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Saturday, August 17, 2024

PHP Extensions

PHP extensions are additional modules that enhance the functionality of the PHP programming language. They provide a way to extend PHP's core capabilities by adding new features, functions, and classes. Extensions can be used for various purposes.

This is list of all available extensions on my server's CPANEL:

#	Extension	Description
001	40-vld	A PHP extension for dumping internal opcode arrays, useful for debugging and understanding PHP internals.
002	amqp	Provides functions for interacting with AMQP servers like RabbitMQ.
003	apcu	An extension for in-memory caching in PHP, offering a faster alternative to traditional cache storage.
004	bcmath	Adds support for arbitrary precision mathematics.
005	brotli	Compression extension that allows for Brotli compression and decompression.
006	bz2	Provides functions to compress and decompress data using the Bzip2 compression algorithm.
007	calendar	Implements functions to support various calendar systems.
008	core	The core PHP functionalities that are always enabled, including basic language features.
009	ctype	Provides character type checking functions.
010	curl	Facilitates making HTTP requests and other protocols like FTP from PHP.
011	date	Provides date and time functions.
012	dba	Allows access to database file formats like DBM.
013	dbase	Enables manipulation of dBase database files.
014	dom	Provides classes and functions for working with XML documents using the DOM API.
015	eio	Asynchronous I/O functions for non-blocking operations.
016	elastic_apm	An agent for sending performance data to the Elastic APM server.
017	enchant	Spell-checking extension that interfaces with various spell-checking libraries.
018	exif	Reads EXIF metadata from images, particularly JPEG and TIFF.
019	ffi	Provides Foreign Function Interface to call C functions and use C data structures.
020	fileinfo	Determines file types based on file contents, useful for MIME type detection.
021	filter	Provides functions to filter and validate data.
022	ftp	Implements client-side FTP functions.
023	gd	Image processing and manipulation library.
024	gearman	Client and worker functions for distributed task processing with Gearman.
025	geoip	Allows location lookups based on IP addresses.
026	geos	Geometry engine for spatial operations, useful in geospatial applications.
027	gettext	Provides internationalization support through message translation.
028	gmagick	An extension for image manipulation, similar to Imagick, but uses GraphicsMagick.
029	gmp	Large integer math using the GNU MP library.
030	gnupg	Interface to GNU Privacy Guard for cryptographic operations.
031	grpc	Enables PHP to communicate with gRPC services.
032	hash	Provides hashing algorithms, including MD5, SHA1, and others.
033	http	An extension for extended HTTP handling and manipulation.
034	iconv	Converts between different character encodings.
035	igbinary	A faster, compact binary serialization format.
036	imagick	Provides image manipulation using the ImageMagick library.
037	imap	Provides functions for accessing email messages stored on an IMAP server.
038	inotify	Provides real-time file system monitoring.
039	intl	Internationalization functions, including locale management and formatting.
040	jsmin	A PHP extension to minify JavaScript code.
041	json	Functions for encoding and decoding JSON data.
042	ldap	Interface for interacting with LDAP directory services.
043	libxml	Core XML support for handling XML data.
044	luasandbox	Provides a sandboxed Lua environment.
045	lzf	Lightweight, fast compression and decompression.
046	mailparse	Parse and process email messages.
047	mbstring	Multibyte string functions for handling non-ASCII text.
048	mcrypt	Encryption functions (deprecated, replaced by OpenSSL).
049	mongodb	Provides a MongoDB client for PHP.
050	msgpack	An efficient binary serialization format.
051	mysqli	Improved MySQL driver with support for modern MySQL features.
052	mysqlnd	Native driver for MySQL, used by other MySQL extensions.
053	nd_mysqli	Native driver for mysqli, providing better performance.
054	nd_pdo_mysql	Native driver for PDO MySQL, providing better performance.
055	newrelic	Agent for monitoring and managing applications via New Relic.
056	oauth	OAuth protocol support for authorization.
057	odbc	Provides access to databases via the ODBC standard.
058	opcache	Improves performance by caching precompiled script bytecode.
