PHP Function Reference

There are additional functions available to PHP developers through extensions that can be specified in the php.ini file. These functions are categorized by the extension that provides the function. The following reference tables show the defined paths to available attributes in the global context zones.

Using Active Content Filtering (ACF) programmatically

These functions require the following extension declaration in the config/php.ini:

extension = zero.php.ACFExtension

acf_process	Security
acf_process_stream	Security
acf_validate	Security
acf_validate_stream	Security

Protecting against Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) programmatically

These functions require the following extension declaration in the config/php.ini:

extension = zero.php.CSRFExtension

csrf_protected_form_field	Security
csrf_protected_uri	Security

Working with HTTP resources

These functions require the following extension declaration in the config/php.ini:

extension = zero.php.ConnectionExtension

connection_get	HTTP requests
connection_post	HTTP requests

Using security programmatically

These functions require the following extension declaration in the config/php.ini:

extension = zero.php.LoginServiceExtension

zero_login	Security
zero_logout	Security

Working with data access

These functions require the following extension declaration in the config/php.ini:

extension = zero.data.php.QueryExtension

dataBeginTransaction	Data access
dataBlobGetBytes	Data access
dataBlobLength	Data access
dataBlobSetBytes	Data access
dataClobGetString	Data access
dataClobLength	Data access
dataCommitTransaction	Data access
dataEndTransaction	Data access
dataExec	Data access
dataExecOpt	Data access
dataInsert	Data access
dataIsInTransaction	Data access
dataIsValid	Data access
dataIteratorHasNext	Data access
dataIteratorNext	Data access
dataIteratorRemove	Data access
dataLastError	Data access
dataManager	Data access
dataNewResultHandler	Data access
dataQuery	Data access
dataQueryArray	Data access
dataQueryArrayByFactory	Data access
dataQueryFirst	Data access
dataQueryFirstByFactory	Data access
dataQueryIterator	Data access
dataQueryIteratorByFactory	Data access
dataQueryResults	Data access
dataResultSetAbsolute	Data access
dataResultSetClose	Data access
dataResultSetGetColumnCount	Data access
dataResultSetGetColumnName	Data access
dataResultSetGetObject	Data access
dataResultSetGetRow	Data access
dataResultSetNext	Data access
dataResultSetPrevious	Data access
dataRollbackTransaction	Data access
dataSource	Data access
dataStringAsByteArray	Data access
dataTransaction	Data access
dataUpdate	Data access
dataUpdateMany	Data access

Utility Functions

These functions require the following extension declaration in the config/php.ini:

extension = zero.php.URIUtilsExtension

get_absolute_uri	WebSphere sMash specific
get_relative_uri	WebSphere sMash specific
get_requested_uri	WebSphere sMash specific

Working with XML

These functions require the following extension declaration in the config/php.ini:

extension = zero.php.XMLExtension

xml_decode	XML
xml_encode	XML

Developing a WebSphere sMash application

These functions require the following extension declaration in the config/php.ini:

extension = zero.php.ZeroExtension

DOCROOT	WebSphere sMash specific
fire_event	WebSphere sMash specific
getVFile	WebSphere sMash specific
listFiles	WebSphere sMash specific
render_view	WebSphere sMash specific
zcontains	WebSphere sMash specific
zdelete	WebSphere sMash specific
zdump	WebSphere sMash specific
zget	WebSphere sMash specific
zlist	WebSphere sMash specific
zlist_all	WebSphere sMash specific
zpost	WebSphere sMash specific
zput	WebSphere sMash specific

PHP/Groovy bridge

These functions require the following extension declaration in the config/php.ini:

extension = com.ibm.p8.engine.xapi.groovy.GroovyExtensionLibrary

groovy_create_closure	WebSphere sMash specific
groovy_eval	WebSphere sMash specific
groovy_import	WebSphere sMash specific

PHP/Java bridge

java_import

WebSphere sMash specific

Working with JSON data

These functions require the following extension declaration in the config/php.ini:

extension = zero.php.JSONExtension

json_decode	Working with RESTful services
json_encode	Working with RESTful services