User:Reedy/PHPModules
This is a list of PHP modules used by MediaWiki, with links to their relevant Debian/Ubuntu Packages.
| Module | Minimum Version (if applicable) |
Required/Optional | Description/Comments | Debian package | Ubuntu package |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHP | >= 5.2.3 for MW 1.18+ | Required | Core PHP package | php5 | php5 |
| MySQL | Optional | Required to use MySQL as the database | php5-mysql | php5-mysql | |
| PostgresSQL | Optional | Required to use PostgresSQL as the database | php5-pgsql | php5-pgsql | |
| SQLite | Optional | Required to use SQLite as the database | php5-sqlite | php5 | |
| APC | Optional | Required to use APC caching | php5-apc | php5-apc | |
| Memcached | Optional | Required to use Memcached object caching | php5-memcached | php5-memcached | |
| Tidy | Optional | Required to use Tidy | php5-tidy | php5-tidy | |
| Intl | Optional | Unicode normalisation | php5-intl | php5-intl | |
| ImagicK | Optional | php5-imagick | php5-imagick | ||
| Curl | Optional | Used for remote web requests | php5-curl | php5-curl | |
| CLI | Optional/Recommended | Recommended to be able to run CLI scripts | php5-cli | php5-cli | |
| PHP Dev | Optional | php5-dev | php5-dev | ||
| XDebug | Optional | Enhances debugging output | php5-xdebug | php5-xdebug | |
| PEAR | Optional | Required as a MW Developer for PhpUnit dependancies | php-pear | php-pear | |
| SVN | Optional | Can be used by the CodeReview extension (instead of shelling out) | php-5svn | php-5svn |