059	openssl	Provides functions for SSL/TLS encryption, including secure communications.
060	pcntl	Process Control, allowing the spawning and managing of child processes.
061	pcre	Perl-compatible regular expressions.
062	pdf	Provides functions for creating and manipulating PDF files.
063	pdo	PHP Data Objects, a database abstraction layer.
064	pdo_dblib	PDO driver for accessing MS SQL Server and Sybase databases via dblib.
065	pdo_firebird	PDO driver for accessing Firebird and InterBase databases.
066	pdo_mysql	PDO driver for MySQL databases.
067	pdo_odbc	PDO driver for ODBC data sources.
068	pdo_pgsql	PDO driver for PostgreSQL databases.
069	pdo_snowflake	PDO driver for Snowflake, a cloud-based data warehousing service.
070	pdo_sqlite	PDO driver for SQLite databases.
071	pdo_sqlsrv	PDO driver for Microsoft SQL Server.
072	pgsql	PostgreSQL database functions.
073	phalcon5	A PHP framework delivered as a C extension, known for high performance.
074	phar	PHP Archive, allowing PHP applications to be distributed as a single file.
075	phpiredis	A PHP extension for Redis, utilizing hiredis for better performance.
076	posix	POSIX standard functions, like access to system calls and process management.
077	protobuf	Google's Protocol Buffers, a language-neutral serialization format.
078	pspell	Spell-checking using the Pspell library.
079	psr	Provides PSR interfaces, a set of common interfaces for interoperability between PHP components.
080	raphf	Provides reusable and persistent handle factories for resources.
081	rar	Functions for manipulating RAR archive files.
082	readline	Allows command-line input with line editing capabilities.
083	redis	Redis client for PHP, providing a connection to the Redis key-value store.
084	reflection	Allows for introspection of classes, interfaces, functions, and objects.
085	rrd	Provides functions for interacting with RRDtool, used for time-series data storage.
086	scoutapm	A lightweight application performance monitoring (APM) agent.
087	session	Provides session management in PHP.
088	shmop	Shared memory operations for inter-process communication.
089	simplexml	Easy-to-use tool for working with XML data.
090	snmp	Functions for communicating with SNMP-enabled devices.
091	snuffleupagus	Security extension providing additional hardening features for PHP.
092	soap	Simple Object Access Protocol functions for interacting with web services.
093	sockets	Provides functions for low-level socket communications.
094	sodium	Modern cryptography library for secure encryption, decryption, and hashing.
095	solr	Provides an interface to Apache Solr, a search platform.
096	sourceguardian	Protects and encodes PHP source code.
097	spl	Standard PHP Library, providing data structures and interfaces.
098	sqlite3	SQLite database functions, offering an embedded SQL database engine.
099	sqlsrv	Microsoft SQL Server driver for PHP.
100	ssh2	Provides functions for interacting with SSH2 servers.
101	standard	The standard set of functions available in PHP.
102	swoole	High-performance coroutine and networking framework for PHP.
103	sysvmsg	System V message queue functions for IPC.
104	sysvsem	System V semaphore functions for IPC.
105	sysvshm	System V shared memory functions for IPC.
106	tideways_xhprof	Profiling extension for performance monitoring.
107	tidy	HTML, XML, and XHTML document cleaning and repair.
108	timezonedb	Provides updated timezone data for PHP's date and time functions.
109	tokenizer	Provides token parsing of PHP code.
110	trader	Functions for technical analysis of financial markets.
111	uploadprogress	Tracks progress of file uploads.
112	uuid	Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) generation.
113	xdebug	A debugging and profiling extension for PHP.
114	xml	Core XML support, enabling the creation, reading, and manipulation of XML documents.
115	xmlreader	A forward-only XML reader based on the libxml2 library.
116	xmlrpc	Provides functions for the XML-RPC protocol.
117	xmlwriter	An XML writer, based on libxml2.
118	xsl	XSLT processor based on libxslt library.
119	yaf	Yet Another Framework, a PHP framework delivered as an extension.
120	yaml	YAML data serialization for PHP.
121	yaz	Provides a toolkit for the Z39.50 protocol, used for information retrieval.
122	zip	Zip archive management functions.
123	zlib	Compression functions using the Zlib library.
124	zmq	Provides messaging using the ZeroMQ messaging library.

posted by damirs @ August 17, 2024