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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 CXX, PDO Functions
Reference CXLI, SDO Functions
Reference CXLIII, SDO Relational Data Access Service Functions
Reference CVI, 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 LXVI, Informix Functions
Reference LXVIII, Ingres II Functions
Reference LXXX, MaxDB PHP Extension
Reference XCIII, mSQL Functions
Reference XC, Microsoft SQL Server Functions
Reference XCVI, MySQL Functions
Reference XCVIII, MySQL Improved Extension
Reference CV, Oracle Functions
Reference CXI, Oracle Functions [deprecated]
Reference CXIV, Ovrimos SQL Functions
Reference CXV, Paradox File Access
Reference XCI, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Functions (PDO_DBLIB)
Reference XLIII, Firebird/Interbase Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
Reference LXVII, Informix Functions (PDO_INFORMIX)
Reference XCVII, MySQL Functions (PDO_MYSQL)
Reference CXII, Oracle Functions (PDO_OCI)
Reference CVII, ODBC and DB2 Functions (PDO_ODBC)
Reference CXXVI, PostgreSQL Functions (PDO_PGSQL)
Reference CLV, SQLite Functions (PDO_SQLITE)
Reference CXXV, PostgreSQL Functions
Reference CLIV, SQLite Functions
Reference CLXII, Sybase Functions

XML Manipulation

Reference XXX, DOM Functions
Reference XXXI, DOM XML Functions
Reference LXXIV, libxml Functions
Reference CXXXI, qtdom Functions
Reference CXLII, SDO XML Data Access Service Functions
Reference CXLIX, SimpleXML functions
Reference CLXXVII, XML Parser Functions
Reference CLXXIX, XMLReader functions
Reference CLXXX, XMLWriter Functions
Reference CLXXXI, XSL functions
Reference CLXXXII, XSLT Functions

Web Services

Reference CLI, SOAP Functions
Reference CLXXII, WDDX Functions
Reference CLXXVIII, XML-RPC Functions

Credit Card Processing

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

Math and Cryptography

Mathematical Extensions

Reference VII, BCMath Arbitrary Precision Mathematics Functions
Reference L, GMP Functions
Reference LXXIX, Mathematical Functions
Reference CLVII, Statistics Functions

Cryptography Extensions

Reference XVI, Crack Functions
Reference LIII, hash Functions
Reference LXXXII, Mcrypt Encryption Functions
Reference LXXXV, Mhash Functions
Reference CX, OpenSSL Functions

Human Language and Character Encoding Support

Reference XXXII, enchant Functions
Reference XLIV, FriBiDi Functions
Reference XLIX, Gettext
Reference LX, iconv Functions
Reference XCIV, Multibyte String Functions
Reference CXXX, Pspell Functions
Reference CXXXV, GNU Recode Functions
Reference CLXVI, 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 LXXXVI, Mimetype Functions
Reference CLXXV, xattr Functions

Process Control Extensions

Reference CXXVIII, Program Execution Functions
Reference XXXV, Expect Functions
Reference CXVII, Process Control Functions
Reference CXXIII, POSIX Functions
Reference CXLIV, Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC Functions
Reference CXLVIII, Shared Memory Functions

Accessing Services

Mail Related Extensions

Reference XXI, Cyrus IMAP administration Functions
Reference LXV, IMAP, POP3 and NNTP Functions
Reference LXXVII, Mail Functions
Reference LXXVIII, mailparse Functions
Reference CLXX, vpopmail Functions

Authentication Services

Reference LXXII, KADM5
Reference CXXXII, Radius

Compression Extensions

Reference IX, Bzip2 Compression Functions
Reference LXXVI, LZF Functions
Reference CXXXIII, Rar Functions
Reference CLXXXV, Zip File Functions
Reference CLXXXVI, Zlib Compression Functions

Calendar and Event Related Extensions

Reference X, Calendar Functions
Reference XXII, Date and Time Functions
Reference LXXXI, 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 LXXXVII, Ming functions for Flash
Reference CXIX, PDF Functions
Reference CXXIX, PostScript document creation
Reference CXXXVI, RPM Header Reading Functions
Reference CLX, Shockwave Flash Functions

Image Processing and Generation

Reference XXXIV, Exif Functions
Reference LXIII, Image Functions

Audio Formats Manipulation

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

Command Line Specific Extensions

Reference XCIX, Ncurses Terminal Screen Control Functions
Reference CI, Newt Functions
Reference CXXXIV, GNU Readline

Windows Only Extensions

Reference XV, COM and .Net (Windows)
Reference I, .NET Functions
Reference CXXVII, Printer Functions
Reference CLXXI, W32api Functions
Reference CLXXIII, win32ps Functions
Reference CLXXIV, win32service Functions

Server Specific Extensions

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

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