Here’s a list of common PHP extensions used for various functionalities, such as handling images, databases, encryption, and performance optimizations:
1. Essential PHP Extensions
These are commonly required for most web applications:
php-cli– Command-line interface for PHP.php-common– Core PHP libraries.php-json– JSON data handling.php-opcache– Improves performance via caching.php-readline– Enables command-line interaction.
2. Web-Related Extensions
php-curl– Handles HTTP requests (e.g., API calls).php-mbstring– Supports multibyte strings (needed for UTF-8).php-xml– XML parsing and processing.php-zip– Handles ZIP archives.php-gd– Image processing.php-imagick– Alternative image processing (using ImageMagick).php-bcmath– Arbitrary precision math (needed for some applications).
3. Database Support
php-mysql– MySQL/MariaDB support.php-pgsql– PostgreSQL support.php-sqlite3– SQLite database support.php-redis– Redis caching support.php-mongodb– MongoDB driver for PHP.
4. Security and Encryption
php-openssl– SSL/TLS support.php-mcrypt– Deprecated, but some old applications still need it.php-sodium– Modern cryptography.php-intl– Internationalization support.
5. Performance and Debugging
php-xdebug– Debugging and profiling.php-apcu– APCu caching for performance.php-memcached– Memcached caching support.
How to Install All Common Extensions on Debian/Ubuntu
To install common PHP extensions, you can run:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php-{cli,common,mbstring,xml,curl,zip,gd,mysql,pgsql,intl,bcmath,opcache,readline} 