXV, Program Execution Functions
Reference XXXV, Expect Functions
Reference CXV, Process Control Functions
Reference CXX, POSIX Functions
Reference CXXXIX, Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC Functions
Reference CXLIII, Shared Memory Functions

Accessing Services

Mail Related Extensions

Reference XXI, Cyrus IMAP administration Functions
Reference LXIII, IMAP, POP3 and NNTP Functions
Reference LXXV, Mail Functions
Reference LXXVI, mailparse Functions
Reference CLXIV, vpopmail Functions

Authentication Services

Reference LXX, KADM5
Reference CXXIX, Radius

Compression Extensions

Reference IX, Bzip2 Compression Functions
Reference LXXIV, LZF Functions
Reference CXXX, Rar Functions
Reference CLXXIX, Zip File Functions
Reference CLXXX, Zlib Compression Functions

Calendar and Event Related Extensions

Reference X, Calendar Functions
Reference XXII, Date and Time Functions
Reference LXXIX, 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 LXXXV, Ming functions for Flash
Reference CXVII, PDF Functions
Reference CXXVI, PostScript document creation
Reference CXXXIII, RPM Header Reading Functions
Reference CLV, Shockwave Flash Functions

Image Processing and Generation

Reference XXXIV, Exif Functions
Reference LXII, Image Functions

Audio Formats Manipulation

Reference LX, ID3 Functions
Reference CVI, oggvorbis
Reference CVII, OpenAL Audio Bindings

Command Line Specific Extensions

Reference XCVII, Ncurses Terminal Screen Control Functions
Reference XCIX, Newt Functions
Reference CXXXI, GNU Readline

Windows Only Extensions

Reference XV, COM and .Net (Windows)
Reference I, .NET Functions
Reference CXXIV, Printer Functions
Reference CLXV, W32api Functions
Reference CLXVII, win32ps Functions
Reference CLXVIII, win32service Functions

Server Specific Extensions

Reference II, Apache-specific Functions
Reference LXI, IIS Administration Functions
Reference C, NSAPI-specific Functions

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