Merge pull request #13805 from nextcloud/jtr/fix-php-missing-mods-quickref

fix: incomplete PHP Module Quick Reference Table

Author: joshtrichards

admin_manual/installation/php_configuration.rst

@@ -191,45 +191,75 @@ Notes on PHP `ini` Configuration
 PHP Module Quick Reference Table
 --------------------------------
 
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| Module           | Required | Recommended | For Specific App | Description                                   |
-+==================+==========+=============+==================+===============================================+
-| ctype            | ✓        |             |                  | Core functionality                            |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| curl             | ✓        |             |                  | HTTP requests                                 |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| intl             |          | ✓           |                  | Improves translations and sorting             |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| sodium           |          | ✓           |                  | Argon2 password hashing                       |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| ldap             |          |             | ✓                | LDAP integration                              |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| smbclient        |          |             | ✓                | SMB/CIFS integration                          |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| ftp              |          |             | ✓                | FTP storage/authentication                    |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| imap             |          |             | ✓                | External user authentication                  |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| gmp              |          |             | ✓ (optional)     | SFTP storage                                  |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| exif             |          |             | ✓ (optional)     | Image rotation in Pictures app                |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| apcu             |          | ✓           |                  | Performance caching                           |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| memcached        |          | ✓           |                  | Performance caching                           |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| redis            |          | ✓           |                  | Transactional File Locking                    |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| imagick          |          |             | ✓ (optional)     | Image previews                                |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| avconv/ffmpeg    |          |             | ✓ (optional)     | Video previews                                |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| Open/LibreOffice |          |             | ✓ (optional)     | Document previews                             |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| pcntl            |          |             | ✓ (optional)     | Command interruption in CLI                   |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| phar             |          |             | ✓ (optional)     | Needed for command-line updater               |
-+------------------+----------+-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| Module            | Required | Recommended | For Specific App   | Description                                   |
++===================+==========+=============+====================+===============================================+
+| ctype             |    ✓     |             |                    | Core functionality                            |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| curl              |    ✓     |             |                    | HTTP requests                                 |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| DOM               |    ✓     |             |                    | Document Object Model (XML/HTML handling)     |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| fileinfo          |    ✓     |             |                    | File type detection                           |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| filter*           |    ✓*    |             |                    | Data filtering and validation (Mageia/FreeBSD)|
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| GD                |    ✓     |             |                    | Image processing                              |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| libxml            |    ✓     |             |                    | XML parsing (libxml2 >= 2.7.0)                |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| mbstring          |    ✓     |             |                    | Multibyte character handling                  |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| OpenSSL           |    ✓     |             |                    | Secure communications                         |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| posix             |    ✓     |             |                    | POSIX functions                               |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| session           |    ✓     |             |                    | Session support                               |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| SimpleXML         |    ✓     |             |                    | Simple XML parsing                            |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| XMLReader         |    ✓     |             |                    | XML reading                                   |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| XMLWriter         |    ✓     |             |                    | XML writing                                   |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| zip               |    ✓     |             |                    | Zip file handling                             |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| zlib              |    ✓     |             |                    | Compression and decompression                 |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| intl              |          |     ✓       |                    | Improves translations and sorting             |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| sodium            |          |     ✓       |                    | Argon2 password hashing                       |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| ldap              |          |             |        ✓           | LDAP integration                              |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| smbclient         |          |             |        ✓           | SMB/CIFS integration                          |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| ftp               |          |             |        ✓           | FTP storage/authentication                    |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| imap              |          |             |        ✓           | External user authentication                  |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| gmp               |          |             |   ✓ (optional)     | SFTP storage                                  |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| exif              |          |             |   ✓ (optional)     | Image rotation in Pictures app                |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| apcu              |          |     ✓       |                    | Performance caching                           |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| memcached         |          |     ✓       |                    | Performance caching                           |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| redis             |          |     ✓       |                    | Transactional File Locking                    |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| imagick           |          |             |   ✓ (optional)     | Image previews                                |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| avconv/ffmpeg     |          |             |   ✓ (optional)     | Video previews                                |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| Open/LibreOffice  |          |             |   ✓ (optional)     | Document previews                             |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| pcntl             |          |             |   ✓ (optional)     | Command interruption in CLI                   |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| phar              |          |             |   ✓ (optional)     | Needed for command-line updater               |
++-------------------+----------+-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
+
+\*The filter module is required only on Mageia and FreeBSD.
 
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