Php Extensions And What They Do Or Vice Versa?

[student101]

Looking to find information on what each extension does, aslo looking to find out if I need preg_replace or any PHP regex related what extensions need to be enabled and so on.Is there a list, link or page that has this info?

;extension=php_bz2.dllextension=php_curl.dll;extension=php_dba.dll;extension=php_dbase.dll;extension=php_exif.dll;extension=php_fdf.dllextension=php_gd2.dll;extension=php_gettext.dll;extension=php_gmp.dll;extension=php_ifx.dll;extension=php_imap.dll;extension=php_interbase.dll;extension=php_ldap.dllextension=php_mbstring.dll;extension=php_mcrypt.dll;extension=php_mhash.dll;extension=php_mime_magic.dll;extension=php_ming.dll;extension=php_msql.dll;extension=php_mssql.dllextension=php_mysql.dllextension=php_mysqli.dll;extension=php_oci8.dll;extension=php_openssl.dllextension=php_pdo.dll;extension=php_pdo_firebird.dll;extension=php_pdo_mssql.dllextension=php_pdo_mysql.dll;extension=php_pdo_oci.dll;extension=php_pdo_oci8.dll;extension=php_pdo_odbc.dll;extension=php_pdo_pgsql.dllextension=php_pdo_sqlite.dll;extension=php_pgsql.dll;extension=php_pspell.dll;extension=php_shmop.dll;extension=php_snmp.dll;extension=php_soap.dll;extension=php_sockets.dll;extension=php_sqlite.dll;extension=php_sybase_ct.dll;extension=php_tidy.dll;extension=php_xmlrpc.dll;extension=php_xsl.dll;extension=php_zip.dll

[Synook]

Just search for the last bit (e.g. "bz2" or "curl") in the PHP manual, you should be able to find the relevant documentation.

[student101]

Just search for the last bit (e.g. "bz2" or "curl") in the PHP manual, you should be able to find the relevant documentation.

Yes, I have this; which one(s) do I need for regulare expressions?

php_bz2.dll bzip2 compression functionsphp_calendar.dll Calendar conversion functions Built in since PHP 4.0.3 php_crack.dll Crack functions php_ctype.dll ctype family functions Built in since PHP 4.3.0 php_curl.dll CURL, Client URL library functions Requires: libeay32.dll, ssleay32.dll (bundled) php_dba.dll DBA: DataBase (dbm-style) Abstraction layer functions None php_dbase.dll dBase functions php_dbx.dll dbx functions php_domxml.dll DOM XML functions PHP <= 4.2.0 requires: libxml2.dll (bundled) PHP >= 4.3.0 requires: iconv.dll (bundled) php_dotnet.dll .NET functions PHP <= 4.1.1 php_exif.dll EXIF functions php_mbstring.dll. And, php_exif.dll must be loaded after php_mbstring.dll in php.ini. php_fbsql.dll FrontBase functions PHP <= 4.2.0 php_fdf.dll FDF: Forms Data Format functions. Requires: fdftk.dll (bundled) php_filepro.dll filePro functions Read-only access php_ftp.dll FTP functions Built-in since PHP 4.0.3 php_gd.dll GD library image functions Removed in PHP 4.3.2. Also note that truecolor functions are not available in GD1, instead, use php_gd2.dll. php_gd2.dll GD library image functions GD2 php_gettext.dll Gettext functions PHP <= 4.2.0 requires gnu_gettext.dll (bundled), PHP >= 4.2.3 requires libintl-1.dll, iconv.dll (bundled). php_hyperwave.dll HyperWave functions None php_iconv.dll ICONV characterset conversion Requires: iconv-1.3.dll (bundled), PHP >=4.2.1 iconv.dll php_ifx.dll Informix functions Requires: Informix libraries php_iisfunc.dll IIS management functions php_imap.dll IMAP POP3 and NNTP functions php_ingres.dll Ingres functions Requires: Ingres libraries php_interbase.dll InterBase functions Requires: gds32.dll (bundled) php_java.dll Java functions PHP <= 4.0.6 requires: jvm.dll (bundled) php_ldap.dll LDAP functions PHP <= 4.2.0 requires libsasl.dll (bundled), PHP >= 4.3.0 requires libeay32.dll, ssleay32.dll (bundled) php_mbstring.dll Multi-Byte String functions php_mcrypt.dll Mcrypt Encryption functions Requires: libmcrypt.dll php_mhash.dll Mhash functions PHP >= 4.3.0 requires: libmhash.dll (bundled) php_mime_magic.dll Mimetype functions Requires: magic.mime (bundled) php_ming.dll Ming functions for Flash php_msql.dll mSQL functions Requires: msql.dll (bundled) php_mssql.dll MSSQL functions Requires: ntwdblib.dll (bundled) php_mysql.dll MySQL functions PHP >= 5.0.0, requires libmysql.dll (bundled) php_mysqli.dll MySQLi functions PHP >= 5.0.0, requires libmysql.dll (libmysqli.dll in PHP <= 5.0.2) (bundled) php_oci8.dll Oracle 8 functions Requires: Oracle 8.1+ client libraries php_openssl.dll OpenSSL functions Requires: libeay32.dll (bundled) php_overload.dll Object overloading functions Built in since PHP 4.3.0 php_pdf.dll PDF functions php_pgsql.dll PostgreSQL functions php_printer.dll Printer functions php_shmop.dll Shared Memory functions php_snmp.dll SNMP get and walk functions NT only! php_soap.dll SOAP functions PHP >= 5.0.0 php_sockets.dll Socket functions php_sybase_ct.dll Sybase functions Requires: Sybase client libraries php_tidy.dll Tidy functions PHP >= 5.0.0 php_tokenizer.dll Tokenizer functions Built in since PHP 4.3.0 php_w32api.dll W32api functions php_xmlrpc.dll XML-RPC functions PHP >= 4.2.1 requires: iconv.dll (bundled) php_xslt.dll XSLT functions PHP <= 4.2.0 requires sablot.dll, expat.dll (bundled). PHP >= 4.2.1 requires sablot.dll, expat.dll, iconv.dll (bundled). php_yaz.dll YAZ functions Requires: yaz.dll (bundled) php_zip.dll Zip File functions Read only access php_zlib.dll ZLib compression functions Built in since PHP 4.3.0

[AElliott]

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/pcre.installation.php should be of interest to you, specifically "Beginning with PHP 4.2.0 these functions are enabled by default." and "The Windows version of PHP has built-in support for this extension. You do not need to load any additional extensions in order to use these functions.".

[student101]

thanks!