Different PHP extensions can sometimes change across different PHP versions. In this article, we'll outline the extensions supported in different versions of PHP.
Extension | PHP 7.3 | PHP 7.4 | PHP 8.0 |
apcu_bc | Available by default | Available by default | Obsolete |
apcu | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
bcmath | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
blackfire | Available upon request | Available upon request | Available upon request |
bz2 | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
calendar | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
ds | Available upon request | Available upon request | Available upon request |
exif | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
ffi | Not available | Available by default | Available by default |
gd | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
gearman | Available upon request | Available upon request | Available upon request |
gettext | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
gmp | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
iconv | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
igbinary | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
imagick | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
imap | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
intl | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
ioncube | Available upon request | Available upon request | Not available |
ldap | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
mailparse | Available upon request | Available upon request | Available upon request |
memcached | Available by default | Available by default | Not available |
mongodb | Available upon request | Available upon request | Available upon request |
msgpack | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
mysqli | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
newrelic | Available upon request | Available upon request | Available upon request |
oauth | Available upon request | Available upon request | Available upon request |
odbc | Available upon request | Available upon request | Available upon request |
opcache | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
pdflib | Available upon request | Available upon request | Available upon request |
pdo_mysql | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
pdo_odbc | Available upon request | Available upon request | Available upon request |
redis | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
shmop | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
soap | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
sockets | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
sysvmsg | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
sysvsem | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
sysvshm | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
tidy | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
uuid | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
xmlrpc | Available by default | Available by default | Deprecated |
xsl | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
zip | Available by default | Available by default | Available by default |
Requesting PHP Extensions
If you'd like to use a PHP extension that's listed here as available upon request or don't see the extension you need, reach out to our support team. We're be happy to help.